When managers fail
ALMOST EVERY important crisis or problem that a company or organisation faces can be placed squarely on a manager's lap. This is true whether we are dealing with the former Century National Bank or Eagle Merchant Bank that died in the FINSAC years...

Kirk Distributors is new Colgate agent
KIRK DISTRIBUTORS Limited has formally taken over the distribution of Colgate's health and beauty products in Jamaica. Colgate Palmolive Company Jamaica Limited exited the local distribution market in December 2005...

Member states calling for expanded capacity of Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
WESTERN BUREAU: MEMBER STATES of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are lobbying for an increase in the absorptive capacity of the multilateral institution to aid in the generation of new loan facilities geared toward their development.

Insurers gear up for disasters
WITH THIS year's hurri-cane season predicted to be twice as active as year 2005 for the region, insurance practitioners will convene next month to explore issues related to the preparedness of the industry and the insured to weather...

Byles new chairman of Red Stripe Jamaica
A RELEASE from the Jamaica Stock Exchange yesterday advised that Richard Byles was unanimously appointed Red Stripe chairman following the decision of the former chairman, Patrick Rousseau, to step down. Mr. Byles sits on a number of boards...

Small Businesses Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) gets a president, finally
THE SMALL Businesses Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) has elected a new president and board of directors for the new administrative year, following eighteen months of restructuring and reorganising,. At the conclusion of its annual meeting...

Petrol hike could slow Bajan money
BRIDGETOWN (The Barbados Nation): SHOULD WORLD oil prices break the US$90 or US$100 a barrel barrier, Barbadians might have to brace for a tight Government squeeze on the money supply.