Guyana will welcome its first Starbucks later this month at the Amazonia Mall as part of the coffee giant’s efforts to open an additional 120 stores across the rapidly growing Latin America and…
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Crystal brings ‘DayeLight’ to publishing
It was out of a struggle to find faith-based publishing services that led female entrepreneur Crystal Daye to set up her company DayeLight Publishers Limited some six years ago. This, after also penning…
Tell Claudienne
Dear Claudienne, I live in Hanover and I have worked as a security guard for more than two decades at various locations across the island. On the 29th of October, 2020 I applied…
Navigating economic uncertainty with bonds
IN times of economic uncertainty investors tend to flee to fixed-income securities such as bonds to protect their investments. This is because bonds are considered safer investment options that provides stable returns, especially…
Cedric E. Stephens | Non-AI ideas about local fraud risks
DATA OBTAINED from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime (CTOC) Division of the police force over the last five years, according to this newspaper, indicates that on average, there is at least one incidence…
ECLAC predicts economic growth for Latin America, Caribbean
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC): THE ECONOMIC Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is predicting that regional economies will grow by 1.2 per cent this year as they face “a complex external scenario”…
Mitigating the risk of fraud
IF YOU operate a small enterprise in Jamaica, there are two very compelling reasons that make proactively mitigating the risk of fraud an urgent priority for 2023 and the foreseeable future. The first…
RUBiS invests $308m in solar PV installations
RUBiS Energy Jamaica is investing $308 million in the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems across its islandwide service station network as part of an initiative geared towards promoting energy sustainability and the…
VM Finance UK carves niche in real estate financing
VM Group has expanded its services in the United Kingdom by carving out a niche in the real estate financing market through its subsidiary VM Finance (UK) Limited. Formed in 2018, VM Finance…
VM Group to strengthen building society capital base
THE VM Group said part of its proposed $11-billion capital raise will be directed to strengthening the base of the building society. The move is designed to allow the conglomerate’s building society —…
