Business

Perhaps your year has been a memorable one so far, or you just want to forget it. Whatever the case, you want 2022 to be better. There are some things worth remembering to set or keep you on a good and productive path. Remember that financial...

Large brokerage NCB Capital Markets Limited issued a positive short-term outlook for the economy, but cautioned that the new omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus could derail growth. “On the positive side, doctors have indicated that...

Creditors of indebted The Marketing Counselors Limited are set to receive a final bankruptcy payment in mid-December as part of a proposal to settle debts that originally surpassed $100 million. The company, formerly a top-tier marketing and...

Adventure park Wata Land Limited, along with its assets, is up for sale for US$2 million, or about $312 million in Jamaican currency. The property spanning 40 acres, half of which is used for the water park, has been on the market for roughly a...

Anglin Global Affiliates, AGA, has acquired the multistorey Advantage General building at Market Street in Montego Bay, where the five-year-old Montego Bay-based turnkey property and equipment rental company founded by CEO Omar Anglin, once rented...

The United Nations migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated “hostile rhetoric” against migrants in the world and “radically altered” mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other COVID-19-fighting...

United States Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that the appearance of a new COVID-19 variant could slow the economy and hiring, while also raising uncertainty about inflation. The recent increase in delta cases and the emergence of the...

France’s government is offering to discuss some autonomy for the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, which has been racked by virus-related rioting and strikes that reflect long-running frustrations over inequality with the French mainland. The...

Rum sales at Worthy Park Estate are above pre-pandemic levels, due to increased distribution locally and overseas. The producer of Rum-Bar products generated 15 per cent more rum sales than in 2020, the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and about...

From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fuelled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide. Rising...