12,357 NHT mortgagors in arrears: Board meets to approve stimulus
The board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) was to meet this weekend to finalise and sign off on a programme of assistance for NHT mortgagors, a substantial number of whom have fallen into arrears in the past three months alone.

Getting rich in a hurry, retiring early
Dear Adviser,I am 25, with aspirations to gain wealth so I can retire by age 45.

DBJ shortlists two investors for Montpelier lands
The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has shortlisted two investors who have bid for 3,000 acres of agricultural lands on which the former Jamaica Orange Company once operated a citrus orchard that failed.

Golf resorts going further upmarket
The Rio Grande seaside stretch, a half-hour's drive east of the airport in San Juan, is not placid at midday.Construction equipment rumbles through the beachfront while workers sweat installing the marble floors and granite countertops in developer...

Riding out the downturn in the aluminium industry - Implications for Jamaica
It is now clear that the international aluminium industry is in the throes of a downturn.No one knows how long and deep it will be and what will be the shape of the industry structure when it is through.

Mobile connections reach four billion worldwide
A new estimate of the wireless industry has pegged connections at four billion connections in December, according to the findings of Informa Telecoms & Media, reflecting 60 per cent global penetration of mobile usage.

Apple unveils new products - And they ain't cheap
Lower iTunes prices were Apple's only nod to the recession - and an oblique one at that - as record labels have been asking for years to set varying song prices.Rather than an inexpensive new Mac to lure budget-conscious buyers,...

Social partnership in a recession
A few days ago, something quite extraordinary happened: The German government, as it has many times before, went to the financial markets.