Category: Business & Economy

For most Jamaicans, a day at the beach means makeshift stalls, limited shade, and decades-old facilities but the Government plans to change that — upgrading three public beaches in quick succession, led by…

A robot being developed at Duke University is almost ready to face the world, in any direction. Instead of trying to copy symmetrical shapes from nature by building robots that look like people,…

The telecoms provider Flow Jamaica posted revenue of US$103.2 million for the first quarter of 2026, or 2.0 per cent lower than a year earlier.  It comes as the lingering effects of Hurricane…

The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6 per cent in 2025 to US$17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives…

PayPal helped invent online checkout. Nearly three decades later, it’s struggling to defend its turf. The iconic online payments company is facing its biggest challenge in nearly three decades of existence. Its core…

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) expects inflation to climb above its six per cent target ceiling for at least two consecutive quarters and warned it stands ready to adjust interest rates if price…

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously agreed to maintain the policy rate on overnight placements by deposit-taking institutions at 5.5 per cent per annum.

Jamaica’s state standards body has put forward a comprehensive road construction specification for public comment, a move that comes as billions of dollars in government road repair programmes face persistent criticism over the…

Demand for commercial real estate in Jamaica is shifting toward warehouse and storage space, with the sector offering returns that are outpacing traditional retail developments. Commercial developments are at times netting single-digit returns…

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) said Wednesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will displace clerical and professional workers, but that research continues on the scale of displacement throughout the workforce. “There is still…