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Business
Shaw urges farmers to utilise new irrigation technology
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw has called on farmers to utilise new irrigation technology to improve crop quality and increase production. Read More
Senate approves new Fisheries Act
A new Fisheries Act, aimed at further safeguarding the local sector, was passed in the Senate last Friday.... Read More
Get used to a flexible exchange rate
CANADA-based Chief Investment Strategist, Myles Zyblock, reckons that Jamaican companies should get more in tune with hedging programmes to mitigate unexpected movements in the local currency in accordance with first-world countries.... Read More
Mayberry Jamaican Equities grows assets base
Mayberry Jamaican Equities (MJE) managing director, Natalie Augustin, has reported revenues of $6.76 billion, in total comprehensive income for the 9-month period which ended September 30, 2018... Read More
House gets update on self-financing public bodies' performance
THE group of government-owned self-financing public bodies (SFPBs) recorded an overall balance surplus of $9,974 billion (budgeted surplus: $1,498.8 billion) during the first quarter of financial year 2018/19. Read More
Important market update and opportunities
Amplified trade tensions between the US and China and increasing interest rates in the USA have been blamed for the widespread sell-off observed in developed and developing markets last week. With the exception of the Jamaican and Brazilian Stock markets, most asset prices were lower week on... Read More
Wisynco pumps $300M in gas plant
Wisynco Group Ltd (Wisynco) has announced plans to pump $300 million in the construction of a two-megawatt energy plant at its Lakes Pen property in St Catherine. Read More
Clarke explains extra $2.5B for JUTC in supplementary budget
SINCE the beginning of 2018/19, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has made four separate requests to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service for additional financial support. Read More
US stocks finish solidly up after volatile session; Dow +1.1%
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks ended a topsy-turvy session solidly higher on Friday, winning back some of the losses from a two-day rout. Read More
Jetliner lands in US after world's longest flight
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — An Airbus jetliner arrived in Newark on Friday after a nearly 18-hour trip from Singapore, completing the world's longest commercial flight.It marked the revival of a route that had been eliminated in 2013. Read More
Motley pleased with fiscal improvements
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados government says the island's foreign reserve has improved over the past four months and there are signs that the prospects for a better economic situation are gaining momentum. Read More
JF Mills to roll out new products
Archer Daniels Midlands Company (ADM), a US-based flour milling facility which acquired the Jamaica Flour Mills (JF Mills) 21 years ago as part of its retail brand, is looking to capture even more market share with the roll- out of new products. Read More
Holness says Jamaicans should be proud of their architects
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that Jamaicans should be proud of the entries from their architects for the Houses of Parliament Design Competition. Read More
Shaw laments not enough farmers embracing technology
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw is lamenting that not enough local farmers are capitalising on the drip irrigation and other technologies now available to them. Read More
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