The United States is blacklisting a group of Chinese tech companies that develop facial recognition and other artificial intelligence technology that the United States says is being used to repress China’s Muslim minority groups. A move Monday by...
Many job hunters still make a basic, but egregious error when sending off their cover letters or résumés. If pointed out, there is instant recognition and a shamefaced apology for making such a dumb blunder. Think about the following scenario. A...
Dennis Chung spent months discussing his transition from life insurance adviser to restaurant owner with his brother-in-law, Winston Lee. Lee, who had made a success out of his own restaurant, Golden Dragon, was persuasive about making the switch...
A Caribbean Development Bank-funded technical study has found that plantation white sugar can be used to replace refined sugar and, in fact, is being used in manufacturing processes within Caricom and elsewhere in the world, a finding that has...
The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology, or MSET, has apportioned nearly $100 million for redundancy payments related to staff cuts at National Energy Solutions Limited, NESoL, and Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, PCJ, as part of a wider...
Shares in Fontana Limited led market gains for the first nine months of the year, owing in part to the anticipation of its new flagship store, which is scheduled to open today, Wednesday. The pharmacy company, which trades under the FTNA symbol,...
The new head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund, IMF, warned Tuesday that the world economy is in the grips of a “synchronised global slowdown” that will result in slower growth for 90 per cent of the world this year. IMF Managing...
Fresh from an aggressive foray into Costa Rica, investment upstart First Rock is targeting a year-end initial public offering to satisfy commitments to its private backers that the real estate company would go public. First Rock is also looking to...
Consumer products giant Unilever, whose brands include Dove soaps and Lipton teas, said Monday that it aims to halve its use of non-recycled plastics by 2025. The move, which appears crafted to resonate with younger, more environmentally aware...
Even with forecast of a slowdown in economic growth for Jamaica, Scotia Investment says it’s still possible for investors to get attractive returns. Addressing high net worth clients at a breakfast investment briefing on Wednesday...
PayPal is pulling out of Facebook’s digital currency project, known as Libra, a blow to the social media company that has faced stronger-than-expected scrutiny over its proposed creation of an alternative payments system. The digital payments...
Jamaica has hit the macroeconomic targets it set out to achieve, but the expected rise in the levels of growth, which was a key objective of the reform programme, is still below target, Keith Duncan says. The chairman of the Economic Programme...
Flavocure LLC, a drug company founded by Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe, received its second orphan drug approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late September for Caflanone, which treats pancreatic cancer. The...
QUESTION: Mr Smith, I am glad to see you writing in The Sunday Gleaner again. I usually look forward to reading your Career articles, so keep up the good work. Recently, I got into some hot water with my supervisor, who had given me something...
The spectacle of Britain all but tearing itself apart over its future relationship with the European Union has been unedifying. Now, however, after months of political, legal, constitutional, and parliamentary wrangling, the indications are that...
Most people consider ‘being in communication’ to be a simple matter: that it’s the state that follows a discussion between two or more persons. But is this standard high enough to get your organisation through challenging times? Others believe that...
QUESTION: I need your advice. Someone is willing to sell me their NHT points. They claim they are migrating and willing to sell me their points as they are qualified for $6.5 million and would have no interest in my title or the house in...
Today’s column will provide readers, particularly motorists, with a heads-up of what the authorities are doing to reduce the indiscipline and chaos on our roads. It is very likely that other things are also being done in private that will become...
Health service company Elite Diagnostic Limited is projecting that its new location, which opened for business at Drax Hall, St Ann, will weigh on its finances initially. “The St Ann location opened its doors in September 2019, and the company is...
M ethane sensors will be put on planes, trucks and atop towers in the West Texas and southeastern New Mexico desert in a new effort to gauge the extent of greenhouse gas emissions from surging oil and natural gas production, advocates with the...
The terms under which the Jamaican Government is taking over toll concessionaire TransJamaican Highway Limited, TJH, from its French owners are still to be disclosed, including the cost of the deal, but plans are well under way to float the company...
Data analytics and market research company Blue Dot Data Intelligence Limited is a start-up that appears to be defying the slow growth and funding profile of small entrepreneurial ventures. Having reached five years into its operations this month...
Carl Sharpe considers himself a late arrival to the world of entrepreneurship. At 61, the father of five adult children and a mechanical engineer, who is about to retire from a 40-year practice in that profession, is building a promising chocolate-...
T he European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that member countries can force Facebook to remove or block unlawful material worldwide, in a case that raises new questions over the responsibilities of tech giants. The European Court of Justice...
