Red Stripe seeks to shift market focus
BROKERS REPORT that institutional investors have slowly began to return to the local equities market, which has aided the process of recovery over the past few days. Market observers have long advised of the inevitability of this...

Chester ' s chicken takes flight
CHESTER'S IS quietly carving a name for itself in Jamaica's fast food industry. Only three years into the market and it already has ten outlets. An international fast food chain based in Alabama...

CARA'S Communication Focus - What part of 'help' didn't you understand?
THE IRE of people in pain, hunger, and thirst is easy to understand. So too are the unabashed expressions of grief and disgust and a desolate lack of hope, as expressed by the people of New Orleans which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina...

Gov't as the enabler
THE ROLE that a government should play in a modern economy can vary according to the type of economy that it wishes, as well as the level of the development stage that it is at. The current role that governments are expected to play...

The proper governance of pension plans
AS THE ownership of organisations and institutions becomes more diverse, and the environment in which they operate more complex, governance - the act or manner of governing - assumes an increasingly important...

Modification of the auditor ' s report
THE INTERNATIONAL Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) of the International Federation of Accountants issued exposure drafts ISA 705 and 706 in March 2005 and requested comments on these proposed standards by July 31, 2005.