Wednesday, February 11, 2015 INVESTING can be defined as the act of committing money or capital to an endeavour with the expectation of obtaining an additional income or profit. There are many different ways you can go about making an investment. This includes putting money into stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate and more. Sometimes [...]

Friday, February 06, 2015 . Kenute Hare  The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), through the Jamaica Standards Network, will stage a repeat of its special presentation 'Reducing Road Fatalities using Standards and Regulations for Vehicles' at the BSJ's Multi-Purpose Facility on Winchester Road in St Andrew, today.   The session, open to all, particularly car dealers, [...]

Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Tourism and Entertainment Minister Dr Wykeham McNeill  News that the island's tourism sector earned US$2.2 billion last year, a 5.8 per cent increase over 2013, is indeed heart-warming. The fact that the country welcomed more than two million stopover visitors for 2014 is, we believe, testament to the strength of Jamaica's tourism [...]

BY KARENA BENNETT Business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com.   Wednesday, February 11, 2015 SAGICOR'S Sigma Corporate Run has pumped well over $30 million into the economy since the establishment of the 5.5-kilometre charity walk, run and wheelchair road race some 17 years ago. The New Kingston-based fund-raising event, set for Sunday, February 22, hopes to secure $25 million [...]

Tue February 3, 2015.   Dr. Vincent Lawrence, ESET Chairman The Electricity Sector Enterprise Team (ESET) confirmed on Tuesday that it has signed off on the establishment 330 megawatts of new generating capacity for Jamaica. This is part of the 380 megawatt project that was originally approved, but which was subsequently shifted away from the initial [...]

BY STEVEN JACKSON Business reporter jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com    Friday, January 23, 2015 MILLER... chief executive Sagicor Real Estate X Fund  THE Sagicor Group, which officially took control of Hilton Rose Hall this week, has entered into a wider franchising agreement that allows it to use the 'Curio by Hilton' tagline for properties acquired in the Caribbean, [...]

RENEE BARNETT.  Wednesday, January 28, 2015 AS children, most of us were taught that in order to be successful and wealthy we need to go to school and get an education, and then get a good job and work hard. However, much has changed and in the real world, outside of academics, in order to [...]

Wed January 28, 2015.  Warren McDonald, JCC President  The fast-tracking of  the Growth Agenda and tight economic management are some of  the areas that the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) wants the country to focus on in 2015. JCC President Warren McDonald outlined these priorities for his trade association  at Tuesday's meeting of  the Chamber's [...]