October 29, 2015 Mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to new research on distracted driving. Drivers using phones and vehicle information systems while driving may miss stop signs, pedestrians and other vehicles while their
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Logistics-hub-dream-step-closer-to-reality_19236123Friday, October 30, 2015 JAMAICA'S long-anticipated logistics hub dream seems to be one step closer to becoming a reality. Designated Free Zone administrator and operator Masada Jamaica Limited has entered a concessionary agreement with lubricant blender Gulfray America's Manufacturing Limited for the development and management of the Spanish Town Free
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s unemployment rate should see a reduction next June as international investors seek to hire 2,500 applicants for the development of a motor vehicle assembly plant at the Spanish Town Free Zone. Designated Free Zone administrator Masada Jamaica Limited has entered a concessionary
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Jamaica jumped seven spots to 64th in the world in the prestigious Doing Business Report 2016 which actually betters Panama, the fastest-growing country in Latin America. "Jamaica, one of the 10 top improvers worldwide, reformed in four areas measured by Doing Business," stated the study published
Friday, October 09, 2015 The WIP Endeavor at Victoria Pier on the Kingston Harbour. (PHOTO: LIONEL ROOKWOOD) West Indies Petroleum (WIP) commissioned its new WIP Endeavor barge with its tugboat the 2200 HP WIP Spirit at the Victoria Pier in downtown Kingston yesterday. WIP is a ship bunker supplier, which
China's middle class has overtaken the United States to become the largest in the world according to a comprehensive new report on the distribution of global wealth. Despite fears of a global growth slowdown in the emerging world, Asia is set to be the scene for the greatest expansion of
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 STEWART... we pour 7.3 million cups of Blue Mountain coffee in our hotels annually (PHOTO: KARL MCLARTY) Adam Stewart, CEO of Sandals Resorts International, says the hotel group is contributing roughly $3 billion to the local manufacturing industry each year. Speaking at the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association
Monday, October 12, 2015 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator AJ Nicholson KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Government is calling on the financial sector to be watchful in ensuring that only clean money enters or passes through their systems from the new ganja industry. Minister of Foreign Affairs
Friday, October 09, 2015 LIMA, Peru — World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, (right centre), walks to where he will meet with Latin American economy ministers, in Lima yesterday. The world's finance ministers and central bankers are in Lima for the joint annual meetings of the World Bank and IMF
Friday, October 09, 2015 LIMA, Peru -- Christrine Lagarde Managing Director of the IMF and Gerry Rice (right), Director of the IMF Communications Department, arrive to a press briefing yesterday, during the day's activities of the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group. (PHOTO: AFP) The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
