Colgate sells Chloro-do brand to newcomer
Newcomers Pioneer Manufacturing and Distribution Company Limited (PMD) has acquired the Chloro-do Bleach brand from Colgate-Palmolive for an undisclosed sum. According to PMD, which is the distributor for Guylian Chocolates...
Scotiabank ends utility bill payment service
The Bank of Nova Scotia or Scotiabank (BNS) Jamaica will no longer accommodate the payment of utility bills at its branches effective Tuesday."The decision comes after an agreement with all three utility companies - the National Water Commission, Cable...
Burden of 2% excess on condo insurance
Question: Strata lots have to bear a two per cent excess (or deductible) on claims in the event of damage caused by hurricane, earthquake and flood.
Caribic reintroduces Cuban tours
Adding to its current Havana excursions, Caribic Vacations has reintroduced a one-day tour and a new eight-day, seven-night vacation package to Cuba effective Friday.One day visitors will get to explore historic Santiago de...
Questions to consider about your investments
As the Dow Jones industrial average was plunging 311 points on Thursday, Richard Riggs was working and unworried.The owner of a small collection agency in Los Angeles, Riggs, 52, says he has about 25 per cent of his assets in stocks - an amount that...
Generation Y: Fund managers ignore them at their peril, says KPMG
Profound demographic change will force the funds-management industry to look beyond the 'baby boomers' to the 'twenty-somethings', otherwise called Generation Y, a leading auditing and advisory firm has warned.A new KPMG International study called...
Aquafina source same as tap water - Bottle label to be amended, says PepsiCo
The label on Aquafina water bottles will soon be changed to state that the drink comes from the same source as tap water, the brand's owner PepsiCo said Friday.A group called Corporate Accountability International has been pressuring bottled-water...
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