http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT 60 Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT Newspapers Energy minister Phillip Paulwell says that Govern-ment can, as a last option, sell Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to new investors rather than allow the utility to maintain... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business1.html Information technology company Management Control Systems has introduced to Jamaica an automated teller machine that can recognise cash notes.The technology is also said to be sensitive enough to detect counterfeit bills.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business2.html Toyota Jamaica Limited is expanding operations beyond Kingston and will open a new branch at Ironshore in Montego Bay in August, according to Tom Connor, the new man in charge of the dealership.The company is currently... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business3.html Plans to sell the Palmyra Resort & Spa at auction have failed, according to well-placed sources, despite two extensions on the original sealed-bid deadline... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business4.html Jamaica's unemployment rate spiked in January, according to new jobs data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The findings of the January 2012 Labour Force Survey released in May put the unemployment rate at 14.1 per cent... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business5.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business5.html Pan-Jamaican Investment Trust on Thursday announced the acquisition of a 20 per cent shareholding in the Melville family-owned Chukka Caribbean Adven-tures, aimed at financing the expansion of the tour company.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business6.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business6.html In a judgment handed down last week, a Supreme Court judge ruled that business transacted under contract with a cambio dealer has greater protection than investors in securities, even when both services are offered by the same company.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business7.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business7.html Exmar has told its shareholders that it has reintegrated Jamaica into plans to grow in regional liquified natural gas (LNG) markets.The advisory, published May 15, signals confidence by the Belgium company that it will eventually be successful at... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business8.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business8.html It's always a difficult question to answer: What's the most important news story this week, or rather this past week? One might answer: Well, from whose perspective? Are we talking about Jamaica, Caricom, the world? How does one go about making this determination anyway?... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business9.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business9.html The financial and sovereign debt crises have brought to light the need for better financial reporting by governments worldwide, and the need for improvements in the management of public-sector resources. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business91.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business91.html Spirits conglomerate Lascelles de Mercado and Company made J$866 million net profit for its March 2012 quarter, up 20 per cent over year-earlier levels based on rising sugar sales which offset car import delays and cargo-handling fees.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business92.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business92.html The Haitian government is drafting legislation for the newly emerging mining industry to help this impoverished Caribbean nation reap benefits, the new prime minister said Tuesday.Laurent Lamothe, who saw his Cabinet and policy plan approved hours... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business93.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business93.html Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company's initial public offering, the company said.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business94.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business94.html More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts.They say they don't want Facebook... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business95.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120518/business/business95.html