A real estate agent who sued the Real Estate Board of Jamaica, REB, over conditions to which she was subjected in order to qualify for a salesman licence has lost her bid to…
Category: Business & Economy
Jamaica Broilers enters new markets, sees rising demand for processed foods
Jamaica Broilers Group Limited, JBG, entered six markets in the past year and is now looking towards both its regional and US segments to drive growth for the poultry company, notwithstanding logistical problems…
World powers tackle AI risk at UK summit
Delegates from 28 nations, including the United States and China, agreed on Wednesday to work together to contain the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence. The first international AI…
Gas prices down $3.06, diesel down $4.50
Motorists will pay less for gas and diesel when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for…
Double-digit defaults on NHT mortgages
The National Housing Trust, NHT, says the number of homeowners in default on their mortgages is on the decline, even while reporting that the delinquencies are in the region of 14 per cent…
NCB gets go-ahead for share sale
NCB Financial Group received shareholder approval on Tuesday to sell up to 450 million new shares to investors. It puts the potential size of the additional public offering at about $27.8 billion based…
Mailpac looks to ‘swoop’ down on customers
E-commerce services provider Mailpac Limited, in pushing to recover lost earnings, said it will, as part of the strategy going forward, seek to go after more customers through new products and services created…
‘It’s an absolute urgency’
CHAIRMAN of the Margaritaville Caribbean Group Ian Dear said the country will have to soon act with “absolute urgency” to address a tightening labour market with imported labour, particularly for entities operating in…
Chas E Ramson: A century of distribution success and family legacy
FOR over a century, Chas E Ramson has been a stalwart in the world of distribution, and its story is one of end0uring family legacy and an ever-evolving portfolio. Founded 101 years ago,…
FirstCaribbean International Bank rebranding to CIBC
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited (CIBC FCIB) is planning to rebrand its business to that of its Canadian parent company in the coming financial year (FY) at a time when it is exiting…
