'Unity needed to tackle competitiveness decline'
JAMAICA'S COMPETITIVENESS has fallen, a World Economic Forum (WEF) report states. The Global Competitiveness Report 2005 ranks Jamaica 70th of 117 countries, compared to a 2004 ranking of 65th.
A tale of three markets
SOME CRAFT vendors in Montego Bay are threatening to take action against what they feel is sabotage, that has caused a sharp fall in the number of visiting tourists.
DB&G looks to the Caribbean
DEHRING, BUNTING & Golding has been profitable every year and every quarter of its 14-year existence, and executives had an upbeat view on the prospects going forward. They were speaking to the public at an investor briefing...
Weathering a financial setback
IT HAPPENS to the best of us. You lose your job, your investment portfolio takes a nosedive, your debt gets out of hand. Whatever the financial setback, taking corrective actions early will help you weather the storm. Dr. Richard Stephens...
Insurance association launched
THERE IS a new umbrella group for the insurance industry in Jamaica - the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ), that was launched on Wednesday at the Terra Nova Hotel on Waterloo Road in New Kingston.
Customs formalities costing producers
THE FOLLOWING is an edited version of the presentation by Audrey Marks-Dunstan, Paymaster Managing Director, at the Caribbean Association of Customs Brokers Conference at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, last month.
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