Market gets positive news
STANDARD AND Poor's affirmed its 'B' long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Jamaica against a backdrop of the Government's ongoing commitment to fiscal discipline, debt reduction amid external shocks, and higher growth prospects...

CARICOM Single Market needs much more work - JSE boss
WESTERN BUREAU: ROY JOHNSON, chairman of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), says consensus is critical if the region is to translate years of animated talk into the vibrant action needed to exploit the new CARICOM Single Market reality.

Scotia Spanish Town relocates
THE BANK of Nova Scotia (BNS) plans to relocate its Spanish Town branch to a more convenient location within the Old Capital early next month. The bank said inaccessibility and the lack of parking for its customers...

LETTER: Broadcasting Commission questions 'big changes at Radio Mona'
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE STORY captioned 'Big changes ahead for Radio Mona', which was published in the Financial Gleaner of Friday, January 13, 2006 contains a serious misstatement of facts. In the interest of providing accurate information to readers...

Economic developments and activities ... this coming week in our past
MINING January 20, 1961: Twelve massive slabs of marble, weighing from two to six tons each, left the Royal Mail Wharf in Kingston for London, England, on board the s.s. Cienfueges.

DB&G looks to mortgage-backed securities option
MAJOR INVESTMENT bank and financial service provider, Dehring Bunting and Golding (DB&G), says that it will be offering mortgage-backed securities as it attempts to develop new revenue stream.