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The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected an Israeli spyware maker’s bid to derail a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging service, leaving in place lower court rulings against NSO Group. WhatsApp claims that NSO targeted...

You have heard the saying that ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’. It has a ring of truth to it, but you don’t want to believe that strategic planning is futile – a victim of large, negative forces which cannot be overcome. But if it’s neither...

Tourists fled the cold to vacation in Jamaica in record numbers in December, while locals stayed home, according to new data on winter travel. The colder-than-usual weather in the north led to flight cancellations affecting both locals and...

With its flights running on a roughly normal schedule, Southwest Airlines is now turning its attention to repairing its damaged reputation after it cancelled 15,000 flights around Christmas and left holiday travellers stranded. The disruptions...

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Jamaica, FCIBJ, one of the quietest of the eight commercial banks, continued to build on its earnings post-pandemic, with a 39 per cent jump in profit at year ending October 2022. Its annual earnings grew from...

Tourism interests want to fortify the sector and its products from the disparate risks of cybertheft and climate change to ensure the destination does not lose its zeal. It follows a series of consultations and assessments of impacts on the sector...

China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism travel in another big step away from antivirus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for this month’s Lunar New Year...

The United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services, the first time it has done so since a spate of unexplained health incidents among diplomatic staff in 2017 slashed the American presence in Havana. The embassy confirmed...

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has selected Amazon activist Marina Silva as the country’s next minister of environment, an indication the new administration will prioritise cracking down on illegal deforestation even if it means running...

Tesla said it sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year, but the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge to grow the company’s sales by 50 per cent nearly every year. The 2022 figure topped the prior record of 936,000 vehicles delivered in...

The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange will struggle in 2023 even after three straight lacklustre years, but less so for other indices, market investors say. Long-term investors may see the dip in the main market as a buying opportunity for...