Motor insurance tracking system coming, 30% of vehicles uninsured - IAJ survey
Jamaica's insurance industry estimates that one in every three vehicles on the roads is either uninsured or has illegal papers, and as a result, companies lost out on $3 billion of premiums last year.
Play the market for the best deal, especially now
Question: A taxi ran into the back of my car in July of last year. The accident was reported to the police and my insurers. I had to pay an excess. I was supposed to be paid for loss of use.
J'can patties in China
A new Jamaican-owned restaurant, called Uncle Mike's Jamaican Patties, is now serving up the popular meat pastry and other Jamaican and Caribbean staples in China.Owned by a firm called Tradersco, the restaurant opened for business March 17 in Shanghai...
FSC requirements for licensing securities dealers, advisers - New alert identifies 17 unapproved schemes
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has issued a new list of 17 investment schemes that it says are not registered to conduct securities business in Jamaica, whether via Internet websites or otherwise.
The steps to retirement - Saving toward a work-free lifestyle
It is no secret that saving for retirement and financing your passage into the after life are costly, and often requires an adjustment in lifestyle, but the actual numbers still gave participants of the First Global Bank's estate-planning seminar a jolt on Monday.
Swiss bank reels - Overtakes Citi's subprime losses
UBS AG, already wincing from massive write-downs caused by the subprime crisis, has taken another blow as a former CEO is pushing the Swiss bank to separate its private client operations from the stumbling investment unit. A shareholder group cheered the...
Crude profits
A court-appointed expert suggested last week that Chevron Corp should pay up to US$16 billion (euro10.2 billion) for allegedly polluting the Ecuadorean Amazon - big bucks.But oil companies are known for big profits.
How about investing in an iPod?
If you have a large enough music collection of over, say, a dozen albums, and listen to music on the go, an iPod may be a good idea.
Tourism challenges ahead
In Nassau, in early March, Caricom heads of government took a vital step in the direction of recognising the importance of the region's pre-eminent industry.
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