Jamaica Gleaner News- Business - Sunday

Foreign foreclosures entice - But buyers advised to beware pitfalls

Hot real-estate deals available in the United States, where a depressed market and the attendant foreclosures have caused prices to plunge, are drawing the attention of Jamaican investors. But real-estate experts are cautioning Jamaicans to think, and check on the property, before they close a deal.

NHT hires JN, Reggae Money to issue refunds

THE National Housing Trust (NHT) has contracted JN Money Transfer and Reggae Money Express as agents to distribute contribution refunds.The deals were sealed on Thursday.

Danny's 10 cardinal rules for business

R. Danvers 'Danny' Williams, the founder of Life of Jamaica (LOJ), now Sagicor Life Jamaica, shared his experiences in a speech at the JSE Best Practices Awards, December 3.

Zune seeks image remake

A video for the title track on hip-hop veteran Common's forthcoming album, Universal Mind Control, begins with a digital music player pulsing to the beat. The viewer is pulled through the screen into the gadget's guts, where the cool, collected rapper lets loose an easy stream of lyrics.

The economic shock that is still to come

Slowly, ever so slowly, the Caribbean is coming to recognise that it is far from immune from the global economic crisis. As developed and emerging markets accept that the world is headed for a severe recession with far-from-easy-to-predict consequences, governments in some but not all Caribbean nations are starting to realise they need to prepare their electorates for the shocks to come