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Fitch rating agency will cease rating Digicel’s debt levels in the wake of the telecoms’ reorganisation, including a new chairman and chief executive, and change in ownership control. Digicel Group Limited, a provider of internet, cable and phone...

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported a 10-fold increase in operating profit for the last quarter as the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies drives a rebound in the markets for computer memory chips. The South Korean semiconductor...

The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists. Known for a number of scenic photo spots that offer a near-perfect shot of Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, the town on Tuesday began constructing a large black screen on a stretch of a sidewalk to...

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 elections. The European...

Kristalina Georgieva’s reappointment as managing director of the International Monetary Fund is a welcome development, but it also highlights a major flaw in the IMF’s governance structure. In a world reeling from debt crises, violent conflict,...

Portland JSX Limited, a fund that invests in privately held companies in Jamaica and Latin America, has slipped deeper into losses that were nine times worse than a year ago. The fund’s annual results for year ending February 2024 were exacerbated...

In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every...

The world’s nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings. Coming into Ottawa, many feared the effort would stall to craft the first legally...

Government supporters of offshore wind-energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don’t want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. Eight Jersey...

A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay US$250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide claiming that long-standing practices by real estate brokerages forced American homeowners to pay artificially...

Your team has pulled together an inspiring strategic plan. It has both short-term and long-term components and has the power to upend your industry. But in a matter of weeks, your aspirations suddenly fall apart. Why? Out comes a surprise...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he’s hopeful the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation without causing a recession, but wouldn’t rule out more troubling possibilities, such as stagflation. In an interview with The Associated Press at a Chase...