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Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2022 | 5:12 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index declined on Tuesday with an advance/decline ratio of 44/53. The index moved down by 967.97 points or 0.24 per cent to close at 394,516.85 points. The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,091.49 points...

Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2022 | 12:07 AM

The German government said Monday that a turbine at the centre of uncertainty about future gas deliveries through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was only supposed to be installed in September, underlining its insistence that there should be...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:12 AMKarena Bennett - Business Reporter

Dane Nicholson, manager of special investigations in the Fraud Prevention Unit at National Commercial Bank Jamaica, NCB, wants financial institutions to pay greater attention to security features during the development of mobile wallets amid a rise...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:09 AM

Twitter Inc’s lawsuit to force billionaire Elon Musk to make good on his promise to buy the social media giant will be resolved in a small but powerful Delaware court that specialises in high-stakes business disputes. Twitter has sued Musk in...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:09 AM

China’s economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a “stable recovery” is under way after businesses...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:09 AM

Q UESTION: I run a small business and I hired 2 persons in the last year to fill an administrative assistant position. Their interviews were good but after about two to three months their performance dropped and attitudes worsened. One of them...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:09 AM

QUESTION: How can you help me repair my credit report? — Kirk FIN ANCIAL ADVISER: I have been asked questions similar to yours more than I have been asked any other question since I started writing this column 14 years ago. Frankly, there is...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:08 AM

Kingston Properties Limited, KPREIT, and a foreign partner have acquired another property in the competitive American market under a US$12.7 million deal. To execute the transaction, KPREIT, through wholly owned subsidiary Kingston Properties Miami...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:07 AM

FosRich Company Limited is expected to approach the stock market for more equity capital, having got the nod from shareholders for a increase in the company’s authorised capital by 30 times its current levels. Prior to going to market, the company...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:06 AM

Microlender Access Financial Services Limited plans to raise $2 billion through an unsecured bond, mainly to refinance existing debt. “The proceeds from the offer will be used to repay existing bonds at $1.3 billion and provide working capital to...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:06 AM

Inflation is a nightmare for the many Americans who already stretch their dollars to cover basic needs. What happens when those dollars lose value? Their choice is probably not about whether to cut streaming services or opt for store-brand...

Published:Monday | July 18, 2022 | 12:05 AM

Without Uber, would many taxi services have developed their own ride-hailing apps or started accepting credit cards when they did? In static industries with little competition, it takes new competitors and technologies to drive change. And, if...

Published:Sunday | July 17, 2022 | 12:05 AM

The newly appointed general manager of the JN Group’s non-life insurance subsidiary, Dr Dana Morris Dixon, has brought new thinking to the industry to which her company belongs. Bravo. Her bosses should be applauded for appointing another...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 5:30 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Friday on a losing note. The slow trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 34/51. The JSE Combined Index declined by 774.70 points or 0.20 per cent to close at 394,724.22. The...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:11 AM

Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is imploring compliance and security officers, particularly those working in sectors susceptible to fraud, such as finance and manufacturing, to ditch the ‘friend and company attitude’, saying it was...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:11 AM

Long lines are back at food banks around the United States as working Americans, overwhelmed by inflation, turn to handouts to help feed their families. With gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, many people are seeking charitable food for...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:11 AM

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread environmental disruption and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, the world faces unavoidable...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:10 AMHuntley Medley - Associate Business Editor

Development projects already approved by the National Environment and Planning Agency, NEPA, will not be affected by the more than two month-long review which the environmental regulator has just completed for the the Dream hotel planned for...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:10 AMKarena Bennett - Business Reporter

Exploration of possible solutions to the ageing population crisis in the Caribbean is bending towards governments’ adopting a programme that slashes pension payouts into smaller weekly amounts, while simultaneously delaying payouts beyond the set...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:10 AMHuntley Medley - Associate Business Editor

Residents of Montego Freeport are said to be huddling with their lawyers as they consider their options to stop or slow the construction of the 281-room Dreams hotel, which the National Environment and Planning Agency, NEPA, announced this week had...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:10 AM

Digicel Group has finalised the sale of its Pacific operation to Australian telecommunications company Telstra Corporation Limited that, it said, was paid for with financing from the Australian government, through Export Finance Australia. “The...

Published:Friday | July 15, 2022 | 12:10 AM

The European Union has removed the final obstacles to Croatia adopting the euro, enabling the first expansion of the currency bloc in almost a decade as the exchange rate fell to its weakest level against the dollar in 20 years. EU finance...

Published:Thursday | July 14, 2022 | 5:07 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Thursday on a winning note. The slow to moderate trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 40/51. The JSE Combined Index advanced by 82.66 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 395,...

Published:Thursday | July 14, 2022 | 12:09 AM

Military delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their governments’ first face-to-face talks in months on Wednesday as they tried to reach an agreement on a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black...

Published:Wednesday | July 13, 2022 | 4:45 PM

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index closed Wednesday suffering a small decline. The slow to moderate trading session ended with an advance/decline ratio of 40/51. The JSE Combined Index declined by 310.15 points or 0.08 per cent to...

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