Business

The sibling team of Christos and Melisha Brown is collaborating in law and in business. They were doing well in their law practice but have recently been wooed by the challenge and adventure of the competitive hardware trade, setting up shop in...

Purdue Pharma and the thousands of state and local governments suing the maker of OxyContin over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis are negotiating a US$10-billion to US$12-billion settlement under which the Sackler family would give up ownership of...

Montana Governor Steve Bullock was told how he could qualify for the next presidential debate, but it didn’t make much sense: Spend $60. Attract a US$1 donor. And repeat, maybe thousands of times. “You spend US$60 on Facebook right now to get a US$...

Knutsford Express Limited, which provides cross-country bus services, has invested about US$400,000 (J$55 million) to acquire its overseas bus-hireage service, KE Connect US. The company chose to invest a manageable amount in the business rather...

SSL Venture Capital Jamaica Limited is moving to have management and structural changes of Muse 360 Integrated ratified by its board, following the resignation of the investment holding’s CEO and founder, André Burnett. Muse 360 is one of four...

Never mind his differences with world leaders on China, trade, Russia, Iran and more. President Donald Trump’s takeaway message from the Group of Seven summit in France was “unity.” In fact, “flawless” unity. During this year’s gathering of leaders...

Stocks moved broadly higher in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, extending the market’s solid gains from the day before. Technology and healthcare stocks accounted for much of the gains. Autodesk rose 1.8 per cent and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals...

The Jamaican economy expanded by one per cent in the quarter to June this year, driven mainly by a 5.6 per cent increase in the hotels and restaurants sector, and a 4.5 per cent increase in mining and quarrying. The outturn for the quarter largely...

Listed general insurance company General Accident (GENAC) is already eyeing another good year after a near 40 per cent increase in half-year profits. “If our run rate continues as it is now or even ticks up a little, then we should have a better...

The Ministry of Labour, in response to advertisements in early August where recruiters sought to attract the attention of business process outsourcing (BPO) workers for the Cayman Islands and also solicit graduate teachers for the United States of...