Jamaica Logistics Hub: Investment Opportunities
Expansive special economic zones facilitating assembly, warehousing, sorting, distribution and other value-added services, particularly for industries catering to time sensitive and high-value cargo
Category: Commercial Awareness
Jamaica Moves To Position Itself As a Global Logistics Hub
Jamaica’s swashbuckling days are long behind it however it geo-strategic potential still remains strong. Jamaica is smack dab in the middle of both the western hemisphere – North and South America. Just think half way between the largest market in the world in the USA and one of the top emerging economies in Brazil – what are the possibilities?
Beer And Economics, Connected In Some Interesting Ways
The combination of beer and economics – beeronomics if you will – is not as absurd idea as one might think.
Can Hip-Hop Music Teach Lessons About Business?
Can Hip-Hop Music Teach Lessons About Business? This is not as ludicrous a question as it might seem at first, just keep reading –by the way the pun was well intended; if you didn’t spot it don’t worry about it.
The answer to the above question is a resounding YES. But you don’t have to take my word for it just listen to a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist – Ben Horowitz.
Canada Ranked #1 Place To Do Business By Forbes in 2011 but what about 2012?
Canada with its $1.6 trillion economy ranks the 9th largest in the world in fact moved up from its 4th place showing to grab the number one spot – no mean feat given the economic climate and the stiff competition out there. One factor that helped Canada move up was the ability of its major banks and financial system to weather the global financial meltdown. The stability of the Canadian financial system comes as no accident but is the result of some very prudent and stringent regulations making the financial houses in Canada conservative by nature.
Beer Wars: Battle Of The Buds, The UK Front
The long and short of it is that this latest ruling is the latest chapter in a multi-volume epic battle. It is a story about a 100 year war, a cross border beer war, over a name. Yes, that’s what I said a name. From a business perspective it’s all about fiercely defending the brand and marketing of beer and beer related products under that brand. From a legal perspective it is a global trademark war.
Richard Branson’s business lessons
Call it an occupational hazard of being a lawyer or just a natural thrust for knowledge, call it what you will, I read a lot. While on business in Jamaica I was perusing a local daily newspaper, The Daily Observer, and I came across a piece about Sir Richard Branson that I just had to share with the readers of
Kenya Trending on Twitter
By Kamau Wanguhu Ardent twitterzens will have noticed in the past two days two distinct Kenyan topics that have been trending: firstly the passing on of Prof Wangari Maaathai a Nobel peace prize winner, great conservationist and former Member of Parliament. Secondly has been #Things stronger than the Kenyan shilling, a tongue in cheek commentary on the tanking of the Kenyan
Remittances from abroad and Brain drain
As opposed to foreign aid; laden with conditions and accessed through bureaucratic channels, remittances have an immediate effect in the standard of living of the recipient and the immediate family.
But before Kenya starts to view immigration as one of its major exports it has to be considered that sectors losing personnel include the health industry which has a direct impact on the health of the nation
The google case: The fear of tracking
By Emma Peart Google have faced criticism through suggestions it has held data on users without their knowledge. Brown et al v. Google involves individuals using Google’s mobile phone technology who are bringing an action against Google for storing information on users through this technology without consent. Mobiles using the Google Android Operating System are recording and storing comprehensive details