Endless travel taxes - What you pay for when you fly
As much as airlines slash their airfares to offer rock-bottom prices to their customers, there is no escaping the travel taxes that, with seat sales, are greater than the actual cost of the...
Scotiabank warns its customers of email fraud
Scotiabank is advising all its customers not to respond to emails requesting their personal or confidential banking information.In a release on the weekend, the bank said it was aware that there are emails in circulation, claiming to have been issued by...
More trained labour force needed
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica has the potential to be a world superpower in tourism, but a more trained labour force is needed to fill the vacancies that will be created by the numerous Spanish investment projects taking place...
$192m of JPS refunds unclaimed
The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) still has a $192 million liability carrying on its balance sheet since 1998, which the company said are the unclaimed refunds on accounts that were overcharged up to that year.Under direction from the...
PanCaribbean claims 41% share of Jamaican unit trust market
With almost $7 billion in assets up to the endof December, PanCaribbean Financial Services (PCFS) is the country's largest unit trust manager, with a 41 per cent market share, PCFS President, Donovan Perkins, told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting yesterday.
Accident victims cheated by the system
Question: I was involved in an accident on July 28, 2006. It took place on Spur Tree Hill, near the same spot where a serious accident occurred three weeks ago.
The experiences of student entrepreneurs in business
Sunday Business, in collaboration with Churches Cooperative Credit Union, continuesto track student entrepreneurs on the journey to creating and operating their own companies, with start-up capital from the co-op and under guidance from a mentor...
Diary: Food Express Delivery Services
May proved to be a challenging, yet rewarding month for the partners and management team of Food Express Delivery Services.Whereas in previous months business had slowed, the demand for our services increased last month, resulting mainly from the...
Diary: Dixons' Creations
May arrived with lots to do.The first weekend brought with it an all-day, all-night rush job from the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church's children's ensemble to provide uniform accessories, such as sashes and rosettes for the girls, and bow ties and...
Diary: Fashionable Yet Honourable
The first week of May presented a mixture of challenges and opportunities.Running a business and working full time requires dedication, wisdom, time management and a balance between career and personal life.One of the main struggles over the past few...
Restriction on foreign investments
The Pensions (Super-annuation Funds and Retirement Schemes) Act 2004 made provision expressed in the investment regulations that pension funds could invest a maximum of 20 per cent in foreign assets.This insertion was...
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