Managerial success is difficult and rewarding
WHEN IT comes to the management of organisations, there are two things that the public and the press highlight. First, they highlight the pay, perks and successes of the CEO or his senior colleagues and, second their failures are first whispered about...

Developers complain of slowdown
DEVELOPERS SAY a slowdown in the approval process for their real estate plans is costing them time and retarding the island's real estate sector. They say that unless they personally monitor their building or subdivision plans...

Davies promises continued stability
MINISTER OF Finance and Planning and People's National Party (PNP) presidential candidate, Dr. Omar Davies, says the pending change in the leadership of the country will not undermine its economic position.

Pricing, brand critical to the success of IPOs, say analysts
DESPITE THE lukewarm response to Supreme Ventures' (SVL) initial public offering, analysts say there is still hope for companies that wish to come to the market in the future.

André Gordon to tackle ackee crisis
DR. ANDRÉ GORDON announced last Wednesday that he would be stepping down as president of the Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA), for a 30-day period to focus on the crisis in the island's ackee export industry, with immediate effect.

Productivity Centre gets new powers
THE JAMAICA Productivity Centre (JPC) will now be certifying all future productive incentive schemes that will involve tax exemption and benefits, Labour and Security Minister Horace Dalley said yesterday.

Modest rise for property insurance this year
QUESTION: I own a three-bedroom house in St. James. It was recently valued at $8.5 million. What would it cost to insure it? Last year some persons told me that insurance prices would increase by at least 25 per cent this year.

GraceKennedy takes Antigua money transfer operation
THE CHIEF Financial Officer of GraceKennedy Limited, yesterday confirmed with Wednesday Business, that the company had acquired the franchise for Western Union in Antigua and Barbuda. "We are presently in negotiations with Western Union," said Wehby...

New cargo clearance system bogged down
INEFFICIENCIES IN the submissions of manifests by freight agencies threaten the viability of the Jamaica Customs Department's new electronic manifest system at APM Terminals that was introduced earlier this month.

Ralston Hyman gets prestigious journalism award
RALSTON HYMAN, the host and Executive Producer of the acclaimed business and financial programme Real Business on Power 106 FM, was recently awarded the prestigious Morris Cargill Award for Opinion Journalism from the Press Association of Jamaica.

Five tips to become the perfect employee
WITH EVER increasing deadlines, decreasing resources, and changing workplaces, sometimes it can be challenging to be a good employee, much less a perfect employee. The employee who can rise above the everyday problems and embrace challenges.