Business
December 9, 2025
Little known as advances reported in TikTok battle
The Trump administration announced that it has reached a framework deal with China for the ownership of the popular social video platform TikTok. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a press…
December 9, 2025
Lawrence Nicholson | The similarities of family business and political parties
There is the tendency to see the world through the lens of what occupies our thoughts, such as our areas of research or expertise. This is a component of a phenomenon referred to as cognitive bias.…
December 9, 2025
Brazil slaps Trump’s ‘illogical’ tariffs
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50-per cent tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was “political” and “illogical”. Lula…
December 9, 2025
by Neville Graham
Kingston Properties burned by US foreclosure
Kingston Properties Limited, KPREIT, has been forced to write off a US$1.38-million investment following the foreclosure on a United States-based real estate asset, marking a rare setback for the real…
December 9, 2025
Lumber to expand operating base as business grows
Lumber Depot Limited is exploring expansion as the retailer grapples with inadequate operating space at its base in Kingston. “We have approached a range of properties that would serve our expansion…
December 9, 2025
GENAC to enter new Caribbean markets, rebalance property and motor portfolios
General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Limited, GENAC, is in the process of expanding further into the Caribbean, and is also looking to grow its share of the motor insurance market while…
December 9, 2025
Rise of AI tools forcing schools to reconsider what counts as cheating
Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat. “The cheating…
December 9, 2025
OpenAI, Microsoft reach new agreement to change corporate structure
OpenAI has reached a new tentative agreement with Microsoft and said its non-profit, which technically controls its business, will now be given a US$100 billion equity stake in its for-profit…
December 9, 2025
Mohamed El-Erian | Powell’s last chance to protect the Fed
As Jerome Powell approaches the end of his term as chair of the US Federal Reserve in May 2026, the central bank’s standing is lower – and its vulnerability greater – than it has been in decades. This…