March 12, 2018 United States: Ex-Commerce Chief Says Trump Tariffs Could Damage U.S. Economy The tariffs on steel and aluminium levied by President Donald Trump could damage the U.S. economy and set off trade wars with American allies, according to former commerce secretary Penny Pritzker. “The European Union has come out and said they’re going to go after our
March 9, 2018 Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited (SJ) has advised that a connected party sold a total of 33,000 SJ shares during the period March 2 to 6, 2018.
March 9, 2018 NCB Financial Group Limited (NCBFG) has advised that a Director purchased 14,400 NCBFG shares on March 6, 2018.
March 9, 2018 Kingston Wharves Limited (KW) has advised that two connected parties sold a total of 406,343 KW shares during the period March 6 to 7, 2018.
March 9, 2018 Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) reported on the progress of the Euro area economy at a press conference held March 8, 2018. ECB has decided to keep the key interest rates unchanged and has vowed to continue its asset purchasing program up to September 2018, or beyond, if
March 9, 2018 Grace Kennedy reported on its year end result via a live video stream March 8, 2018. Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Donald Wehby started off by outlining a myriad of challenges the company faced for the 2017 period, before moving on to unveil future plans for the Group in 2018 and beyond.
March 9, 2018 United States: Strong U.S. job growth forecast; unemployment rate seen at 4 percent U.S. job growth likely rose at a brisk clip in February and probably pushed down the unemployment rate to a more than 17-year low of 4.0 percent, but wage gains are expected to have slowed after three straight months
March 08,2018 Scotia Group Jamaica Limited (SGJ) 11th Annual General Meeting was held today, at the Pegasus Hotel. Opening remarks were made by Mr. Jeffrey Hall, SGJ’s Chairman where he officially welcomed Mr. David Noel as Scotia’s newly appointed President and CEO and emphasized how the general improvement of the Jamaican economy has led to
March 8,2018 Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) for the nine months ended January 31, 2018 reported total revenues of $35.68 billion, an 11% increase relative to $32.12 billion reported in for the comparable period in 2017. Revenue for the third quarter amounted to $12.66 billion, an 8% increase compared to $11.69 billion booked for the corresponding
March 8, 2018 Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has advised that it has signed an agreement with the Guyana Gaming Authority (GGA), which opens up the potential for operations in Guyana. SVL further advised that the agreement is subject to a confidentiality clause, and in this regard as soon as SVL is able to and is
