Business

A man who authorities say duped thousands of investors and misled them about his background pleaded guilty Friday to running an Internet-based Ponzi scheme that raised more than $110 million...

Jamaicans adore BlackBerry smart phones, which are three times more popular than rivals, but since January, usage of Android devices and iPhones have spiralled and now account for half of the market for the first time, according to local experts as well as trend data from Google.

By the close of summer, Digicel is expected to vacate its old corporate base in New Kingston in favour of a spanking new headquarters downtown.

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Facebook updated its status to "public company" on Friday.

The current stand-off between the bookmakers on one side and the racetrack and racehorse owners on the other, may already have cost Caymanas Track Limited (CTL) an estimated J$6 million in rights fees, Sunday Business...

Ecuador's legislature has passed a bill that would require banks to forgive any outstanding debt on mortgages for first-time homebuyers of properties worth up to US$146,000 if they default and forfeit the home.The measure, aimed at discouraging a real...

Insiders and early Facebook investors are taking advantage of increasing investor demand and selling more of their stock in the company's initial public offering, the company said....

Jamaica's unemployment rate spiked in January, according to new jobs data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The findings of the January 2012 Labour Force Survey released in May put the unemployment rate at 14.1 per cent...

In a judgment handed down last week, a Supreme Court judge ruled that business transacted under contract with a cambio dealer has greater protection than investors in securities, even when both services are offered by the same company....

It's always a difficult question to answer: What's the most important news story this week, or rather this past week? One might answer: Well, from whose perspective? Are we talking about Jamaica, Caricom, the world? How does one go about making this determination anyway?...

Information technology company Management Control Systems has introduced to Jamaica an automated teller machine that can recognise cash notes.The technology is also said to be sensitive enough to detect counterfeit bills....