Category: Business & Economy

Amber Group has entered Jamaica’s public transport sector through a 50 per cent equity stake in OnTime Taxi, which operates a fleet of about 300 cabs. Amber CEO Dushyant Savadia declined to comment…

To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan on Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years. In…

The Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE, has released its green, blue and sustainability bond guidelines to the market, giving brokers a list of additional procedures for such ‘thematic’ investments. “This guide sets the necessary…

A new programme under which tradespersons can acquire tools for their occupation will provide financing at interest rates as low as nine per cent, but the MSME Alliance, while endorsing the initiative, believes…

Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousands of passengers and drawing unwanted attention from…

Cement maker Caribbean Cement Company Limited expects to spend over US$51 million ($8 billion) this year as capital expenditure to complete its plant expansion while embarking on new projects. It would equate to…

Airlines, banks, hospitals, and other risk-averse organisations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches. But all it took was one faulty CrowdStrike software…

In just over six months, Christopher Williams will exit the stage as operational head of Proven and head into retirement, with no word yet as to who his successor is likely to be….

Two companies, each of which is headed by former executives of power utility JPS, have been shortlisted for renewable energy contracts that the Government of Jamaica is in the process of tendering. Sunterra…

An Australian computer scientist found to have falsely claimed to be the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency will be referred to British prosecutors for “wholescale perjury and forgery of documents”, a London…