Jamaica Standard Products - Coffee exporter of quality
SIXTY THREE years ago Leslie Minott began Jamaica Standard Products Company Limited (JSP) as a company trading primarily in produce, an undertaking which reaped success up to his death in 1972.

Jamalco expanding cautiously
AFTER Tuesday's statement from the Government that Jamaica will in fact receive liquid natural gas from Trinidad beginning in 2009, Jamalco has stated that it is about to tackle the second phase of its billion dollar expansion plan.

Everything crash: strikes breaking out all over
IT SEEMS that every area of the economy is suffering from strikes nowadays, what with the sugar sector, the bauxite sector, and even part of the construction sector, either temporarily incapacitated by strikes or threatening to go on strike...

How to invest in Asia
INVESTING OUTSIDE of Jamaica is one of the trends developing in the local financial sector, as the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) continues to provide lacklustre returns to investors hungry for growth in their portfolio.

D&G battles shrinking sales on domestic front
D&G IS looking to its newest promotional campaign, 'Beer money a run', to revitalise its shrinking domestic sales. Domestic sales dipped seven per cent for the half year to December 2005, but according to various wholesalers, sales of Red Stripe...

Olint spreads its wings
OLINT CORPORATION, the investment club offering exceptionally high returns to its investors, is shifting its operations to St. Kitts. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) issued a cease and desist order against Olint Corporation/David Smith...

Williams bats for macro economic stability
"JAMAICA SHOULD sort out its macro-economic stability," says Opposition Spokesperson on Industry, Commerce and Investment Promotion, Senator Shirley Williams. She said this should be a consensus move between the two main political parties...