QUESTION: I really want to start buying shares from local companies, even maybe from foreign companies like Amazon, but really I am looking at next year, by God's will. How much money would I have to invest in order to get back what I invested, plus earn 50 per cent

NCB Financial Group Limited (NCB), which operates one of the largest financial entities in the region, will make another bid for additional shares in regional insurance conglomerate Guardian Holdings Limited of Trinidad (GHL) following a determination by the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC ) and agreement by

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CMC) — A new report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says Latin America and the Caribbean need a “quality leap” from declining export competitiveness. On Wednesday, the IDB said in the first quarter of 2018, the value of exports from Latin America and the Caribbean grew

Five-time cancer survivor Pat Wright (left) signs a copy of her book The Wright Life for Candice McLeod (left), while Sasheena Gobay anxiously awaits her turn during the launch of the book at the WrightLife Live Food Eatery in Fairview, Montego Bay, last week Tuesday. (Photos: Philp Lemonte) MONTEGO BAY,

Yum yum! This little one from Tobolski Basic School is fed her lunch by Alysia White, assistant vice-president, Sagicor Group Marketing, while her friend looks on. WITH much fun and fanfare, the Sagicor Foundation Adopt-A-School programme was officially launched on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel. Under

Peter Levy (left), president of the British Caribbean Insurance Company, makes a point during the Transportatipon Reform Proposal Consultation at Hotel Four Seasons in Kingston on Wednesday. Looking on are Transport Minister Robert Montague (centre) and Transport Authority Managing Director Cecil Morgan. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) THE Government is moving to

LAST week we highlighted that though antenatal care, delivery, and post-natal care for mother and child are free in public health facilities, some mothers choose to have their babies in private or semi-private hospitals, as they believe the hospital fees are but a small price to pay for their babies'

THE Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB) and the National Works Agency (NWA) were, up to press time last evening, working to clear the waterlogged Mandela Highway in St Andrew. Head of PSTEB, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen told the Jamaica Observer by telephone that water had settled on both

Senator Aubyn Hill, executive director of the Economic Growth Council, addresses the audience during the third in a series of dialogue titled ‘Conversations III’ at The Mico University College recently. The dialogue was held under the theme: ‘Education and Training: Key Drivers of Economic Growth and Job Creation’. Seated are

AHEAD of the 28th annual conference of the Caribbean Actuarial Association (CAA) at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel from November 29-30, All Woman sat down with its founding president and actuarial luminary, Daisy Coke, OJ, CD, who defied the expectations of her gender, making extraordinary contributions in a sector that was