Latibeaudiere tells market to ease off the J'can dollar
BETWEEN THE months of June, July and August, the central bank has intervened 13 times in the foreign exchange market to shore up the local currency, which was under pressure from broker demands.

Scotiabank offers dividend
SCOTIABANK YESTERDAY reported results for the third quarter of 2005, with net profit of $1,433 million, an increase of $149 million when compared with the same period last year. For the nine months ended July 31, 2005, net profit was $4.2 billion...

Bauxite sector spared 'Katrina's' angry rampage
DAMAGE SUSTAINED to the Gramercy alumina refinery in Louisiana is not expected to impact bauxite production in Jamaica. The refinery, which processes Jamaica's bauxite exports, sustained minor damage to some facilities...

Insurance premiums climbing - Katrina impact could kick in later
JAMAICA COULD start feeling the effects of Hurricane Katrina in its insurance markets by 2007, say industry experts. With a host of natural and unforeseen disasters over the last five years...

Sandra Shirley wants to change your brokerage experience
SANDRA SHIRLEY, president of First Global Financial Services (FGFS), wants her clients to experience elegance when conducting business at the brokerage house. It's not just about

We are serving the public better - JUTC
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE JUTC appreciates The Daily Gleaner editorial of August 26 that correctly re-states several facts that the JUTC has sought to have understood by taxpayers.

We need a regional labour market
MOST PERSONS that are aware of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), know that it is the latest attempt to create freer movement of goods, services and capital. Less well-known is the attempt to create freer movement of people.

Inflation and pensions
NOTWITHSTANDING ITS recent relative stability, the Jamaican currency has been continuously debased during the past twenty years. As John Maynard Keynes suggested in 'The Economic Consequences of the Peace', all stakeholders including members.