GSB and NCB in credit card venture
IN A strategic move to expand services to its customers, GSB Cooperative Credit Union launched the GSB Keycard in alliance with the National Commercial Bank last week at Mona Visitors' Lodge at the University of the West Indies.

Understanding unit trusts
FOR MANY first-time investors, the prospect of investing may be quite daunting as the initial minimum investment balance is often considerably high for an average person. This should not be a deterrent, as pooled investment schemes like unit trust...

The future characterised by focus on building internal efficiency - GraceKennedy logs growth in key business indicators
IN THE 10 years since articulating its 2020 Vision to transform from a Jamaican trading company to a global consumer group, GraceKennedy Limited recently announced that it had made significant growth...

CCMB's profits break the billion-dollar mark for 2005
CAPITAL AND Credit Merchant Bank Limited has broken the billion ­ dollar profit barrier, by posting an after-tax profit of J$1.16 billion for its 2005 financial year. This represents a 35 per cent increase over the $865 million earned in 2004.

Exploring the 'green energy' possibility
LOOK CLOSELY at the detail of the action plans produced by Caribbean governments to transform their sugar industries. There you will find in every single case a proposal to turn over a part of cane production to green energy in the form of bio-ethanol...

Customer sues RBTT
A MONTEGO BAY businesswoman has sued RBTT seeking to recover $4 million that allegedly went missing from a lodgement to her account in September 2003.

The deadly sins of investing
PRIDE, ENVY, sloth, gluttony, lust, anger and greed are often referred to as the seven deadly sins. We may associate these terms with our religious beliefs, but have you ever thought of affiliating them to your investment practices?

Softbank snatches Vodafone's Japanese unit for US$15.5b
REUTERS: SOFTBANK CORP. has agreed to buy Vodafone's Japan business for 1.8 trillion yen (US$15.5 billion), realising its dream to become a communications powerhouse with a strong foothold in Japan's US$78 billion mobile market.