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The leaders of the European Union, EU, and the United Kingdom, UK, went head-to-head in an angry exchange over vaccine exports as relations between the bloc and its former member took another diplomatic dip on Wednesday. After the British...

Aiming for a better market reflection of the value of the company, Guardian Holding Limited, GHL, plans to cross-list its stock in Kingston after a seven-year hiatus. The Trinidad...

GraceKennedy Limited has struck a deal with Scotia Insurance Caribbean Limited for the full takeover of Scotia Insurance Eastern Caribbean Limited, SIECL, subject to regulatory approvals. The cost of the transaction and its financing were not...

A top judge has thrown out both corruption convictions of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, opening the way for a possible battle against conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in next year’s elections. Supreme Court Justice Luiz...

Twitter has filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, claiming the Republican used his office to retaliate against it for banning the account of former President Donald Trump following the riot at the United States Capitol. Days...

The European Union executive wants to force employers to be much more open about how much their staff earn to make it easier for women to challenge wage imbalances and close the gender pay gap. Even though the gender pay gap across the 27-nation...

America’s job market delivered a burst of strength in February. It lifted hopes that the roll-out of viral vaccines, the distribution of federal aid and the increasing willingness and ability of consumers to go out and spend will invigorate the...

The G20 has agreed on a new allocation of special drawing rights, the International Monetary Fund’s reserve asset. This is great news: I have long considered the SDR one of the most promising, yet underused instruments of international economic...

Plastic drinking straws should be off the market by mid-year, but Jamaican manufacturers say they have identified a loophole that gives juice importers an advantage and which they are urging Government to plug before the third phase of the ban is...

Karelle Samuda and Stephanie Abrahams, officials in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service (MoF...

Food and logistics conglomerate, Jamaica Producers Group, JP, is going after the concession for Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados, the tender for which has been delayed. Government technocrats in that country are reassessing the...

IronRock recorded its best period in the December quarter since going public five years ago as a start-up general insurer, but the company is not crediting only insurance activity for the performance. The gains, said Managing Director Evan Thwaites...