Sagicor Life increases premiums midstream - Passes on costs to customers
Leading insurance company, Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited, has increased premium rates on several of its products, saying it was passing on to clients increased operational costs that the company could no longer absorb.
Grameen founder to deliver BNS lecture
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will be in Jamaica this week as special guest of Scotia Group Jamaica to deliver the fifth Annual Scotiabank Lecture.Prof Yunus is founder of the Grameen Bank, which is built on the concept of 'credit as a...
Too much bank fees, too little interest - But where to invest for short-term returns?
From February of this year, my income has increased due to funds being wired to my account at a commercial bank. The bank seems to be taking a lot given that the sender pays a fee to remit the money and I pay an additional £12 to receive it.
Ocean transport an emerging barrier to trade
When governments engage in trade negotiations their principal objectives are to achieve trade advantage for their business community in overseas markets, lower the cost of imports and to encourage foreign investment.As a consequence they focus...
Metered Internet on trial
You are used to paying extra if you use up your cellphone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance?Time Warner Cable Inc customers - and later, others - may have to, if the company's test of...
Cloud computing rains on tech industry
Cloud computing, in its simplest sense, allows software to be centrally located instead of explicitly residing on a user's personal computer.
Oil prices shoot past US$139
Oil prices shot up more than US$11 to a new record above US$139 Friday after Morgan Stanley predicted prices would hit US$150 by July 4, America's independence day.Oil's meteoric surge, which pushed prices more than eight per cent higher in a single...
Eroding trade preference - Part 1
A reading of the previous papers on the economic needs of the Caribbean in this forum reveals that the authors had remarkable foresight when they identified the problems that would face the region in the future.
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