Castle for sale - Lee Chin lined up to buy
Trident Castle, a Portland property caught up in a legal battle that has gone as far as the United Kingdom Privy Council, remains listed on the real estate market for sale, even while billionaire Lee...
Digicel going against Vodafone in Fiji
Digicel Group, armed with its new licence, is now ready to expand operations in Fiji under a planned US$80 million (F$120 million) investment.Digicel Pacific, a sister operation to Digicel Group, will move to create a "seamless pan Pacific GSM network"...
Kool Runnings cops job award - Telecom created 312 jobs in 2007
Digicel Jamaica added more than 300 jobs in the past year and now has just over 900 people on its payroll.Those numbers represent more than a fifth of the 4,000 jobs that the group has created across its 23 markets in the...
Home loans come with strings attached
Question: I insured my house in 2007 for a second time. The sum insured was $7.7 million. This was in order to get a bank loan. National Housing Trust (NHT) also insured it under a mortgage for $4,355,800.
US$2 port fee worries SBAJ
A new arrangement designed to curtail theft of shipping containers on the ports imposes an insurance fee on importers, but while the charge is relatively minor, small companies say its an additional expense and, therefore...
Acquisition financing: options and structures
Faced with the need to enhance market power and penetrate new markets, global and regional companies are finding that acquisition is one of the quickest ways to fast track development, gain access to market, develop economies...
Bonds hold no intrigue - But reliable and safe way to invest
Bonds to Jamaicans will never be as intriguing or tantalising as, say, foreign currency trading.But if 'safe and reliable' is more of a turn on than 'quick and hot', then bonds are the...
Going for gold - New record price at US$975
On Friday, in precious metals markets, gold continued its upward trek, hitting another record amid a weak dollar, high crude prices and inflation concerns.Gold for April delivery gained $7.50 to settle at US$975 an ounce on the...
Checklist for building that website
If you have been thinking about building a website for your business, here are a few things you should consider before you start.
Microsoft unveils new server, software developer tools
Microsoft Corp launched a new version of its server operating system with great-fanfare Wednes-day, but analysts said Windows Server 2008 is an incremental update rather than a giant leap forward.At a Los Angeles event, Microsoft also unveiled a new...
Samuda sets 50% target to cut 'red tape'
Industry Minister Karl Samuda has set a target of 50 per cent by which to reduce bureaucratic red tape in the public sector over the next two to three years.The minister gave the commitment shortly after hearing complaints...
€Multimillion yacht marina for Grenada
Grenada's legislature has backed plans to use a US$83 million (€56 million) loan from China to build a marina to boost tourism.
Tommy Hilfiger mansion listed for US$28m
Fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger has put his backcountry Greenwich estate on the market.Sotheby's International Realty said Hilfiger's gated Stone Hill estate is listed at US$28 million (euro18.8 million).
TGCC a partnership
THE EDITOR, Sir: This letter is further to the publication in the Wednesday February 20 edition of your newspaper of an article, "Samuda takes over red tape committee - names himself chairman" as well as the editorial titled "The line between policy and...
Succession in Cuba ... Raúl to tame bureaucracy
Just under a week ago, to virtually no one's surprise, Raúl Castro succeeded his brother Fidel as president of Cuba.Days earlier and after many indications that he would give up his role for reasons of poor health, Fidel Castro...
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