Business

Stablecoins are on the rise in global finance, promising to facilitate faster and cheaper payments and lead a wave of financial innovation. But what if that wave erodes governments’ control over money and debt, fundamentally reshaping how modern...

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 conference known as COP30 are promoting ways AI...

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 on shelves in canned and bottled formats. The...

A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages...

Private equity firm Dequity Capital Management Limited is seeking $657.5 million of equity capital from stock market investors in an initial public offering on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The offer of 657.5 million shares priced at $1 per unit will...

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 politicians as they fight for territory. Another...

As more people live longer, the question arises about how to fund and maintain the lifestyle people were used to in their pre-retirement years for their full retirement years. At the centre of this is the tension between rising costs and the...

Large distributors say they are open for business and have adequate supplies of goods at this time but are experiencing some challenges in getting products to the areas of Jamaica hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. Glen Christian, chairman and CEO...

For each of the past several years, scientists, analysts and officials have been hoping that it would be the year when emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas would stop going up. They’ll have to wait another year. For the second...

Electrical and energy solutions provider FosRich Company Limited is aiming for a sharp turnaround after posting steep losses of nearly half-billion dollars year to date. It is banking on solar energy to fuel its recovery. Over nine months ending...

Excelerate Energy, which recently purchased New Fortress’ holdings in Jamaica, indicates that damage to LNG assets caused by Hurricane Melissa would be covered by insurance, while maintaining a strong financial outlook. “I want to reassure our...

Amid ongoing efforts to reverse financial losses and transform the multimedia business, Radio Jamaica Limited, which trades as RJRGLEANER Communications Group, updated shareholders on plans to break down internal silos, streamline operations and...