Jamaica Gleaner Business
Published: Monday Thursday | January 1, 2009
SEC acts on credit default swaps
The Securities and Exchange Commission took a step last week toward a new system of central clearinghouses for credit default swaps, complex investments traded globally that have been partly blamed for the financial crisis...
Milk the meal budget, CAC urges consumers - Food for thought in 2009
As Jamaicans brace for what has been forecast as a rough fiscal year in 2009, maintaining optimal nutrition is possible on a shoestring budget, the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has advised. Dolsie Allen, chief executive...
Gov't employee gets off drug rap
A Ministry of Finance employee who was arrested and charged for drug possession was set free when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.Verline Hyacinth Watt, 60, the director of the Ministry of Finance's Memorandum...
