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Wall Street is losing ground on Monday at the start of a week full of economic reports that could drive where interest rates, and thus stock prices, go. The S...
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Some Jamaican farmers are showing renewed interest in the rearing of goats despite the setback that many in the sector have faced following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, even while consumer demand for local mutton is expected to be muted over...
A reader from Westmoreland who wrote to me recently shared a question that many people across the western parishes are now asking as they try to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Melissa. “Hey Yaneek, can you consider a question for me? Do you...
Last Sunday, Christopher Burgess, PhD, civil engineer, land developer, climate change scientist, and newspaper columnist, drafted a blueprint of how government should approach rebuilding of the housing stock that was damaged and destroyed by...
Recently, my friend shared with me that his wife wanted to know what to do with the proceeds of bonds she owned that were due to mature soon in light of calls she had received from her investment adviser about investing the proceeds in new bonds...
Next year, global growth is expected to be near 3.1 per cent, almost the same as this year. To many observers, such steadiness suggests a world economy drifting sideways, neither slowing nor accelerating. But the stability implied by the headline...
The United States Department of Transportation has issued new guidance telling airlines they do not have to cover passenger expenses, such as meals or hotel stays, when flight cancellations or long delays are caused by aircraft recalls. The...
A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but the decision also reopened a door for the...
The United States Federal Reserve’s governing board unanimously approved the reappointment of nearly all of the Fed’s 12 regional bank presidents, a group that has come under scrutiny by the Trump administration. The Fed’s board approved the...
Mortgage loans have been growing as an asset class for pension funds, sufficient for the regulator Financial Services Commission to make note of it. They remain a tiny portion, only 0.13 per cent, of pension fund portfolios. But that’s after...
MFS Capital Partners Limited has doubled its earnings in the September quarter, with foreign exchange trading emerging as a key driver of profitability. Revenue in the period rose to $41.43 million, from $21.3 million earned in the corresponding...
The outlook for Fontana Pharmacy remains positive as its stores in western Jamaica return to normality. “Our Montego Bay store closed for two weeks and is currently operating at reduced hours. We expect this quarter to be impacted,” CEO Anne Chang...
Sygnus Real Estate Finance Limited has broken ground on the Lakes Pen Industrial Park project, a 55-acre logistics and industrial development in St Catherine, pledging to deliver serviced lots to buyers by summer 2027. The publicly listed real...
Disney is investing US$1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company’s Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal that the two companies announced on Thursday. The...
Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly US$1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Using US Treasury Department...
