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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Two employees of a supermarket in St Elizabeth have been slapped with simple larceny charges after allegedly stealing five gal...
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Police in St Elizabeth say they have recovered a Toyota Mark X motorcar that was stolen on Thursday, September 19, in Coker di...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The World Bank announced Thursday that it delivered a record $42.6 billion in climate change financing in the 2024 f...
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BRIDGETOWN , Barbados (CMC) — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has raised alarm over the increasing incidence of HIV among youn...
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BY JULIAN RICHARDSON 
December 17, 2009
Some leading corporate heads have come out criticising the Government for the $21.8 billion annualised tax package it presented in parliament yesterda...
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Alicia Roache Business reporter roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17, 2009
LISTING on the Junior Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is seen as a viable option for raising capital to finance the growth and expansion of small and med...
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December 17, 2009
A British financial body says cheques will be phased out by the year 2018 in Britain because there are much more efficient ways of making payments tha...
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December 17, 2009
IN January 2009, when it became clear that the Bank of Antigua was experiencing extraordinary volumes of withdrawals that could threaten its viability...
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December 17, 2009
The country is faced with its greatest economic crisis in generations, but many Jamaicans are not taking advantage of business options open to them, s...
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December 17, 2009
IF no international agreement is reached to mitigate the effects of climate change, the cost for Latin America and the Caribbean could be equivalent t...
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By JIM KUHNHENN 
December 17, 2009
Two senators, one from each party, called Wednesday for breaking up large financial firms that perform both commercial and investment banking, adding ...
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December 17, 2009
MINISTER with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Daryl Vaz, has commen...
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by Aaron Task 
December 17, 2009
That's a question many on Wall Street are asking as 2009 comes to a close. Just as many subprime borrowers were unable to make their mortgage payments...
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December 17, 2009
Orbus Technologies Limited previewed to their valued customers on December 10, the new features of their main accounting software package Sage AccpacE...
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December 17, 2009
Increasing tax rates and capping the wage bill will not likely be enough for the Government to meet its fiscal targets going forward. The government w...
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AP 
December 17, 2009
HOUSTON, USA (AP) -- A federal judge has scheduled a January 2011 trial date for Texas financier R Allen Stanford, who is accused of bilking investors...
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Dennis Chung 
December 17, 2009
AT the time of writing this column, I, like every other Jamaican, am waiting to see what tax package the government delivers and the final outcome of ...
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December 17, 2009
A London-based company has acquired three Caribbean desalination businesses from its US competitor, in a multimillion- dollar deal. Cascal NV, a provi...
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December 15, 2009
LONDON, England - Recession-weary passengers lashed out at British Airways PLC workers yesterday as the carrier began last-ditch legal action to avert...
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December 15, 2009
NEW YORK, USA - The stock market fell from 14-month highs and Treasurys slipped yesterday after inflation rose faster than expected last month. Stocks...
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December 15, 2009
SEATTLE, USA - Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cell phone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, ...
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December 15, 2009
ATLANTA, USA - A case could be made for further industry consolidation in the US airline industry, but it's unclear whether the Obama administration w...
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December 15, 2009
SANTA ANA, California - A federal judge yesterday dismissed fraud and conspiracy charges against Broadcom Corp co-founder Henry T Nicholas III and for...
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December 15, 2009
WASHINGTON DC, United States - Amid a public outcry, federal regulators are forcing companies to reveal more information about how much they pay their...
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December 15, 2009
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - In a showdown between the world's two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations yesterday of bac...
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December 15, 2009
GENEVA, Switzerland - European and Latin American countries yesterday ended a 13-year dispute over banana tariffs in a deal that will significantly op...
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