The real costs involved in building your own home
BUILDING ON your own land still costs less than purchasing a house even if it gives you an additional task of tallying that cost. Construction experts say building gives individuals the power to build a fairly decent, low-income house ...
Scotiabank to grow investment business
THE BANK of Nova Scotia (Jamaica) Limited (BNSJ) will be growing its wealth management arm as well as introducing new products as part of its strategic direction for the next five years, says managing director and CEO, William E. Clarke.
Stocks to buy in 2006
WE ARE on track this year for 2006 to be a solid buyer's market for value investors. Markets worldwide dislike uncertainty, especially political uncertainty. With two upcoming elections, many investors have put a hold on purchases...
The case of Super Plus - No arrogance or prejudice
I READ DON Robotham's Struggles of the Jamaican People when I was 18 years old, upon its initial publication in the mid-1970s. was fascinated by Robotham's analysis of Jamaica's history and then current reality using the Marxist tool...
JEF launches Convention 2006
THE JAMAICA Employers' Federation (JEF) launched its annual Management Development Convention last Thursday at its offices on Ruthven Road. This year's convention will take place from May 11 - 14, at the Sunset Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios.
Overseas territories in the Caribbean - a part, yet apart
THEY ARE in places no more than 100 miles distant. Some are members, or associate members of CARICOM. They have close cultural, linguistic and family ties that spread across the Caribbean. They are a part of the region, yet apart.
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