Goodyear grows core business - ... plans to target young drivers
MAJOR TYRE distributor and exporter, Goodyear Jamaica Limited, is experiencing growth in its core business, according to its interim three-month report to March 31, 2005.

'Growth momentum building'
THE BANK of Jamaica (BoJ), is predicting a healthy growth in the economy for the 2005/06 fiscal year, according to the governor, the Honourable Derick Latibeaudiere.

Good prospects ahead for stocks this year - JMMB
THE LOCAL stock market is likely to do well this year, says Glenford McLeish, managing director of JMMB Securities.

DB&G's Winner's Edge
MOST LISTED companies continue to enjoy increased profitability as indicated by the spate of impressive corporate results released during the course of the week.

Jamalco ventures into tourism
BAUXITE AND alumina producer, Jamalco, is proposing to introduce an excursion train, 'The Clarendon Express', as an alternative vision for tourism in Jamaica.

Learning from others
I AM sure everyone knows the saying that history always repeats itself. What this simply means is that similar events in history will always reoccur in different places.

Getting to know the new Companies Act
THE FRAMEWORK in which companies operate shifted when The Companies Act, 2004 (the act) became effective from February 1, 2005. Whether you operate a company or relate to one in any way, this change has an impact on you.

FTAA negotiators hopeful
FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS with senior United States trade representative officials in recent days on the future of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) process, top Caribbean trade officials say they hope negotiations will resume...

Coffee industry strapped for funds
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE TRUSTEES of the local coffee industry appear to be hard-pressed to maintain consistency in the plethora of reasons given as to why crop insurance payments in the wake of Hurricane Ivan have not been made.