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30 Oct, 2025
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Yaneek Page | Resilience or ruin: the financial reckoning facing Jamaican entrepreneurs
After the clouds clear, the wind dies down, and the floodwaters retreat, the real reckoning begins. This is not abstract or distant forecast. It is our neighbours hauling fallen trees and zinc from…
29 Oct, 2025
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Some NCB branches to reopen Thursday
The National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) says it will resume operations at eight branches on Thursday. It says this is part of its phased recovery efforts following the impact of Hurricane…
28 Oct, 2025
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Stock market closed for second day due to Melissa
The stock market remains closed for a second day as the effects of Hurricane Melissa continue to be felt across Jamaica. The Jamaica Stock Exchange said in an advisory that no trading would take place…
28 Oct, 2025
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Venezuela suspends energy agreements with Trinidad as it hosts US warship
Venezuela on Monday suspended energy agreements with Trinidad & Tobago, over what officials have described as “hostile” actions by the island nation. Trinidad is now hosting one of the US warships…
28 Oct, 2025
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Big win in midterm vote for Argentina’s President Milei boosts markets
Markets in Argentina rallied, the peso surged, and government bonds jumped on Monday as President Javier Milei hailed his party’s resounding victory in midterm congressional elections as a mandate to…
28 Oct, 2025
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China pitches itself as alternative to US protectionism
China signed an expanded version of a free trade agreement Tuesday with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with Premier Li Qiang pitching expanded economic ties with Beijing as an alternative…
28 Oct, 2025
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Amazon cutting 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on AI accelerates
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. In June, CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought…
28 Oct, 2025
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Russian company Lukoil to sell international assets in response to new sanctions
Russian oil company Lukoil says it is selling its international assets in response to sanctions imposed by the United States that aim to push Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine.…
28 Oct, 2025
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India conducts cloud-seeding trial to clear New Delhi’s smog
Indian authorities in late October carried out a cloud-seeding experiment over smog-choked New Delhi in an attempt to induce rainfall and clear the city’s toxic air, which has sparked anger among…