Category: Business & Economy

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…

Pioneer Manufacturing Distribution Company Limited, now rebranded as PMD, has formed an alliance with ASE Integral to distribute the Colombian company’s Biro line of cleaning products in Jamaica and, eventually, across the Caribbean….

Berger Paints Jamaica Limited entered the final quarter of 2025 on a strong footing, with a near one-fifth spike in revenue in the July-September period, and a five per cent gain year-to-date, positioning…

Amid continuing market softness, US equities on the Jamaica Stock Exchange notched substantial gains in value, growing their market capitalisation by nearly eight per cent in the first month following Hurricane Melissa, even…

India’s telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, according to a government order, raising concerns of data privacy and user consent in one of…