Broilers inks wet ethanol deal with Bauche Energy
Robert Levy, presi-dent and CEO of the Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG), has inked a deal with Switzerland-based Bauche Energy guaranteeing a source of wet ethanol for his planned $1.1 billion dehy-dration plant....
Bridging the financing gap... Michael Mansoor leads UWI high-powered task force
The University of the West Indies (UWI), outpaced in financial resources by comparable American institutions, is now exploring ways of bridging that gap. With a budget of US$250 million, UWI with 36,000 students...
Courts Jamaica buyer secures 96% of shares ... Payment at $4.25/share begins today
Regal Forest Holdings (RFH), the Latin American firm that is purchasing Courts Jamaica, secured just over 96 per cent of the shares in the local furniture retailer on Monday, the final day of the buyout offer.
Incentive schemes eclipse corporate Christmas bonuses
A small number of companies, one in 10 of those polled by Wednesday Business, say the bonuses they're paying this Christmas have no link to profit performance nor productivity, but the majority have nixed the traditional boost to pay packages in favour...
Jamaican stores banking on late shopping rush
The Christmas buying frenzy may be kicking later than some had hoped, but Jamaican retailers still expect that a late rush of purchases by consumers will push this year's holiday spending beyond last year's level.
Jamaica's second month of negative inflation
Prices deflated in Nov-ember for a second month, this time by 0.2 per cent calculated on a 4.4 point drop in the Consumer Price Index, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica is reporting.
Delta files reorganisation plan to emerge from bankruptcy in spring... Rejects US Airway's hostile bid
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP): Delta Air Lines Inc., filed a reorganisation plan Tuesday that calls for it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection next spring as a stand-alone company. It also said that its board has formally rejected US Airways...
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