Business

Federal workers received pay stubs Friday with nothing but zeroes on them as the effects of the government shutdown hit home, deepening anxieties about mortgage payments and unpaid bills.All told, an estimated 800,000 government employees missed...

Are the contractors who are undertaking roadworks in connection with the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) paying enough attention to managing the risks associated with the works? Are their efforts to prevent injuries or deaths to...

We Jamaicans have a difficulty noticing high standards, even when they hit us right in the face. This habit ruins organisations when leaders are the worst culprits.For example, even our savviest business leaders sometimes fall for hucksters who...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says exports from Latin America and the Caribbean, including Jamaica, hit their highest level in six years as a result of a 9.9 per cent increase in 2018, albeit amid growing downside risks in the future.A...

Fraser Fontaine & Kong (FFK) has transformed to FFK 'N ROLL, a complete online process that will offer quick access to status reports about insurance policies to all employed Jamaicans who are FFK clients...

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada:Grenada says it enjoys a good relationship with China in spite of international concern that Beijing is using its finances in a bid to have a bigger footprint in Latin America and the...

CARACAS, Venezuela:Venezuela has disputed Guyana's account of what Georgetown said was the dangerous incursion into local waters after a Norwegian ship hired by ExxonMobil was...

LONDON (AP):The rally in global stock markets faded Thursday after US and Chinese officials wrapped up three days of trade talks in Beijing without any significant breakthrough.In Europe,...

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, - The Antigua and Barbuda government has rubbished reports that it intends to place restrictions on the importation of used and reconditioned vehicles over 10 years into the country.Prime Minister Gaston Browne, speaking on a...