Kaiser's Alpart shares up for April auction
KAISER ALUMINUM'S interests in Alpart will go up for auction on April 20, Kaiser has stated. Kaiser owns a 65 per cent share in Alpart (Alumina Partners of Jamaica), the alumina refinery and bauxite mining venture based at Nain, St. Elizabeth.
Digicel to offer landlines by end of the year
CELLULAR SERVICE provider, Digicel is to offer a landline and data service to Jamaica firstly to business customers and then the general public.
Cool Runnings sets sights overseas
WESTERN BUREAU: The COOL Runnings spring water company is in the final phase of a major expansion programme. Located in the hills of Montpelier, St. James, Cool Runnings carries out its bottling at a pristine spring nestled in a rain forest.
New lending facility for Jamaican businesses
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has a new 2.2 billion euro ($165 billion) investment facility open to Jamaican businesses. "We are looking for good projects," said Anthony White-house, an EIB consultant.
DB&G wants to bulk up on Gov't debt
INVESTMENT BANKERS Dehring Bunting & Golding (DB&G) could be set to purchase the debt owed by Michael Lee-Chin's AIC (Barbados) Limited to the Government to complete the purchase of National Commercial Bank (NCB).
Pig industry must stay lean - Clarke
WESTERN BUREAU: AGRICULTURE MINISTER Roger Clarke is warning pig farmers not to be fooled into thinking they can build a successful pork industry on the basis of a high duty regime for imported pork.
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