Harley-Davidson rolls into Jamaica - To open 3-4 stores starting April
Harley-Davidson In-corporated, world renowned for its motorcycles, is to invest over US$2 million ($135 million) over the next two years to establish its own retail stores in Jamaica.The conglomerate which manufactures heavyweight motorcycles...
Jamaica Producers transforms export centre into snack outlet
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Palace cinema slims losses
Strong seat sales in its Kingston, Mandeville and Montego Bay movie houses pushed Palace Amusement Company to a new record for turnover in 2006 that flirted with the $200 million mark, but the more than 14 per cent rise in revenues was insufficient to...
UK firm establishing regional cargo hub in Montego Bay
London-based cargo handlers, ANA Aviation Services, has expanded to Jamaica with plans to build out a regional cargo hub in Montego Bay to transit goods from South and Central America into Europe. ANA has partnered with Jamaican company MGO...
Brady's two-year turnaround of FirstCaribbean - Profits double, loans triple, assets grow 65% - Commercial Banking Sector Loans to Assets Ratio September 2006
Milton Brady's bank is growing fast, but remains limited by its size and confined to fourth place in Jamaica's $420 billion commercial banking sector. Revenues and profits are up but one of his challenges will be the reining in of expenditures...
H&L True Valueprofits drop 46%
H&L True Value pulled off strong year-end sales to boost its last quarter net earnings by more than 30 per cent, but the hardware company had needed a bigger miracle to reclaim profit levels seen in 2005. At the end of financial year to December...
Belize replaces 98 per cent of external debt with 2029 bond
Belize has announced the closure of its debt exchange, saying the response generated 96.8 per cent acceptance from eligible claimants. The take up was not surprising given the initial signal late December from its creditors in the regione...
Venezuela, Trinidad agree on gas field split
Trinidad is better placed to process the natural gas to be retrieved from the Plataforma Deltana region which straddles its maritime border with Venezuela, a think tank expert is suggesting.Professor Anthony Bryan, a senior associate...
Cement sales, projects fail to rescue construction
The building sector regained some of its vibrancy as new projects and public spending on infrastructure programmes kicked in, but the accompanying 22 per cent increase in cement supplies to the market were not enough to eke out growth...
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