Business
December 9, 2025
VMIL clears losses with tax credits but Melissa adds turbulence
VM Investments Limited has produced its best results in the third quarter, after two periods of losses, year-to-date, but is uncertain what the next period will bring as it assesses the operational…
December 9, 2025
JSE Group Q3 profit down 30% in subdued market
Jamaica Stock Exchange Limited reported flat revenues and a near 30 per cent dip in profit for the September third quarter, its first reporting period under new CEO Livingstone Morrison, whose…
December 9, 2025
AI sparks debate at COP30 climate talks
At the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing. Tech companies and a handful of countries at the…
December 9, 2025
Lawrence Nicholson | Family business exposure to natural disasters
Is it possible to adequately prepare for a Category 5 hurricane? This question was posed in cyberspace where ChatGPT resides. The following was the swift response: “While adequate preparation…
December 9, 2025
Ecuadorian voters reject proposals to host foreign military bases, rewrite constitution
Ecuadorians voted Sunday to strike down a proposal that would have let foreign countries run military bases in the South American country where drug gangs are extorting communities and killing…
December 9, 2025
by Neville Graham
Wisynco rolling out Legend beer products, Mamba stout in spirited push for revenue growth
Wisynco Group Limited is currently betting on beer to help drive top line growth. At the heart of the push is Legend Beer, the company’s flagship brew, which Chairman William Mahfood says is already…
December 9, 2025
by Neville Graham
JBG defends forensic inaction in US probe
The market was already primed to expect bad outcomes from the cleanup under way in Jamaica Broilers’ US operations, but when the report finally dropped the scope of the fallout, still rattled investor…
December 9, 2025
Cedric Stephens | Accessible insurance still an unmet goal
Hurricane Melissa provided a glut of things for me to write about. In today’s article, I will try to link discrete topics to the monster hurricane where the economic impacts may turn out to be not…
December 9, 2025
BOJ to set up eKYC cross-ID system for faster opening of bank accounts
The Bank of Jamaica, BOJ, wants to make it easier for banks to sign up new account holders for greater financial inclusion and access to banking services. Consequently, the central bank plans to…