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Three spots in the final round of World Cup qualifying have come down to Wednesday’s last matches of CONCACAF’s semi-final phase. Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala will either advance — or have to wait another four ...
Read moreWarriors in fight for 2010 as three spots up for grabs - Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) _ A top Jamaican finance official is warning of tougher times to come in the Caribbean country. Sen. Don Wehby says Jamaica is cutting its projected economic growth for next year from 3 percent to 1 percent. Wehby is minister ...
Read moreJamaica cuts growth forecast from 3 percent to 1 percent, cites global ... - Newsday
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican economy has hit a wall. The Caribbean government reports gross domestic product was flat in the third quarter and will be negative for the year. GDP shrank 0.3 percent in the first nine months compared to growth of 2 ...
Read moreJamaica GDP turns negative as major sectors fall - CNBC
Derick Latibeaudiere, governor of the Bank of Jamaica, appears not to be in favour of tapping short-term financing from the IMF. R. Anne Shirley, Business Writer The Bruce Golding administration has demonstrated an unwillingness to level with the ...
Read morePicture looks bleak for Jamaican economy - Jamaica Gleaner
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Jamaica to 'B' from 'B+', saying shocks from global financial turbulence and the expected US recession have heightened the country's downside credit risks. The agency cited Jamaica's "modest and deteriorating ...
Read moreFitch downgrades Jamaica - Jamaica Gleaner
Praia, Cape Verde - An international forum on the economy of culture will hold here next week with representatives of Portugal, Brazil, Spain, Luxembourg, Senegal, the Canary Islands, the Netherlands, and Cape Verde exchanging ideas on the realities ...
Read moreCape Verde hosts International forum on economy of culture - Afriquenligne.fr
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A Jamaican senator says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's historic victory should inspire changes in this poor Caribbean island wracked by violent crime. Sen. Don Wehby is calling on Jamaicans to internalize Obama's slogan ...
Read moreOfficial: Jamaicans should say, `Yes, we can' - Miami Herald
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has said that the performance of the athletes in the summer Olympics has renewed international interest in the Jamaica. "Jamaica is now centre stage in a ...
Read morePerformance of athletes has renewed interest in Jamaica, says minister - Caribbean Net News
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, on November 13, said that relative calm has returned to Jamaica's foreign exchange market. "This week, you would have noticed, barring a little upward movement by a few ...
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