... But property owner losing
CANADIAN OWNERS of the Hilton Kingston Hotel property in New Kingston, Propco, has been losing heavily on its Caribbean investments. In an 82-page report published earlier this year, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO)...

Globalised employment
A WEEK ago today, this newspaper carried a front-page article about foreign police being interviewed for four assistant commissioner posts in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

NCB, BNS rule Ja's deposits
THE COUNTRY'S two oldest banks - National Commercial Bank (NCB) and the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited (BNS) - continue to control the lion's share of commercial bank deposits, according to the central bank's statistics.

Scammers exploit DB&G name
INVESTMENT BANKERS, Dehring Bunting and Golding (DB&G) have become the latest target of an international gang of swindlers. Kerry Ann Betton, DB&G marketing manager said: "We kept getting calls from overseas...

Young champion farmer says agriculture pays
CORNEL HENRY, who won the National Young Champion Farmer title, has already made his mark in the agricultural sector. At the age of 23, the businessman from Highgate, St. Mary, is the owner of 'Fresh Pick' natural juice company, established last year...

Hurricanes blow few benefits to hardware merchants
HARDWARE MERCHANTS are reporting little change in their business despite the disruptive weather caused by the two hurricanes last month. A comparative analysis of sales from the Ace Hardware group of stores based in the United States, reveals...

Expired Jamaican domain names
WHY DO so many Jamaica-related domains go off-line (cease to exist) every month? In some instances, it may be a simple matter of the owner no longer wanting the domain (maybe their dreams of making millions on the Internet didn't materialise).