Telecommunications giant Flow Jamaica has launched what it is describing as “another industry-leading move”, new unlimited mobile data plans for both prepaid and postpaid customers. Both plans offer unlimited “any-use” data in addition to unlimited calls and text messaging to any local network. According to Flow, postpaid customers will also
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy was growing modestly before the threat of coronavirus arose. The Commerce Department said on Friday that consumer spending increased 0.2 per cent last month, down from 0.4 per cent in
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The deadly coronavirus epidemic will cost world tourism at least US$22 billion owing to a drop in spending by Chinese tourists, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said yesterday. The COVID-19 epidemic has killed more than 2,760 people, mostly in China —
Stocks sank around the globe again Friday as investors braced for more economic pain from the coronavirus outbreak, sending U.S. markets to their worst weekly finish since the 2008 financial crisis. The damage from the week of relentless selling was eye-popping: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3,583 points, or
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) - Canadian economic growth slowed to 0.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2019, the government reported on Friday last, but still beat forecasts slightly. Gross domestic product (GDP) had been widely expected to fall to 0.2 per cent from the previous quarter. Added to previous
W ith the growing use of technology, businesses are called to undertake more research in order to attain greater levels of growth and development as well as to create ecosystems in which they can thrive. General manager and country representative for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, said that
Indications are that the Government doesn't plan to act immediately upon the Petrojam Review Committee (PRC) recommendation to divest itself of the scandal-plagued State-owned oil refinery, Petrojam. Rather, the Andrew Holness Administration has sought to position the entity for increased profitability and efficiency this fiscal year. Petrojam plans to
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Sagicor Foundation recycled approximately 600 pounds of plastic bottles after this year's staging of the Sagicor Sigma Corporate Run on February 16. According to a statement from the foundation, a total of 13,416 bottles were collected at the annual Run/Walk/Wheel event at Emancipation Park, through a partnership with
