Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has indicated that infrastructure spending will be one of the big-ticket items in the upcoming 2020 -2021 national budget, which will be tabled next month. He has identified the south coast highway, linking Harbour View in St Andrew to Port Antonio,
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has disclosed that the administration has no intention at this time to phase out the assets tax on financial institutions — in spite of cries from securities dealers for this to be done. In his first budget presentation back in April last year, Minister Clarke
An eight-person Jamaican “mini” trade mission is now in Guyana for a five-day series of briefings by public sector entities, as well as business-to-business meetings with private sector leaders there. The Jaamica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) is collaborating with its Guyana counterpart at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry
In his recent biography on his life, titled I tried to make a difference, R Danny Williams shows through example the lessons of how to achieve a life well lived with examples from family, friends, business, charity and even politics. Some of his lessons on leadership, and its key underlying
As the country continues to outperform global stock market trends, new calls are now emerging for the creation of a micro stock exchange following on the success of the junior market — which has grown significantly within the last year. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries Audley Shaw, while
The local stock market is expected to remain bullish for 2020, particularly given the $89 billion in bonds that will be maturing by October this year. That's the word from Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) investment experts Peter Thompson and Greig Lindo, who say “there remains some juice in the
The devaluation and fluctuation of the Jamaican dollar, alongside the untamed crime monster, remain the factors that have influenced business confidence and its downward trend, according to pollster Don Anderson. “Over the last two periods — the second and third quarter of 2019 — business confidence slipped, causing a buzz
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has successfully gone live with Nasdaq Matching Engine and Nasdaq Market Surveillance, thereby enabling the exchange to introduce new products and services, and attract investors. The matching engine technology, which is built upon the cloud-enabled Nasdaq Financial Framework, will bolster the JSE's ability to manage
Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, is informing that the 'clerks' occupation group accounted for the most significant increase in employment recorded in the October 2019 Labour Force Survey. Speaking during STATIN's quarterly briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Friday (January
Following on the heels of its 15 per cent share acquisition last year December, the GraceKennedy Group (GKG) has announced plans to further strengthen and expand its financial division through an offer by the holding company, GraceKennedy Financial Group Limited (GKFG), to acquire a greater stake in Key Insurance Company
