Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car, as they take on global rivals at the Bangkok International Motor Show. Companies like BYD, XPeng and Great Wall Motors are quickly growing their sales in...
FosRich Company limited has struck $1-billion deal to acquire a business in Montego Bay, signalling the company’s readiness to start making a serious play for business as a hardware retailer. The energy products trader and pipe manufacturer has...
The wind gusting across north German farm country brings much to the village of Sprakebuell: fog and rain from the sea, the occasional migrating stork, the faint smell of manure in the newly fertilized fields. And perhaps best of all, money – from...
Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for choosing Haiti’s new leader triggered a flurry of meetings with Caribbean leaders and officials from the United States, Canada and France, officials said on...
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has signed on to the memorandum of understanding, MOU, that will assign or establish a competent regional authority for members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States that operate Citizenship by Investment,...
The Guyana government says it remains open to the recruitment of specialised skills from any part of the globe, for both the public and private sectors, which do not currently exist in the country. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
The Central Bank of The Bahamas, CBB, says it will be introducing further reforms which relax exchange control administration on certain current, and capital investment-related transactions, effective April 1. The current transactions are mostly...
TransJamaican Highway Limited, TJH, will conduct a new traffic survey to guide its operational estimates going forward in a post-pandemic market. The last traffic forecast was done three years ago. “A reassessment of the projections post COVID-19...
The biggest spike in complaints by bank customers related to concerns about fraud in 2023 comes amid a general rise in dissatisfaction with the level of service provided by banks, according to Bank of Jamaica’s most recent disclosures. The “...
Wigton Windarm Limited announced the appointment of Michelle Chin Lenn as its interim managing director effective next month. The current head of the business, Earl Barrett, will demit office on March 31. The timeline coincides with the schedule...
Boeing CEO David Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broad management shake-up on Monday after a series of mishaps at one of America’s iconic manufacturers. Stan Deal, president and CEO of...
Last year, United States President Joe Biden’s administration infuriated lobbyists representing Big Tech firms and others that profit from our personal data by denouncing a proposal that would have gutted domestic data privacy, online civil rights...
QUESTION: I would like you to take a look at the fact that many people who contribute to pension plans never benefit from the employers’ contributions on reaching retirement. These are people who resign from their jobs, get their contributions...
QUESTION: What do you do when you love your business but hate your customers? I would never speak it publicly, but I can admit that I hate, mi mean hate fi deal wid, some of my customers. It’s to the point where nuff days I don’t feel...
‘Seven Years of Agony for Crash Victim’ screamed the banner of this newspaper’s Tuesday, March 19, afternoon imprint, The STAR. Even though it competed for my attention with headlines about Mr Lexx (who is he?) and an ailing cop who was headed for...
Sygnus Real Estate Finance Limited, SRF, has reached the ‘exit and reaping phase’ of its investment cycle on its first round of developments. Chief Investment Officer of Sygnus Capital, Jason Morris, says this will now trigger three actions: the...
AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos, and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. With AI deepfakes cropping up...
Nissan and Honda announced that they will work together in developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanese automakers have fallen behind. The chief executives of Nissan Motor Company and Honda Motor Company...
The Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, popularly called the Hip Strip, will get a new makeover that will see the asphalted streets being replaced with cobbled stones, and trees planted to cocoon pedestrians walking along the street. The concept...
The shake-up of Walt Disney World’s governing district more than a year after it was taken over by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ appointees continues with the departure of its board chairman, who had been highly critical of Disney. Martin Garcia’s...
The United States Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation. The lawsuit, filed...
Sweet Easter baskets will likely come at a bitter cost this year for consumers as the price of cocoa climbs to record highs. Cocoa futures have surged this year, roughly doubling since the start of 2024. Rising temperatures and weather conditions...
The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high on Thursday and avoided signalling, unlike other central banks, when it might start to cut even though inflation has dropped sharply from multi-decade peaks. The decision...
Century Aluminium has made a US$273-million gain, according to updated information in its newly released year-end financial report. That’s up from the preliminary estimate of US$103 million in mid-2023, when Century acquired ownership in Jamalco...
Still smarting from a shortage of Jamaican coffee needed as input for its products, Salada Foods Jamaica is trying to entice non-coffee drinkers with a new brew to stimulate sales revenue. Shareholders of the company, whose main business is the...
