Jamaica Gleaner Business
Published: Monday Sunday | January 18, 2009
UCC expanding main campus, to build another in Half-Way Tree
The University College of the Caribbean (UCC) is expanding its campus in New Kingston and has acquired lands on Half-Way Tree Road to construct another campus.
Motor-vehicle insurance limits in need of revision
Question: At least two accidents have taken place on the roads recently in which many persons were hurt or fatally injured ... Will the injured or the dependents of those who died get any money from the insurance on the vehicles?
9,331 jobs lost in 2008 - Neville Ying leads job-saving committee
A special committee convened by the labour ministry and headed by Professor Neville Ying has been told to come up with creative ways to mitigate the impact of the ongoing haemorrage of jobs as Jamaica's economic troubles worsen.
Riding out aluminium's downturn (Part 2)
Given that the bauxite industry was the number one foreign-exchange earner and a significant contributor to Government revenue and the relative size of the economy, it is little wonder that the country found itself in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shortly after the general election of 1976.
IDB to do second Jamaican farm-insurance study
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will be spending US$60,000, or just under J$5 million, on a study to complement ongoing work on a project exploring the feasibility of introducing an agricultural insurance scheme in Jamaica.
Mortgage portfolio not at risk, says Samuels
National Housing Trust (NHT) managing director Earl Samuels responds to a story on the housing agency's mortgage portfolio published in Sunday Business.
Buy or rent? Realtors say don't be deterred by high interest rates
Real estate will continue to escalate in price, local wealth managers note, stating that they do not expect to see a downward trend in prices anytime soon. At the same time, however, they state that with interest rates for property loans increasing, it might not be a good time to borrow money for real-estate purchases.
Consumer affairs: Reading product labels ... knowledgeably
Pause for a while and read the label of that product you are about to buy.
