Jamaica Gleaner Business

Published: Monday Tuesday | May 19, 2009

BAA appeals UK regulator's airport sale decision
BAA Plc said Monday it will appeal a regulator's decision to force it to sell three of its seven airports in Britain. The airport operator said the ruling by Britain's Competition Commission had been "affected by apparent bias" and did not take into... Read More...

GM, union in dispute over imports and plant closures
Critical concession talks between General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers are being overshadowed by a public spat about the automaker's plans to import vehicles from other countries while it closes 16 US factories... Read More...

Barclays in talks to sell Global Investors unit
Barclays PLC said Friday it has received several expressions of interest in buying all or part of its Global Investors business, potentially derailing an earlier agreement to sell its iShares unit. Barclays did not identify any of the interested parties... Read More...

CSA hosts '09 conference
It is hoped that solutions discussed at the eighth annual Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) executives conference now under way in Cartagena, Colombia will be implemented to the benefit of territories across the Caribbean, Clive Forbes, general... Read More...