NCB posts profits of $815 million for the third quarter
NET PROFIT at National Commercial Bank increased 1 per cent to $815 million in the nine months ended July 30, 2002 over the same period the year before, according to an NCB release. But operating profit at the bank stood at $931 million for the nine...

Couples Negril in number one
Despite talk of Jamaica's deteriorating economic climate and poor national image, the achievements of House of Issa's Couples Negril, shows that there is still much to be salvaged. The international acclaimed Travel and Leisure...

Critical mass pays dividends for MSMB
THE MERGER of Manufacturers Merchant Bank and Sigma has proved a successful fit to date judging by the first yearly financial statements of the new entity Manufacturers Sigma Merchant Bank...

A message for Independence Day - We must become more self-reliant
We must become more self-reliant "THERE IS a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide...

C&W Ja opens Flagship Mobile/Internet Retail Store
CABLE & Wireless this week officially opened its new state-of-the-art Flagship Mobile and Internet Store at 55 Knutsford Boulevard in New Kingston's business district. The store, a joint venture between Cable & Wireless and prominent cellular...

Independence fervour will steamroll ahead
A Stone Poll in the Jamaica Observer, has caused some consternation as it showed that a small majority of the adults in the sample polled, regretted Jamaica departing from British rule. Whilst this has caused some soul-searching, in this Jamaica's...

International accounting standard adopted
THE INSTITUTE of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) has adopted International Standards on Auditing (ISA) with effect from July 1, 2002 and International Accounting Standards (IAS) for periods commencing on or after...