Category: Business & Economy

Jamaica’s Fair Trading Commission, FTC, is recommending “urgent reform” for the credit bureau sector, inclusive of credit information. “Mandate reciprocal data-exchange contracts,” the FTC urged in its now completed report the credit bureau…

Is This You? It’s the start of a new month and your business account is empty. In June, you barely managed to pay your staff. The rent was late. It was a struggle…

Some farmers and processors are raising concerns about data ownership, the exposure of trade secrets, and costs associated with the phased start of a blockchain traceability platform by the commodities regulator, which aims…

Jacinth Hall-Tracey will step down as managing director of Lasco Financial Services Limited in less than six months, having worked with the company for two decades in different capacities. Her tenure comes to…

Real estate investors are snapping up a bigger share of homes on the market in the United States as rising prices and stubbornly high borrowing costs freeze out many other would-be homebuyers. Nearly…

New Rozelle Properties Limited is investing in a large-scale mixed-use development in White Horses, St Thomas, that leverages the upgraded road infrastructure and rising community expectations, documents show. The company plans to build…

Despite efforts to curtail the scourge in recent years, businesses of every size in Jamaica continue to lose millions of dollars through a variety of online scams, many because entrepreneurs fail to invest…

The BRICS bloc of developing nations on Sunday condemned the increase of tariffs and attacks on Iran. The group’s declaration, which took aim at Israel’s military actions in the Middle East, spared its…

Securities that are liquid, that is, easy to buy or sell, are generally the most attractive to investors. Although some trade readily on the over-the-counter market, securities listed on a stock exchange tend…

The improvement in the salaries to public sector pharmacists of the past three years has made it more difficult for private pharmacies to recruit and retain pharmacists in their employ, the Financial Gleaner…