Category: Business & Economy

A reader from Westmoreland who wrote to me recently shared a question that many people across the western parishes are now asking as they try to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Melissa. “Hey…

Some Jamaican farmers are showing renewed interest in the rearing of goats despite the setback that many in the sector have faced following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, even while consumer demand for…

Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery…

Mortgage loans have been growing as an asset class for pension funds, sufficient for the regulator Financial Services Commission to make note of it. They remain a tiny portion, only 0.13 per cent,…

The United States Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signalled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months. In a statement…

Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay recorded its steepest traffic decline since the onset of the pandemic, with total passengers plunging 73.4 per cent in November, compared with the same month in 2024,…

Providing support to the smallest of small businesses, even in a time of crisis, is not easy to do, even with the best of intentions. That’s because the population of microbusinesses span a…

West Indies Petroleum Terminal Limited, a fuel distribution company, will be listing its shares by introduction on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The proposed listing covers up to 11.18 billion…

Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and DC Studios, and the…

‘SBAJ sounds SOS. Small businesses call for cash aid, loan freezes to jump-start commerce’. That statement summarises a request for help by the Small Business Association of Jamaica’s president to government, in the…