Kemtek developing Emerald Estate 2 - St. Mary town houses start at $10.5m
Kemtek Development and Construction Limited, an 18-year-old company, has invested $500 million in its Emerald Estate town houses in St. Mary, according to principal Sylvester Tulloch. Tulloch is actually now working on phase two of the development at Huddersfield, comprising 33 'deluxe' town houses.
Who speaks for you? Know your business association heads
There are some business associations and agencies for which the president or chair are well known. They are quoted often in the media and their faces are plastered on television on a regular basis. Others are not so well known, but have, quietly, been representing their members. During this year, some of the popular faces will make way for new leaders to take the helm; others will seek re-election.
How a money trader went bad
In the end, after stealing millions of dollars from his parents and friends, Joel Nathan Ward finally confessed. "I'm a financial serial killer," he scribbled in his personal diary. "I am just another ... con artist." The diary was his undoing.
'Investment '08' forum set for Wednesday
Finance Minister Audley Shaw will headline 'Investment '08', an annual forum on the markets and the economy hosted by financial publisher and consultant John Jackson.
Norbrook Hills, luxury homes at top price
Ne Construction and Development Limited is investing US$3 million (J$213 million) to construct four three-bedroom town houses in upscale Norbrook Hills, St. Andrew. The development, though small, is the first major project for 42-year-old Devon Young, managing director of the three-year old company.
'Green PC' hits the market - Innovative offering Lenovo's ThinkCenter A61e
Innovative Corporate Solutions (ICS) has added a new line of energy-efficient personal computers or 'green PCs' to its store shelves. ICS chief executive officer Christopher Reckord says the computers, the ThinkCenter A61e, were acquired from Lenovo, and and are targeted at that segment of the market demanding environment-friendly electronics.
Sterling Asset enjoys growth - Gears up for Trinidad
Sterling Asset Management Limited registered a 20 per cent increase in business in 2007, with its principals attributing much of its growth to investments in its U.S. dollar portfolio, which was dominated by AAA-rated United States govern-ment agency bonds.
CARIOCOM's new commitment to tourism
Last week in Nassau, I had the opportunity to listen to an address by Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who recently assumed the role of Chairman of CARICOM. He was opening 'Caribbean Marketplace', the Caribbean Hotel Association's annual commercial gathering. Later the same evening, I heard a much broader and domestic version of his thinking when he addressed the Bahamian people on television.
The link between risk and insurance premiums
When it comes to car insurance, the devil is in the details. The cost of disregarding the finely printed clauses on policies or glossing over them is one that policyholders eventually come to pay for.
US stocks cap rough week - US$145b stimulus plan draws little reaction
Wall Street ended a painful week with another decline Friday as skittish investors unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy drew little comfort from United States President George W. Bush's stimulus plan.
Appleton and Angostura - blending brands for global success
Excerpts of a speech by Lawrence Duprey, chairman of Angostura Holdings and CL Financial Group, at a luncheon in Kingston, January 8, 2008, hosted by Angostura and Mayberry Investments to outline Angostura's pending takeover of Lascelles deMercado and...
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