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FILE The Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara properties at Rose Hall, Montego Bay.
November 8, 2026 Carolyn Guniss - Senior Business Writer

Tortuga to spend more than US$400m rebuilding Ja resorts

Tortuga Resorts will spend more than US$400 million (J$64 billion) rebuilding its Jamaican hotels after Hurricane Melissa, with phased reopenings due to begin in the first quarter of 2027. It is the first time the owner has put a figure on the work.

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Contributed Anna-Kaye Wright, marketing officer and Deborah Stewart general manager at Fidelity Motors
08 Nov, 2026 0

Fidelity adds Chery as parent flags Ja underperformance

Goddard Enterprises reported that its Jamaican business, Fidelity Motors, was among the weakest in its regional automotive arm. Days later, at Hope Gardens, Fidelity launched the Chery line of…
Francis Wade
08 Nov, 2026 0

Francis Wade | In five years, customers may choose their bank by how it asks

Imagine you are a local banking executive who cares about the way customers experience your institution’s brand. You dread the calls from acquaintances complaining about a painful know-your-customer…
AP An Amazon company logo marks the facade of a building in March 2022 in Schoenefeld, near Berlin.
08 Nov, 2026 0

Amazon adds Uber Eats to list of services for Prime members

Amazon is adding a new perk for its Prime members. The Seattle-based online behemoth said on Thursday that it has agreed to add Uber Eats to its list of services for Amazon Prime members in the US.…
Workers hold a hose as concrete is poured to form a beam on a residential building under construction, Tuesday, October 6, 2026, in Miami.
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US continues to generate jobs, yet inflation erodes spending power of millions

US employers created a surprising 165,000 new jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 per cent. Hiring was far stronger than the 65,000 new jobs that economists had expected. The jobs…
Market information is displayed on screens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, November 6, 2026, in New York.
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AI stocks halt their brutal, worldwide sell-off as Wall Street trims its loss for the week

AI stocks are bouncing back Friday and recovering some of their sell-off from the last two days. The rest of the US stock market is mixed following a whirlwind few days of Wall Street trying to sort…
Flow Jamaica office in Kingston.
06 Nov, 2026 0

Flow Jamaica’s $16.1b quarterly revenue still trails pre-Melissa levels

Flow Jamaica booked US$101.8 million (J$16.1 billion) in revenue during the third-quarter ending September, down 5.6 per cent from US$107.8 million a year earlier, as the telecom operator continued to…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and MiningFloyd Green.
06 Nov, 2026 0

Jamalco divestment resurfaces after six years, with 30-day strategy deadline

The newly created Ministry of Mining and Geology has 30 days to deliver a plan for divesting the Government’s 45 per cent stake in the alumina plant Jamalco – six years after such plans were last…
06 Nov, 2026 0

Christie’s Int’l Real Estate registers in MoBay as luxury market expands

The name of luxury brokerage Christie’s International Real Estate has appeared a second time on Jamaica’s company register – this time as a business registered in Montego Bay, according to filing made…
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Caribbean closes gap on Africa at Rubis amid oil price spikes

Rubis, the French energy distributor, expects recovery and growth in the Caribbean to drive its performance through the rest of the year, even as Africa edges past the region on margin. The Caribbean…