Category: Business & Economy

Lasco Distributors Limited, LASD, has made progress on the expansion of its warehouse in St Catherine, planned for completion in 2024, and is already eyeing a similar project for the pharmaceutical arm of…

Grab-and-go restaurant chain Chicken…

Shadai Myrie is now looking to grow La Lona Art and Be Our Guest Jamaica to further serve the interests of Jamaicans after navigating the hurdles of the COVID-19 pandemic. The young entrepreneur…

Lasco Financial Services Limited (LASF) is betting its future growth on its microfinance subsidiary Lasco Microfinance Limited amid the shifting remittance market. Lasco Financial purchased the microcredit outfit from Scotia Group Jamaica Limited…

There is no shortage of investment opportunities in sectors beyond oil, but the country’s capital markets lack capacity to handle the levels of financing needed, Guyana’s finance minister said on Tuesday. At the…

JSE Group Chairman Julian Mair is pitching the stock market as a way to sustain legacy and share in the benefits of a growing economy. It’s a message he took to Guyana, where…

Following another record year where consolidated revenue jumped 19 per cent to a historic US$142.58 million ($22.10 billion), Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) Limited (CPJ) is looking to grow that figure to a quarter of…

While pointing to a number of indicators contributing to Jamaica’s financial programme now on a positive footing, business magnate Jeffrey Hall warned that Jamaican authorities cannot afford to become complacent, but should look…

Google on Wednesday unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that can be altered by the technology,…

JAMAICAN consumers have proved that talk’s not cheap, forking out almost $50 billion in telephone call taxes for the Government’s coffers over the last decade. But at least one technology expert believes the…