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Smartphones could get much smarter this year as the next wave of artificial intelligence seeps into the devices that accompany people almost everywhere they go. Samsung, the biggest rival to Apple and its iPhone, provided a glimpse of how...

Jamaica now faces the challenge of resisting overspending during upcoming elections which could erode the gains of increased fiscal surplus and reduced debt levels since the pandemic. Local government elections are coming this year with general...

Real estate development plans appeared to have slowed in 2023, based on the number and scope of the approved projects. In total, the Real Estate Board of Jamaica approved 92 residential and commercial developments encompassing 3,296 units, nearly...

A business to be spun off by General Electric will build hundreds of turbines for what will be the largest wind project in the Western Hemisphere, part of a massive equipment order and long-term service agreement with the global renewable-energy...

Chairman of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, Damian Obiglio, has stepped into the role of chief executive of the utility following the surprise resignation of newcomer Steve Berberich. Just months into his appointment as president and CEO of...

Consumers are more confident, but businesses are more cautious, new data released on Tuesday shows. Consumer confidence grew to 174.7 points in the fourth quarter of 2023, which was 8.5 per cent higher than in the third quarter, and also an...

Transport company Knutsford Express Services Limited is reforming its passenger processing and boarding procedures, using a model that partly mimics airport logistics, inclusive of departure gateways. The company has also added ticket-checking...

The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organisation Oxfam International said on Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski...

There are many parallels between constructing a modern highway and a personal financial plan. They aim to achieve a specified goal and yield specific benefits, require a strategy, provide for identifying and overcoming obstacles, require funding,...

Gareth Davis Sr wrote a heart-rending article in The Gleaner on January 2. Former market vendor Novellete Fuller was the subject. She was a passenger in a truck that crashed in Portland’s Rio Grande Valley in December 2008. Fourteen persons were...

Some 4.17 million visitors flocked Jamaica in 2023, which pushed the number of arrivals by plane and cruise ship to record levels, according to Ministry of Tourism estimates and new airport data. The arrivals are up some 17 per cent year on year,...