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The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the United States market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it, and some insurers have rejected coverage. Doctors also expect some...

Headline-grabbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform Musk bought when it was Twitter. Since his takeover, Musk has upended...

Big banks warned of an “uncertain” year ahead after mixed financial results during the first quarter in an environment of stubbornly high inflation and geopolitical clashes in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. JPMorgan reported a modest 6 per...

Gone are the days when as a leader, all you had to do was issue instructions. You remember when people used to do what they were told. They were grateful to have a job with regular pay. Loyalty was something you could gauge by the actions employees...

The best-laid financial plan can be easily upended by nature – a force over which man has very little control. Its power to wreck a plan lies in the uncertainty and unpredictability that are inherent to it, but the risks it poses can be mitigated...

The Bank of Jamaica will be adding a second tower to its Nethersole Place headquarters, an investment necessitated by its expanding regulatory portfolio. The BOJ building, which sits on the Kingston waterfront, is currently said to be fully...

The European Central Bank signalled on Thursday it could cut interest rates at its next meeting in June, a big step as the rich world’s central banks, including the US Federal Reserve, wrestle with how soon declining inflation will let them lower...

After nearly a decade at the company, General Manager Justin Nam is parting ways with listed investment house Eppley Limited. Nam’s resignation is effective May 31. The company made the announcement on Tuesday as it updated the market about two...

Bread prices are up two-thirds since the onset of the pandemic four years ago, and sales revenues at bakery companies appear to have risen in tandem. For Consolidated Bakeries Jamaica, which trades as Purity Bakery, the gain has been 50 per cent,...

New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing programme after lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles severely hampered the legal market and allowed black-market sellers to flourish, Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered. The review...

Geophysx Jamaica Limited, a mining company led by Robert Stewart, has paid US$1.2 million to acquire all the remaining interest in three mining assets it previously purchased from Canada-based C3 Metals for the exploration of copper and gold. The...