GIVING UP SPACE, PRIVACY
ACCORDING TO real estate agent Judy Benjamin the biggest turn-off with town houses is the reality of community living. The single house has the advantage of privacy ­ owners can walk around their houses when they want to...

Starting a successful franchise
FOR SOME entrepreneurship is the most satisfying means to achieving lifelong financial independence. And today franchising is the big word in creating your own business space. Franchising is an excellent way to get into business, because it...

Matching your life goals with your financial goals
SETTING LIFETIME goals should not exclude the setting of your financial goals. Many persons mistakenly believe that planning their life and financial goals are separate, however, this should not be so, as both are inter-dependent. By creating a balance...

What I would like to see in the Budget ...
THE PREPARATION of the Budget, while always difficult in Jamaica due to our excessive debt burden and the associated interest costs, is likely to have been unusually difficult this year.

Beating inflation
'INFLATION HAS gone up (again), and interest rates are down' The keen investor hears this news and, like the announced interest rate, his heart plummets in his chest as he considers the many challenges.

NCB offers mobile payment processing
IMAGINE A waiter walking up to your table with a machine to process your credit card payment in his hand. This scenario is about to become a reality in Jamaica, as the National Commercial Bank (NCB) recently announced that wireless payment terminals...

Pan Caribbean hits billion-dollar mark
PAN CARIBBEAN Financial Services Limited (PCFS) reported record profits for the fifth consecutive year as net income grew 23 per cent to $1.03 billion. In addition to crossing over the billion-dollar mark in profits, the company's capital at year-end...