Category: Business & Economy

Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote opened his refinery to public ownership on Monday with plans to raise US$1.6 billion from retail investors across the continent in Africa’s biggest initial public offering, or IPO. Dangote,…

The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence (AI) industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, Dario Amodei warned that, within six…

Shareholders in EduFocal Ltd voted on renaming the company and authorising the issue of new shares at Thursday’s annual general meeting (AGM), but the company will announce both results at a later meeting….

Liberty Business has launched a partnership with Amazon Web Services in Jamaica, giving local companies and government agencies access to AWS cloud services through the telecommunications provider’s own network, data centres and support…

Pickpockets were once the biggest worry for travellers heading to new destinations on vacation. But travel scams have become more sophisticated, and scammers using new artificial intelligence tools have become better at creating…

Scotia Group Jamaica Limited’s third-quarter profit rose some 10 per cent to $6.1 billion on stronger lending and higher fee income, less than four weeks before minority shareholders vote on its majority owner’s…

London-listed United Oil & Gas Plc has commissioned a study of offshore drilling rig-availability and costs for its Walton-Morant licence off southern Jamaica, the company said in filings. “This drilling study marks an…

Tech founder Gordon Swaby is seeking permission to appeal a ruling in favour of digital marketing founder Kemal Brown to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, Jamaica’s final court of…

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) launched an invitation for bondholders of the notes due in 2028, 2036 and 2039 to exchange their notes for cash as the country restructures its debt profile. The…

Passenger traffic through Sangster International Airport remained 23 per cent below year-earlier levels in August, with the shortfall little changed since June despite a steep recovery in the first half of the year….