Category: Business & Economy

The sale of the Holiday Inn hotel in Montego Bay to Catalonia Hotels…

FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. FTX said…

The IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, plans to invest US$15 million and provide technical support in the ongoing second round of funding for Portland Caribbean Fund III, managed…

The Tourism Product Development Company, TPDCo, plans to spend just over $50 million to set up destination “jamiconic” signs at five destinations frequented by tourists. The locations are Falmouth, Ocho Rios, Holland Bamboo,…

Apple Inc disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset, deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial…

Caribbean Cement Company Limited, the sole maker of cement in Jamaica, racked up more than $7 billion in sales over three months ending March and reported increased profits, reflecting the robustness of the…

What industry will replace business process outsourcing as we know it today? That’ is the labour force and job-creation conundrum that now demands entrepreneurial response and intervention in 2024. Jamaica needs an answer…

Tarun Handa will retire as head of KPMG in Caricom on September 30, but his successor has already been chosen. Current partner at KPMG, Raymond Cambell, will assume the position of senior partner…

Medical marijuana company Jacana will shutter one of its four, saying ineffective regulation, including the inability to deliver products on par with illicit ganja operators, has hurt its viability. “We need to be…

The European Union says it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram over a range of suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide…