Jamaicans shun online tax payment:But authorities press ahead with e-payroll deduction
A five-year-old attempt by the tax authorities to make it easier for Jamaicans to pay some taxes using electronic facilities has failed to engage taxpayers, revenue collectors have all but accepted.
Drop your rates, Shaw tells micro-financiers - Another $1b fund to be created by DBJ
Jamaica's micro-financiers apply too big a price to the credit they issue to borrowers, according to Finance Minister Audley Shaw, who on Wednesday, said they should cut rates or get left behind holding their cash...
iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov 6
Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone - the Droid - for US$200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls.
Lenders sweeten car-loan offers - Anticipate pre-holiday spending surge
Local banks have been crafting a number of strategies to entice a hesitant consuming public into taking their car loans, chiefly reduced interest rates, but which also include financing for insurance, licensing and other expenses.
Three accidents and no compensation - Bad luck or dysfunctional system?
Question: My vehicles were involved in three accidents.
Investing a lump sum
QUESTION: I was recently made redundant.
Jamaica's top 5 most admired personalities - Usain Bolt gets most votes in email poll
While all Jamaicans are proud of Usain Bolt's achievements on the track, there are those who...
Downtown revitalisation plans gain momentum
The announcement last week that communications giant Digicel Group would be establishing its headquarters on the waterfront in downtown Kingston should create some momentum for the revitalisation plan of the capital city.
Service versus servitude - Caribbean tourism still seen as 'second-class' industry
As the weeks pass, it is becoming ever more clear that if the region is to find a viable short- to medium-term way out of the recession it needs to have a far clearer long-term understanding of...
From inside the markets
Access Financial Services Limited was listed as the first company on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange on Friday at a price of $18.34.