Category: Business & Economy

Chief Executive Officer of JMMB Group Limited, Keith Duncan, on Monday urged the Government to phase out the asset tax, citing the financial sector’s support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Duncan said that the…

A shortage of key inputs, such as scotch bonnet peppers and pimento, is hindering at least one local manufacturing company from filling export orders for its products. Albert Bailey, CEO of Spur Tree…

In my previous column, I shared that the emergence of social commerce in the Western world was a new gold rush, potentially blowing billions in opportunities for entrepreneurs and businesses in the Caribbean….

Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Chairman Howard Mitchell says a new deal for commercial property in Cayman Islands, acquired for US$10 million, is the opening play in a one-year programme that will reflect…

Revenue flows from Norman Manley International Airport, NMIA, will secure a bond of up to US$440 million to be floated on the international market by unnamed entities, utilising a special vehicle called Kingston…

Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against a €1.49-billion (US$1.66-billion) European Union antitrust fine imposed five years ago that targeted its online advertising business. The EU’s General Court said it was throwing…

The Federal Reserve of the United States on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame…

Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances Limited, CFF, is adding a new line, ‘ingredients’, to the line-up of products it manufactures as additives. “In developing, say, a soft drink, a company may come to us…

JMMB Group and partner Liberty Latin America have launched a fintech service called MYNE Lend that will rely on data mined from Flow Jamaica customers to facilitate microloans of up to $150,000. It’s…

Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina presented the 2025 budget to Congress late Sunday, outlining policy priorities that reflected his key pledge to kill the country’s chronic fiscal deficit and signalled a new…