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South Florida profits from close ties to Jamaica.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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October 8, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Doreen Hemlock
Oct. 8--Jamaica-based shop owner Calverton Brown travels to South Florida every few weeks to buy computers and stationery for his office supply store in Kingston. He spends likely half a million dollars a year in the area for his seven-employee business, CAG's Ltd. Plus, he doles out thousands more dollars during his two- and three-day trips on transport, food and other expenses.
Spending like Brown's is so vital to South Florida's trade-linked economy that airlines, hotels and other companies aggressively market to capture their share of the Caribbean market.
On Friday, Air Jamaica brought a group of about 20 Jamaican executives to Miami to ...
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