Business

Stewart’s Automotive has changed track on its microfinancing operation, opting to wean itself from the Barbadian partner from which it learned the business of car financing over the the past eight years. After forming a joint venture company,...

There are many reasons to be critical of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, but the legitimacy crisis now confronting both institutions is not based on any of them. Instead, it has arisen for the wrong reasons, and this is serving...

The final frontier has rarely seemed closer than this – at least virtually. Researchers at one of Switzerland’s top universities were releasing open-source beta software on Tuesday that allows for virtual visits through the cosmos, including up to...

A new player has entered the Jamaican cement market, behind which is a group of three local entrepreneurs. Wealth Team Limited, which trades as Growth Tech Special Projects, has been granted a licence by the Ministry of Industry, Investment...

Soapmaker Blue Power Group Limited has acquired another property on Victoria Avenue in Kingston, which houses its operations. The property spans two acres and sits across from its main office on the same street. The company plans to use the...

Drugmaker Merck asked United States regulators on Monday to authorise its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic. If cleared by the Food and Drug...

The number of United States-bound Haitian migrants temporarily stuck in northern Colombia has risen to about 20,000, a senior US official said on Thursday, echoing reports from a local human-rights organisation. “It’s forming a human bottleneck,”...

In past times, people would barter. Ten coconuts could be worth one goat, or two loaves of bread could be fairly exchanged for a dozen eggs. The barter system would work until a person had a jug of palm oil and needed fish but the fisherman needs...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security provides significant support to senior citizens through the National Council for Senior Citizens and the National Insurance Scheme, a compulsory contributory, funded social security scheme covering all...

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Banking on new drinks distribution contracts, Rerum Trading is looking to break through a $1 billion in sales by next year, CEO Omar Newell has said. The company formed two years ago now has a three-year deal with Trinidadian manufacturer SM Jaleel...

When the United States government issues the September jobs report on Friday, the spotlight will fall not only on how many people were hired last month. A second question will command attention, too: Are more people finally starting to look for...