Dealers dealt a harsh hand by FSC - Industry to now pay for supervision
IN the drive to become a self-funding watchdog agency, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) has revised its fee schedule applicable to Security Dealers and Advisers effective September 1, 2003.
Jamaicans should increase savings to 40 per cent
DIRECTOR of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Neville Duncan...
JPSCo re-evaluates operations
THE country's leading provider of electricity, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo), operated and controlled by United States energy giant, Mirant, is making a concerted effort to expand its operations and is looking to access capital to do so.
Process re-engineering needed
THE Finance Ministry's recent job freeze announcement is a clear indication that the government is either strapped for cash or is projecting difficulties.
Dollar slide is no threat - traders
THE slippage of 18 cents in the value of the Jamaican dollar against its United States counterpart is no cause for alarm, say foreign exchange market players.
'Paying the cost of extortion'
THE recent attention being paid to the extortion racket on public worksites should not lull us into believing that their extinction is close at hand.
Karen Turner spearheads USAID
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been a developmental force in Jamaica since 1962, providing almost US$2 billion in development assistance and economic support funds.
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