January 31, 2020 Chairman, Hon. Michael Lee-Chin mentioned, “the Company has come from far in the past 18 years from AIC Finance and FINSAC. NCBFG has since then changed its mantra to building a better Jamaica, doing well and doing good. NCB is a microcosm of what Jamaica will be,” at the Annual General Meeting
January 31, 2020 United States: Trump Acquittal Near With Senate Likely to Deny Witnesses “The most consequential day in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial begins in the Senate on Friday, with Republican leaders likely to muster enough votes to block witnesses and rapidly move to acquit the president. The decision late Thursday by Senator Lamar Alexander
January 30, 2020 Brent Oil Brent oil prices decreased by 8.22% or US$5.10, as prices fell this week relative to the prior week. Oil traded on January 30, 2020 at a price of US$56.94 per barrel relative to US$62.04 on January 23, 2020. Brent oil opened 2020 year at US$66.25 per barrel. Petrojam prices 87
January 30, 2020 For the first quarter ended December 31, 2019, Barita Investments Limited (BIL) net interest income rose by 69% amounting to $208.62 million relative to $123.61 million for the comparable quarter in 2018. “This increase was driven by continued increase in our balance sheet assets due to the continued deployment of the capital
United States: U.S. Farm Chief Presses EU to Throw Doors Open to American Foods “U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signaled that a renewed transatlantic trade truce will require more ambitious European Union efforts to ease imports of American foods. Perdue criticized an idea being pursued by the bloc of a piecemeal accord that would scale back European
January 29, 2020 Gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector, from March 2019 to June 2019 , amounted to an increase of 230,000 jobs from the previous quarter to 7.6 million according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS). It was also noted that gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments booked
January 29, 2020 United States: Loan Applications to Buy U.S. Homes Climb to 11-Year High “Loan applications to purchase U.S. homes increased to an 11-year high last week as Americans took advantage of a drop in mortgage rates to their lowest since late 2016. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s purchase index climbed 5.3% in the week
