PARIS, France (AFP) — The global economy has surpassed its pre-pandemic peak, data survey firm IHS Markit said Monday, as the recovery accelerates thanks to vaccination and the end of pandemic-related restrictions. IHS Markit, which conducts monthly surveys of businesses that are highly valued by the market as a leading
QUESTION: In 2019, I took out a credit card and always paid my bills on the due date. When COVID-19 came about, I had to use the card to help with getting food supplies for my household. I was then out of a job when my workplace was closed.... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210620/oran-hall-restoring-your-credit-score
Construction, which is captured as a goods-producing sector in the counting of national output, was a star in the real economy last year. But real estate, which is classified as a service, was unable to match it. Although the number of real estate... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210620/covid-halts-real-estate-momentum
Jamaica’s main insurance umbrella group has warned vehicle owners and operators enlisting with ride-sharing service Uber that they could compromise their coverage if they fail to disclose the arrangement to their insurers. The Insurance Association... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210618/insurers-blow-horn-against-below-radar-uber-drivers
MEMBERS of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons (CCRP) — a non-profit membership organisation for people 50 years or older — are welcoming the opportunity of accessing home and auto insurance at a reduced cost, courtesy of a partnership between JN General Insurance Company (JNGI) and insurance broker CGM Gallagher.
TOURISM Minister Edmund Bartlett says that tourism sector employers will start contributing to the new Tourism Workers' Pension Scheme (TWPS) in January 2023, at a rate of five per cent per annum. He told the House of Representatives Tuesday, as he closed the 2020/12 Sectoral Debate, that the fund administrator,
Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, SGJ, is putting up US$100 million ($15 billion) for a large stake in the LNG power plant that fuels the Jamalco refinery at Halse Hall in Clarendon and is owned by natural gas infrastructure developer and operator New Fortress Energy Inc. The acquisition, which forms
Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited, SGJ, is putting up US$100 million ($15 billion) for a large stake in the LNG power plant that fuels the Jamalco refinery at Halse Hall in Clarendon and is owned by natural gas infrastructure developer and operator New Fortress Energy Inc. The acquisition, which forms
Jamaica’s main insurance umbrella group has warned vehicle owners and operators enlisting with ride-sharing service Uber that they could compromise their coverage if they fail to disclose the arrangement to their insurers. The Insurance Association. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210618/insurers-blow-horn-against-below-radar-uber-drivers
Chris Berry, executive chairman of Mayberry Investments Limited, says he believes that many small enterprises may not be able to comply with the Data Protection Act, 2020 due to lack of resources. Berry, a businessman who sits on numerous boards for various established companies, indicated that larger enterprises have a
