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Jamaica Broilers Group offices in Old Harbour, St Catherine.
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JBG forensic sweep finds no new irregularities amid $6.8b loss

Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) said it conducted a forensic review of its electronic communications and found no accounting irregularities beyond those already disclosed, the poultry group said in audited statements that report a $6.8-billion net loss for the year ended May 2026.

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CHEN
23 Sep, 2026 0

Broke by month-end: Cash crunch drives look at fortnightly pay

Jamaican employers and trade unions are split over whether to move the country’s monthly paid workers onto fortnightly pay, a change that would lift nobody’s salary but would halve the wait between…
Business
23 Sep, 2026 0

CG United presses expansion despite US$62m Melissa claims bill

Hurricane Melissa cost CG United Insurance Jamaica US$62 million in claims and pushed it to loss position, but it’s still in growth mode. “Overall, CG United Jamaica had 209 reported claims,” Country…
Business
23 Sep, 2026 0

Coconut output up 73% since 2021, but drought stalls recovery

Jamaica’s coconut production has climbed 73 per cent since 2021 on the back of a sustained replanting drive, but current drought conditions threatens that recovery, with one St Thomas grower reporting…
Don Anderson, managing director of Market Research Services Ltd.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Pension industry hires Market Research Services to conduct pension survey

The Pension Industry Association of Jamaica (PIAJ) has hired Market Research Services Limited (MRSL) to map how Jamaicans save and prepare for retirement, seeking data to back its push for pension…
Francis Wade
23 Sep, 2026 0

Francis Wade | A CEO’s ego – Now clinging to prior success

Your CEO has a strong ego. Most successful ones do. It carried him through the growth years, and it now sits at the centre of every conversation about the company’s future. Right now, that same ego is…
Google campus.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

Google has been fined 403 million euros (US$463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said on…
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday, July 29.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Federal Reserve rate hike reflects new world of sticky inflation and faster growth

President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the Federal Reserve after it hiked its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but the Fed matters less than broader economic trends when it comes to…
Microsoft’s Bill Gates attends dinner with President Donald Trump in the White House on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA.
23 Sep, 2026 0

Bill Gates pushes for ‘smart use’ of AI as his foundation builds more representative language data

Bill Gates told his foundation’s Goalkeepers gathering that “increased generosity” and “the smart use of AI” together could accelerate the fight against inequality, urging the world’s richest…
Richard Pandohie, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Seprod Group
23 Sep, 2026 0

Seprod considers additional public offer

Seprod Limited will ask shareholders to approve a five-for-one stock split and a near doubling of its authorised shares, a move that would let the company issue new stock or raise fresh capital.