16 04, 2018

Featured Stock: SVL

2018-04-16T14:02:51-05:00

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13 04, 2018

PTL books nine months net profit of $66.48 million

2018-04-13T19:02:41-05:00

April 13, 2018 Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited (PTL), for the nine months ended February 28, 2018 recorded a 24% increase in total revenues to $1.04 billion from $835.75 million reported in 2017.  For the third quart  PTL increased it revenue by 17% to $348.08 million(2018) from $296.62 million (2017). Direct expenses closed the period at

PTL books nine months net profit of $66.48 million2018-04-13T19:02:41-05:00
13 04, 2018

ELITE reports 24% increase in six months revenue

2018-04-13T18:25:15-05:00

Date: April 13, 2018 Elite Diagnostic Limited, for the six months ended December 31, 2017 booked a 24% increase in revenue to total $141.67 million compared to $114.12 million for the same period in 2016. Revenue for the second quarter rose by 26% to $71.85 million (2016: 57.24 million). The company stated that, “these increases

ELITE reports 24% increase in six months revenue2018-04-13T18:25:15-05:00
13 04, 2018

KEX reports 7% increase in nine months net profits

2018-04-13T16:32:20-05:00

Date: April 12, 2018 Knutsford Express Services Limited (KEX), for the nine months ended February 28, 2018  reported total revenue of $677.13 million, a 23% or $124.46 million increase when compared with the $552.67 million reported for the same period in 2017. For the third quarter, revenues amounted to $231.71 million, a 14% increase relative to

KEX reports 7% increase in nine months net profits2018-04-13T16:32:20-05:00
11 04, 2018

U.S.: Real Earnings Summary

2018-04-11T15:20:09-05:00

April 11, 2018 All employees The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.4 percent from February to March. This result stems from a 0.3 percent increase in average hourly earnings combined with a 0.1 percent decrease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers

U.S.: Real Earnings Summary2018-04-11T15:20:09-05:00
10 04, 2018

EU28 recorded current account surplus of €63.5 billion

2018-04-10T18:31:49-05:00

April 10, 2018 The EU28 recorded a current account surplus of €63.5 billion (1.6% of GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2017, down from a surplus of €67.4 billion (1.8% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2017 and from a surplus of €64.4 billion (1.7% of GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2016, according

EU28 recorded current account surplus of €63.5 billion2018-04-10T18:31:49-05:00
9 04, 2018

Jamaica’s GDP inched up 1.1% fourth quarter 2017

2018-04-09T17:58:41-05:00

March 9, 2018 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the Jamaican economy grew by 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017 when compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. According to The Statistical Institute of Jamaica, STATIN, the quarterly improvement in GDP was due mainly to “a 1.2 per cent growth in the Goods

Jamaica’s GDP inched up 1.1% fourth quarter 20172018-04-09T17:58:41-05:00
9 04, 2018

Featured Stock: DTL

2018-04-09T13:52:14-05:00

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6 04, 2018

U.S.: Employment Situation

2018-04-06T18:58:24-05:00

April 6, 2018 Unemployment rate remains flat at 4.1percent even as total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in March. Sectors that experience a marginal uptick in employment for the month of March were manufacturing, health care, and mining. “Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.7 percent), adult women

U.S.: Employment Situation2018-04-06T18:58:24-05:00
5 04, 2018

Volume of retail trade up by 0.1% in euro area

2018-04-05T17:02:43-05:00

April 5, 2018 According to a recent release by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, the volume of retail trade increased by 0.1% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28  for the month of February 2018, after falling by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) for the previous month.

Volume of retail trade up by 0.1% in euro area2018-04-05T17:02:43-05:00