GPS navigational technology made for Jamaica - Geo-Informatics creates software, JN group to market product
It is all the rage now. Cars that can find your favourite restaurant, know which street you work on, and can take you home with a voice command.
Maximising returns on your investment
QUESTION: I am a recent university graduate and my only current financial goal is to save as much money as possible.
Is honesty still the best policy?
Question: I work with a bank. In May last year, I bought a Honda motor car and insured it for $1.3 million. At around the same time, I took my driving test. I failed. My brokers told me that insurance required a licensed driver.
$115m more for MEFL
Scotiabank Jamaica and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have committed an additional $115 million (C$1.6 million) to Micro Enterprise Financing Limited (MEFL) to fund the distribution of loans to small companies.CIDA is providing the...
Travel spots to avoid
More Jamaican businesses have been looking to Haiti and its seven-million population to grow their markets.But the Caribbean country has been ranked as one of the world's most dangerous places to visit.Haiti has been cited for the selling of guns, named...
Need a bank loan, credit card? Apply online, says NCB
National Commercial Bank of Jamaica Limited (NCB) will, later this year, allow online loan and credit-card applications, a service it anticipates about 10 per cent of its customers will utilise.
Accountant to distribute energy-saving products - Launches new company
Jamaica Energy-Saving Solutions Ltd (JESS), a new company founded by Cranston Ewan, has entered the market as a distributor of energy-saving devices. JESS, a fully owned Jamaican company, signed an exclusive agreement in November...
Week on the web: Safeguards against Internet dangers
Being completely secure and anonymous on the internet is highly improbable. The 'catalogue' of threats one is exposed to when browsing can be daunting.
Is the Caribbean surviving or prospering?
Over the last two weeks, I have participated in a number of meetings, both small and large, in the Caribbean and in Europe.They were quite different from those that had gone before.
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