Changing of the guard at Broilers - Williams, Levy to step down in February
Raby Danvers 'Danny' Williams is expected to give up his chairmanship of the Jamaica Broilers Group early next year, but the five-decade-old poultry company is making plans to link his name to the business through a lifelong directorship....
Incomplete! - Falmouth port deal not fully financed
THE GLOBAL financial meltdown has forced the Government to dial back on its contribution to the develop-ment of the cruise-ship port in Falmouth, Trelawny, forcing the project cost down by US$38 million to US$224...
Carlton Savannah REIT seeks new identity
Jamaica first and only real-estate investment trust, Carlton Savannah REIT Jamaica Limited has opted for a name change months into its start-up, and now wants to be known as Kingston Properties Limited. The change is pending approval from shareholders...
Stock market investors trade $99m
Jamaican investors traded $99 million in stocks on the market Thursday, but the 10.4 million units that changed ownership over the session was linked to only 10 stocks or about one-sixth of listed securities.Mayberry Investments was the most active...
Within LIME Jamaica, a new direction- spending smarter for better returns
SALES AT Cable and Wire-less Jamaica Limited, now trading as LIME, all but stagnated in its first half year, but having strangled close to a billion dollars from the company's cost of doing business, president Phil Green has teased more than a quarter billion ...
Crippled by crisis, developed countries
THE WORLD'S developed economies have slid into recession and will shrink further in 2009, a top international organisation said Thursday.In its latest economic forecasts, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...
Ciboney shareholders grow impatient
Ciboney Group Limited, a failed company with no income, is playing hard-ball with the real-estate market in a bid to force better offers on the sole asset left on its books.Chairman Errol Campbell told frustrated shareholders at the company's annual...
Recession andthe 'never,never' customer
Less than a month ago, James Farley, Ford Motor Company's vice-president for sales and communica-tions, was not worried about the falling demand that United States (US) automakers faced. Ford was not, he said, targeting 'never, never' customers for its hottest selling...
COMMENTARY - JSE junior market, a new lifeline to capital
Stock exchanges in the great financial centres of the world are the lifeline of capital that contribute to the vitality and stability of world's economy.'Going public' has come to signify the coming of age of age of a company...