TOKYO — Japan’s economy saw a stronger than expected recovery last quarter, growing at a 3.5 percent annual pace as the government stepped up public works spending and eased credit to encourage investment. The data for January to March showed the world’s third-largest economy grew 0.9 percent on a quarterly basis, compared with revised GDP […]

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Bank Equipment Finance announced today that it will sponsor the Reshoring Initiative, a Chicago-based group established to educate manufacturers on the benefits of bringing their operations and corresponding jobs back to the United States. “Over the years, we’ve seen many jobs in the machine tool sector move overseas,” said Ken Rector, executive vice […]

Recently, there have been a number of rash and, in some instances, derogatory letters, describing Jamaica’s perceived relationship with Trinidad & Tobago (T&T). Some were whimsical and others simply vacuous. Generally, they demonstrate a lack of understanding regarding the consequences that would result if Jamaica were to demit membership of Caricom, apart from the […]

In The Great Illusion, a bestseller in 1913, the Labour MP Norman Angell distilled the ruling wisdom of the time: the immense productivity of global markets had made war a destructive anachronism. A new phase in human history had arrived, a period of continuing growth and prosperity, bringing with it an era of peace. In […]