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Richard Mullings, President of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica.
14 Oct, 2026 0

Builder group says late Government payments, not lack of capacity, slowing reconstruction

Government should share some blame for a shortage of top-tier building contractors because it pays them late, the island’s main builders’ group said. Richard Mullings, president of The Incorporated…
14 Oct, 2026 0

The LAB bets on Apple TV’s arrival to fuel more local content, increasing avenues for profit

Limners and Bards Ltd, the advertising and production company known as The LAB, thinks that the arrival of Apple TV in Jamaica will increase demand for locally made content, which could spur more…
Mark Myers Chairman of PROVEN
14 Oct, 2026 0

PROVEN revises Chairman’s Report to reflect first rate hike in 17 months

PROVEN Group Ltd Chairman Mark Myers told shareholders in a revised annual report statement that “financing costs” could stay elevated amid global uncertainty. It was his first annual report statement…
PB Scott
14 Oct, 2026 0

Seprod shareholders approve stock split

Neville Graham/ senior staff writer Seprod Limited shareholders have cleared the way for the company to raise fresh equity, reduce debt and pursue expansion opportunities across the Caribbean, while…
14 Oct, 2026 0

Francis Wade | The hidden bets your company makes

Imagine that your company proclaims its intent to ‘be number one’. The objective is clear, but you suspect that a commitment this simple may create more problems than it solves. If so, how should you…
Business
14 Oct, 2026 0

PBS Group buys 70% stake in Barbados tech firm TSL

The PBS Group, known for distributing Xerox in the Americas, said it has acquired a 70 per cent stake in TSL Barbados Ltd, an IT firm, which adds to its regional technology portfolio. The financial…
Portraits of Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford are shown on the screen as they are announced as the laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden =, o
14 Oct, 2026 0

Two American economists win Nobel for work on managing economic shocks

American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks,…
President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday September 29 during a meeting and luncheon on artificial intelligence in Washington, DC, USA.
14 Oct, 2026 0

In Silicon Valley, AI founders cheer Trump’s calls for the industry to police itself on safety

Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial…
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York, February 26, 2026.
13 Oct, 2026 0

Anthropic’s Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide case

An Anthropic artificial intelligence (AI) model submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said. It is the latest example of AI…