Flow wraps up fibre link - CFX-1 connects Jamaica to South and North America
BOCA RATON, Florida: Columbus Communication Inc, parent company of Flow, on Thursday unveiled its new direct network which links Jamaica to Florida and Colombia via the group's newly constructed Boca Raton Cable Station in...
Probing the cause of accidents
Question: On October 24, 2007, I made my way to the exit of the firm's car park. The car of a male visitor struck mine. The damage was mostly to its front left fender. I was about six months pregnant.
Unit trusts, safe but expensive investment
QUESTION: I read your column in the Sunday Gleaner and find it informative. I would like your advice on the unit trust money-market investment.
Ja's offshore centre: what's in it for you
The Ministry of Finance recently announced that plans for Jamaica to establish an international financial services centre (IFSC) are well under way.Senator Don Wehby has now received the draft report from the IFSC Special Advisory Committee outlining...
Nations grapple with failure of WTO talks
The blame game began immediately over who was responsible for the collapse of seven years of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva last week.The United States blames India; India blames the US; and France blames India and China.But for...
China emerges as global force in trade wrangling
Richer and more confident, China is playing a higher-profile role in wrangling over global commerce, drawing criticism from American officials who once prodded Beijing to be more active in international...
India's Nath gets hero's welcome
To some, India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath emerged this week as the chief spoiler of seven years of intricate World Trade Oranization (WTO) negotiations.But to Indians, farmers and industrialists alike, he is if not quite a hero, then he is at least...
NWA to replace bridge at Waterloo
The National Works Agency (NWA) is to construct a raised bridge at Upper Waterloo Road in Kingston, in an attempt to solve the flooding problem that occurs there during sustained rains and big storms.The current structure,...
WTO power play puts Caribbean in limbo
Set in a park with views across Lake Geneva to the snow-capped Alps, the elegant 1920s building that houses the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an unlikely, almost surreal setting for the intense multidimensional power play over global trade that...
Business events in photos
Professor E. Nigel Harris, vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) (centre), is delighted during a recent visit from the RBTT/RBC senior executive team.
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