June 6, 2018 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its labor productivity report today. Labor productivity, or output per hour, is calculated by dividing an index of real output by an index of hours worked by all persons, including employees, proprietors, and unpaid family workers. According to the report, nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased
June 6, 2018 At GraceKennedy Ltd.’s Annual General Meeting, held on Wednesday, May 30 at the Company’s Harbour Street, Kingston Headquarters; Don Wehby, Group CEO, signalled to shareholders some of the strategic plans for the Company in the lead up to its 100th year anniversary in 2022. Click on link below for the full document: Media-Release-GraceKennedy-looks-to-2022-31-May-2018
June 05, 2018 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) hosted the Central Bank Communication seminar today. This seminar was based on recently released Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for the Western Hemisphere region, which was presented by Etibar Jafarov, IMF’s Senior Economist for the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Jafarov explained that a Country’s Central Bank credibility reflected by
June 5, 2018 Stationery and Office Supplies Limited (SOS) held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) since listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange(Junior Market) in August of last year. Stationary and Office Supplies (SOS) financial controller, David Charles Plant, expressed satisfaction regarding the firm’s performance. Some of the financial highlights reiterated by Mr. Plant are
June 05, 2018 GraceKennedy Limited (GK) At GK’s Annual General Meeting, held on Wednesday, May 30 at the Company’s Harbour Street, Kingston Headquarters; Don Wehby, Group CEO, signalled to shareholders some of the strategic plans for the Company in the lead up to its 100th year anniversary in 2022. “GK maintains that in order to
June 5, 2018 Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited (SJ) has advised that earlier this year Principals of Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Limited and Sagicor Group Jamaica through its affiliated entities, (The Sagicor Entities), announced that they had entered into an agreement with NASDAQ listed all-inclusive owner and operator, Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V., to combine
June 05, 2018 Express Catering Limited (ECL) has advised that the directors have declared an Interim Dividend payment of US 0.36645 cents (US$0.0036645) per share for a total of US$ 6,001,437.50 to all shareholders on record as at June 15, 2018, payable on September 25, 2018. The ex-dividend date is June 14, 2018.
June 5, 2018 The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the number of job openings was little changed at 6.7 million on the last business day of April. Over the said month, there were little change in the number of hires and separations which amounted to 5.6 million and 5.4 million respectively. However, within
June 4, 2018 IronRock Insurance Company Limited (ROC) has advised that a connected party purchased 32,000 ROC shares on June 1, 2018.
