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One on One profit dips for Q2
SECOND-QUARTER profits of edtech company One on One Educational Services slid to $6.1 million for the period ending February 2023, owing to higher expenses, as the company continued its investment in growth projects…
Oran A. Hall | Good and bad of share buybacks
THERE IS always something happening on the stock exchange. The market is soft, but perhaps because of it, to some extent, some listed companies are buying back their shares from investors, and it…
Mystic Mountain’s majority shareholder asks for rehabilitation of company
DEBBIE ANN Gordon, appointed Trustee in Bankruptcy for Mystic Mountain Limited — the attraction company that is going through insolvency proceedings – disclosed in a creditor’s report issued in March that she was…
SRF 2023 exits to deliver dividends
SYGNUS REAL Estate Finance (SRF) is again committing to delivering a return to investors in financial year ending August 2023. Chief Investment Officer at Sygnus Group, Jason Morris, is promising dividends during the…
Canopy makes $2.7 billion in revenue on path to profit
CANOPY INSURANCE Limited aims to make its first profit in 2023 following its $2.7 billion revenue haul last year. It would represent a milestone for the health and life insurance start-up that began…
Cooyah opens in Montego Bay; eyes global expansion
ROSE HALL, St James — Reggae retail brand Cooyah now has a store in Montego Bay, and its owners are thinking about expanding inter nationally. “Cooyah is for everyone, but first of all,…
Near US$500 million in remittances flow in first two months of 2023
DESPITE A dip in inflows in the month of February, remittance flows may replay the performance of the year ended, solidifying the post-pandemic trend of inflows valued in the region of US$3 billion….
iCreate moving to repair breach
DIGITAL MEDIA company iCreate is still in breach of the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) Junior Market Rule 505 (7) (a). The rule says: ‘The Junior Market Company shall at all times ensure that…
Apple Inc bets big on India as it opens first flagship store
NEW DELHI (AP): APPLE INC opened its first flagship store in India in a much-anticipated launch yesterday that highlights the company’s growing aspirations to expand in the country it also hopes to turn…