Wednesday, January 14, 2015 . BY RICHARD BROWNE Business editor browner@jamaicaobserver.com BYLES… oil at US$50 per barrel means that Jamaica’s current account deficit is going to improve dramatically  DESPITE a greater than expected contraction in the economy, Jamaica is in a strong position heading into the final quarter, especially due to

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 STRACHAN… US equities are more attractive than local stocks  CHEAP stocks are aplenty, but analysts are tempering expectations of investors eager to make bullish gains in 2015. The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) essentially "cannot be as docile as 2014", but its growth depends on business confidence,

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 NEW YORK, USA — In this June 18, 2014 file photo, specialist Peter Giacchi calls out prices during the IPO of Foresight Energy on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A strong US economy helped propel the stock market higher for a fifth straight

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 | 8:00 AM PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid predictions of the Caribbean being hit with an earthquake with a magnitude of eight

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 | 7:10 AM . State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown (standing), greets resettled residents and other persons attending Monday’s (January 12) launch of the Jamaica Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents’ (JARRR) revamped website, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Brown

Monday, January 12, 2015.  Students at the entrepreneurship forum in Mandeville (PHOTO: 20 TWENTY STRATEGIES) Mandeville, Manchester — More than 300 students from 18 schools in central Jamaica were exposed to the challenges of entrepreneurship during a forum here in late November. Organisers of Global Entrepreneurship Week and the consulting

Published: Sunday | January 11, 2015. Cedric Stephens, Contributor QUESTION: What is the outlook for insurance prices in the Caribbean during 2015? For the second year in a row, the region did not suffer any major damage during the hurricane season. Are we likely to be seeing any price reductions this

Monday, January 12, 2015 State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), listens as manufacturer of the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, and head of Jamdun’ Food Processing, Chevaughn Bowen (centre), tells about the product. Looking on are, from left, chairman of Bureau of Standards Jamaica,

Published: Monday | January 12, 2015 William Mahfood, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, said the fact that the Government has consistently been meeting the economic targets under Jamaica's Economic Reform Programme is good for the country. "Globally, the publicity for Jamaica is very good. I want to

Friday, January 09, 2015  .BY KARENA BENNETT Business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com STREET-FORREST… I expect that we will see an increase in the number and types of investors accessing the market and the participants  THE Jamaica Stock Exchange will be launching its online trading platform in April with the aim of increasing