The United States government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine, which has become the internet’s main gateway. The legal attack will swing into full force…
Category: Business & Economy
NCB Financial to raise billions from stock market investors
NCB Financial Group will be approaching stock market investors to raise fresh equity capital, but needs its shareholders to approve the transaction. The banking conglomerate plans to sell up to 300 million new…
Negril businesses pushing for connection to JamaicaEye
NEGRIL, Westmoreland — Tourism stakeholders in Negril are appealing to the authorities for issues related to connectivity to the JamaicaEye network to be resolved ahead of the winter tourist season. The matter was…
Chalmers Oasis moving ahead with third development at Molynes Gardens
Chalmers Oasis Limited, a real estate company affiliated with Mayberry Investments Limited and the Musson Group, has received approvals to subdivide some 30 acres of land it owns on Chalmers Avenue in Kingston…
Jamaica’s battle against brain drain
AFTER a failed Return of Talent Programme in the 1990s and decades of no coherent strategies to facilitate return migration, Jamaica is now taking deliberate steps to address the ongoing brain drain by…
Tech skills gap
TECH experts have noticed a worrying trend — a rise in tech jobs, but a shortage of skilled tech graduates. “We have people with [tech] skills; we just don’t have enough, and we’re…
Stocks Round Up | First Rock USD leads Friday’s winners
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index ended the week on a winning note on Friday. The moderate trading, ended with an advance/decline ratio of 43/41. The JSE Combined Index advanced by 1,615.58…
Stewart’s adds new dealership for Chinese vehicles, hunts for talent
On the heels of adding a new business line, large auto trader Stewart’s Automotive Group will be hosting its first job fair in mid-September in hope of netting talent in a competitive jobs…
Rideshare rivals inDrive and Uber tag tourism as driver of Jamaican business
A year after entering the local market, InDrive, a Siberian company by origin that operates a global service rivalling Uber, says ridesharing has been growing in Jamaica and it’s due to the depth…
