Jamaica Gleaner Business
Published: Monday Sunday | April 26, 2009
A customer model that works - How EServices grew to 54,000-strong
THE ACS-EServices group has in the past decade built a company whose focus is on customer care, using a business model that has allowed the company to blossom into the largest private employer in Jamaica. Read More...
NCB profit declines in second quarter
Patrick Hylton (right), group managing director of National Commercial Bank Jamaica, and Dennis Cohen (left), deputy group managing director, at a press briefing by the bank to release its half-year results, October 2008-March 2009, at The Atrium, New... Read More...
BOJ to launch electronic depository on May 1
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced that Jamaican Government securities will no longer be available in paper form as of May 1, the date now agreed for the launch of the new fixed-income central-securities depository (CSD). Read More...
Small biz - Weakness in calculating start-up costs
Before starting your business, it is important that you estimate your future income and expenses and your cash flow to ensure that the business will make money. These projections are also required if you plan to approach any financial agency for a loan. Read More...
Jamaica Budget 2009-10: Difficult decisions in challenging times
Audley Shaw, minister of finance and the public service, delivered the much-anticipated 2009-10 Budget-presentation in Parliament on Thursday. Jamaica had been bracing itself for significant tax measures in light of recent Government pronouncements against the background that the nation faces significant fiscal and other economic challenges at this time. Read More...
Are you following the herd? FSC director outlines investment pitfalls to avoid
Jamaicans tend to get caught up in the herd mentality, a weakness when it comes to investing, according to executive director of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), Rohan Barnett. There is a tendency or to buy in to the philisophy that 'everyone is doing it so it must be good', said Barnett, who was addressing an investment forum in Kingston at the time. Read More...
Regional leaders strike more mature tone at summit
Look closely at the official photograph taken at the start of the Fifth Summit of the Americas and it is hard to miss the symbolism. Compare it to the more formal official group photographs of the third and fourth summits and you cannot help escape the conclusion that a new order has arrived in the Americas. Read More...
