Category: Business & Economy

Jamaica’s Energy ministry has commissioned an independent review of the June 5 islandwide power blackout, signalling it will not rely solely on the utility’s own account of the event. “We really want to…

Atlantic Hardware & Plumbing Company Ltd (AHPC) expects to deliver double-digit growth this year as post-Hurricane Melissa rebuilding demand and a new agro-distribution business combine to push the Junior Market-listed company to record…

Bitcoin and gold shot higher this week, with both getting a boost from some frantic action surrounding the bond market, and the cryptocurrency also benefiting from activity in Washington. Bitcoin had dropped from…

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with Zillow and Redfin to resolve the regulator’s claim that the companies made an illegal deal to suppress competition in online rental advertising.

Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) doubled its net profit for the June 2026 quarter to US$23.5 million, up from US$11.9 million a year earlier, boosted by a US$17.3-million insurance payout that offset…

China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence (AI). San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched to Chinese AI startup…

Scotiabank Canada raised its offer to acquire the outstanding minority stake in Scotia Group Jamaica Ltd by J$1.50 per share – a sweetener worth roughly J$1.3 billion (CDN$10 million) across the minority shares…

Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting “high-end AI servers” to mainland China, adding another wave of turbulence in the AI rivalry…

The makers of the chronic kidney disease (CKD) drug Jardiance say that enlisting retired sprinter Usain Bolt as the face of their latest campaign has raised awareness, amid a spike in online searches….