05222012Headline:

JP makes $2.8b loss – But first quarter signals turnaround – Agri-processor launches new snack line

Jamaica Producers Group has careened further off-track, with a massive net loss of $2.86 billion, a near sixfold decline, in its financial position at yearend December 31.But it was not so much the size of the loss, but the misfortunes of one [...]

Diageo 3Q sales down 7%

Diageo PLC, the world’s largest producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, said sales in the three months through March fell seven per cent as distributors in the United States reduced their stocks by a million cases… Continued [...]

A bittersweet business

Sugar cane farming should be sweet business, but there are still challenges with the divestment process and many farmers like these in Clarendon still rely on old-fashioned methods of reaping…. View original here: A bittersweet business

Banks offering stock to pay for bailout

KeyCorp, which is among 10 major United States banks ordered by the government to raise more capital as a buffer against future losses, joined several other banks Monday in announcing public stock offerings.The offerings put pressure on financial… Original [...]

WTO head warns against unfair trading

WESTERN BUREAU: Director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy, has urged Jamaica and other Caribbean countries not to establish protectionist barriers to cushion their economies from further fallout… Continued here: WTO [...]
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