— NCB Financial Group to issue 300 million new shares in APO — Funds expected to raise around $21 billion to reduce debt and finance expansion — APO to be floated before year…
Category: Business & Economy
NCB Financial stock slides on APO
NCB Financial shares slid 2.5 per cent, or more than the overall market, on its first day of trading since the large conglomerate unveiled plans to raise about $20 billion, based on prevailing…
Digital literacy in the spotlight for Seniors’ Month
In recognition of International Literacy Day on September 8, the Flow Foundation partnered with the National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) to host a digital literacy awareness session with the aim of expanding…
Showdown over Google’s dominance of internet search
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…
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…
