Wednesday, January 14, 2015 STRACHAN… US equities are more attractive than local stocks  CHEAP stocks are aplenty, but analysts are tempering expectations of investors eager to make bullish gains in 2015. The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) essentially "cannot be as docile as 2014", but its growth depends on business confidence, according to Wade Mars, assistant [...]

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 NEW YORK, USA — In this June 18, 2014 file photo, specialist Peter Giacchi calls out prices during the IPO of Foresight Energy on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A strong US economy helped propel the stock market higher for a fifth straight year in 2014. (PHOTO: AP) [...]

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 | 8:00 AM PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid predictions of the Caribbean being hit with an earthquake with a magnitude of eight or larger. “We must develop, [...]

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 | 7:10 AM . State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown (standing), greets resettled residents and other persons attending Monday’s (January 12) launch of the Jamaica Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents’ (JARRR) revamped website, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Brown was the guest speaker (Photo: [...]

Monday, January 12, 2015.  Students at the entrepreneurship forum in Mandeville (PHOTO: 20 TWENTY STRATEGIES) Mandeville, Manchester — More than 300 students from 18 schools in central Jamaica were exposed to the challenges of entrepreneurship during a forum here in late November. Organisers of Global Entrepreneurship Week and the consulting firm 20 twenty Strategies said [...]

Published: Sunday | January 11, 2015. Cedric Stephens, Contributor QUESTION: What is the outlook for insurance prices in the Caribbean during 2015? For the second year in a row, the region did not suffer any major damage during the hurricane season. Are we likely to be seeing any price reductions this year like those that are [...]

Monday, January 12, 2015 State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), listens as manufacturer of the Bamboo Tomato Ketchup, and head of Jamdun’ Food Processing, Chevaughn Bowen (centre), tells about the product. Looking on are, from left, chairman of Bureau of Standards Jamaica, Professor Winston Davidson; director of [...]

Published: Monday | January 12, 2015 William Mahfood, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, said the fact that the Government has consistently been meeting the economic targets under Jamaica's Economic Reform Programme is good for the country. "Globally, the publicity for Jamaica is very good. I want to commend the Government for staying [...]

Friday, January 09, 2015  .BY KARENA BENNETT Business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com STREET-FORREST… I expect that we will see an increase in the number and types of investors accessing the market and the participants  THE Jamaica Stock Exchange will be launching its online trading platform in April with the aim of increasing its trading volume across the [...]

From RJR Website The Jamaica Stock Exchange has announced the appointment of a new Director. The new Director is Rohan Miller, CEO of Sagicor Investments. Mr. Miller has been appointed to the Jamaica Stock Exchange's Board to replace Donovan Perkins who resigned the post earlier this year. http://www.rjrnewsonline.com/business/sagicors-rohan-miller-appointed-to-board-of-jamaica-stock-exchange