The Jamaican Government wants to test the feasibility of expanding the St Ann landfill at Haddon fivefold and adding a waste-to-energy plant there, according to the Development Bank of Jamaica. Haddon is one…
Category: Business & Economy
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe could get ad-free subscription option, WSJ reports
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Meta plans to give Facebook and Instagram users in Europe the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with…
Seprod bemoans drop in dairy business
New climate change challenges including heat and drought have further weighed on Seprod’s dairy business, cutting milk production at the start of the summer season by almost half, CEO of the company Richard…
Flow Foundation fetes paediatric cancer patients
Big smiles and joyful eyes described the young cancer survivors at the Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC) during the Flow Foundation’s annual treat in observance of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month on Friday, September…
Bankman-Fried trial begins
For a while, Sam Bankman-Fried tried to convince politicians and the public that he was the next J.P. Morgan. Now, he has to convince a jury that he wasn’t, in reality, the next…
Kemtek marketing new residential complex, warns price will fluctuate with forex rate
Kemtek Development and Construction Limited is now marketing a new residential complex in Portmore called Oak Estate that’s priced at mid-tier buyers. The project is being executed in four phases, the first of…
Jamaica rum battle has a French twist
The rumble in the spirits market over the composition and redefinition of Jamaican rum is in part driven by a French company that co-owns National Rums of Jamaica Limited, NRJ, industry sources in…
Tame credit card fears and dodging interest rate fees
EXORBITANT interest rates on credit cards have been cited as the main reason people won’t get one. Despite the widespread use of credit cards globally, many Jamaican consumers remain cautious about embracing this…
FROM BOOZE TO BEATS
AT least two nightclubs in the country’s tourism mecca say their Gen Z customers (people born between 1996 and 2010) are consuming less alcohol when they go out compared to the volumes millenials…
Stocks Round Up | 108 stocks traded today
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index again lost ground on Friday. The moderate trading ended with an advance/decline ratio of 59/35. The JSE Combined Index declined by 7,270.85 points or 2.18 per…
