NHT goes upscale
The National Housing Trust (NHT), known generally to provide lower and lower-middle income housing solutions for Jamaicans, is to invest $280 million in the construction of 14 townhouses in upper St. Andrew, commencing September.
NHT loan policy feeds market psychology
Earl Samuels, head of the state housing agency whose policies are perceived as driving the broader real estate market, says benefits issued by the National Housing Trust (NHT) will likely increase this fiscal year but would be contained in line with movements in construction...
Beware the jokers in the insurance business
Question: I used a finance company to pay the premium for my motor policy. In December 2006, I told them that I was having problems meeting the payments. They said to pay what I could. I visited the brokers in January to find out about my account.
Software bargains and pitfalls
One of the cheapest places to buy software is on eBay, where merchants sell programmes that come directly from manufacturers, saving them from paying a mark-up to distributors.But it may also be a risky place to shop, as it can be tough to discern good...
Riding the money wave - Investors still chasing hedge funds
Money, money and more money. Investors poured more than US$60 billion into hedge funds in the first three months of 2007, or nearly half of the record US$126 billion that flowed into the private investment pools for all of 2006, according to data released Thursday.
Cuba's growing economy a springboard to global partnerships diversity
Quietly and with great care,Cuba has been enlarging the economic space within which it operates.It has been doing so in a manner that will enable it in the not-so-distant future to globally diversify its relationships and have the ability to...
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