Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Sunday | March 15, 2009
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Cheap fertiliser threatens exports - Experts wary of importing manure
Any widespread use by Jamaican farmers of fertiliser manufactured from human waste could undermine a growing initiative to access Europe's lucrative market for organic products that carry...

Problems with corruption
Question: Some insurers ask customers to pay a vehicle inspection fee in order to obtain coverage.

Money traps and your emotions
If you are not a wheeler-dealer business type and your cellular phone bill nears the $10,000 mark on a monthly basis, you may have an addiction.

Dump high-interest credit cards, unsecured loans during economic crisis - Schnoor
Anya Schnoor, chief executive officer of Scotia DBG Investments, is recommending persons or businesses to stay as fluid as possible by investing in shorter-term investments and secure instruments to overcome the economic challenges.

Playing Houdini with money supply (Pt 2)
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) incorporates the following within the framework of its monetary policy operations: Whereas an expansion of money supply facilitates economic growth, excessive increases in the rate of growth of money supply have an adverse...

Get help from friends and family
I am a recent graduate of the University of The West Indies who has been finding it very difficult to secure any form of employment.

China's new global role
When Jamaica's Usain Bolt effortlessly won the 100 metres in the August 2008 Beijing Olympics it became one of the defining moments of an event that cemented China's global presence in the minds of hundreds of millions around the world.


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