Shippers, Customs partner with Jampro in e-trade venture
JAMAICA'S PROGRESS towards e-Government services has been slow, but on Wednesday the state-run investment promotion agency, Jampro, announced progress with its online trade facilitation site, jamaicatradepoint.com, a four year old project.

BUSINESS PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH - Minna Israel set to take BNS to new heights
IN HER 21-year career as a banker, Minna Israel, the incumbent deputy managing director of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Jamaica...

UK company selling 61% interest in Rugby Jamaica - Horace Clarke hunting US$24 million to buy firm
RUGBY JAMAICA Lime and Minerals Limited is up for sale, following a decision by majority owner RMC Group Plc of London that it wants out of the local lime business, which it originally entered by default.

Green shoots of spring for J'can economy - Bear Stearns
BUOYED BY the country's fiscal accounts performing $2.95 billion better than budgeted for the month of April and the Government's efforts to bolster the local dollar...

Just an idea - Ways to improve finance and investment in Jamaica
THIS IS just an idea for the Government of Jamaica and the powers that be to consider and implement to take Jamaica out of its huge debt - foreign and national - and place the country on a growth and economic development path.

Riding the euro bull - Is it too late?
HERE IN Jamaica when we think about cross-currency diversification, most of us tend to think mainly of holding the US dollar as a currency hedge, with a small minority looking at UK pounds sterling as an alternative currency for some of their investments.

The charade of development
THE CHARADE of development seems to me to be an apt description for what is happening at the local and international level, in terms of development options.