Canopy Insurance Limited made a yearly profit for the first time since it started operations, its newly released financial results show. The health and life insurance company made $39 million profit at year…
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BOJ adds Iran to inflation risks
Bank of Jamaica Governor Richard Byles says the untimely death of the Iranian president has added another layer of geopolitical tensions which could impact inflation and reductions in interest rates. “We are concerned…
Iranian helicopter crash could reverberate around the Mideast
The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep….
Carilend ownership shifts from VMIL to VM Financial
The ownership of Carilend has shifted from VM Investments Limited to VM Financial Group. No details of the transaction were disclosed, but VM Investments referred to it as a ‘strategic sale’ of its…
Omni going after more exports
PVC pipe maker Omni Industries Limited, which aims to list on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE, announced plans to increase exports to one-fifth of total sales, or $400 million, within two years. “Today,…
Sagicor bullish on business despite profit slide
The quarterly profit of Sagicor Group Jamaica Limited declined to $1 billion, or half of year-earlier levels, due to one-off expenses related to insurance contracts and reduced market values on certain investments, including…
Farm theft a potential $25b dilemma
Relatives of Lundine Anderson of Trouble Hill currently live on sections of his 100-acre farm, allowing them to keep watch over his crops. That solved some of his farm-theft problems, but last November…
Airlines sue over fee transparency rule
US airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too…
Gas prices down $0.25, diesel down $0.58
Motorists will pay less for gas and diesel when they go to the pumps on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $0.25 to sell for…
MPC Clean Energy profits in March
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited, a regional investor in renewable energy, booked a profit of US$232,000 for the March quarter, which reversed losses of US$39,000 from the prior year, and added momentum to…