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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…
AS Bryden continues to boost Seprod’s growth
The full integration of its AS Bryden subsidiary continued to drive growth for manufacturing and distribution giant Seprod Limited which saw a near doubling of revenues in its last financial year. At the…
138 Student Living targets new projects
138 Student Living Jamaica Limited (138SL) said its additional public offering (APO) of stocks to the public as of today will set the company on a path to returning more dividends to shareholders…
EU targets six Big Tech companies in next phase of digital crackdown
Six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft faced fresh pressure Wednesday from the European Union, which moved to counter their digital dominance with far-reaching rules aimed at giving users more choices…
