05222012Headline:

US$12m rum investment

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National Rums of Jamaica Limited (NRJ) is pouring US$12 million (J$1.07 billion) into its distillery in Clarendon to add capacity, but also position the company, if it chooses, said manager Evon Brown, to develop new branded rums… Read [...]

Holiday Inn workers now eligible to vote

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The Court of Appeal has agreed that former contract workers of Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort are eligible to vote in the ballot to determine the union’s claim for bargaining rights. The ruling was made last Friday when it upheld a Supreme [...]

Brazil’s industrial and agribusiness output down

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Brazil’s industrial and agribusiness output slumped in the first half of the year amid the global economic slowdown, the government statistics agency said Wednesday. The negative production figures were released even as renewed optimism [...]

PepsiCo to buy bottlers in deals totalling US$7.8b

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PepsiCo Inc said Tuesday it is buying its two top bottlers for US$7.8 billion in a bid to save money and get new products to market more quickly. The deals were sealed months after PepsiCo’s first offers were rejected and 10 years after [...]

CARICOM mini-summit to assess economic transformation strategy

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In a matter of days, a task force of five CARICOM leaders will meet in Jamaica to discuss a regional approach to the global economic and financial crisis. The group – the third that the Caribbean has created on this issue – includes [...]
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