http://jamaica-gleaner.com/ The oldest and leading newspaper in Jamaica editor@gleanerjm.com (Garfield Grandison) roland.booth@gleanerjm.com (Roland Booth) en-us Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST 60 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Newspapers Eric Deans, director of shipping and policy research at the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), recently returned to Jamaica after completing a PhD degree in marine policy at the University of Delaware in... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business1.html Dr Lorrise Williamson (left) tends to a patient during the Shipping Association of Jamaica's (SAJ) health fair held in partnership with the Rotary Club of Liguanea Plains, the Rotary Club ... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business2.html Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure major new debt agreements.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business3.html Reacting to entrepreneurs' complaints that the influx of Chinese businesses was posing a threat to their survival, St Lucia's foreign minister Alva Baptiste said on Monday that his government would help local entrepreneurs become more competitive rather... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business4.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business4.html If we want to create an economy-friendly environment then the number one focus must be on the youth. New solutions and ideas, even for job creation, will come from them; and if we are desperate for change as a nation, then we must be willing to change with the times.... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business1.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business1.html The Private Sector Association of Jamaica has paid tribute to the late Mayer Matalon OJ, prominent businessman, who died on Friday. He was 89. Matalon is survived by widow Sarita, daugters Diana, Jacqueline, Gail, Rebecca and son, Joseph... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business2.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business2.html The Montego Bay-based Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) has reported improved performance for the six months ended December 2011, with net profits increasing by 63 per cent to almost US$832 thousand, from US$510 thousand during the corresponding... http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business3.html http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120207/business/business3.html