Business
December 17, 2025
Sagicor Group Jamaica to merge with Sagicor Life Inc to become US$6.9 billion Sagicor Group Caribbean
Sagicor Group Jamaica Ltd said on Tuesday it will merge with Sagicor Life Inc, unifying operations under a new holding company, Sagicor Group Caribbean, and in the process create a US$6.9-billion…
December 17, 2025
Ford pivots from electric vehicles
Ford Motor Co is pivoting away from its once ambitious electric vehicle (EV) plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles, in favour of investment in more efficient gas…
December 17, 2025
A case study of cannabis in Morocco, North Africa
Since he started growing cannabis at 14, Mohamed Makhlouf has lived in the shadows, losing sleep while bracing for a knock on his door from authorities that could mean prison or his entire harvest…
December 17, 2025
Salada invests in sorrel and X-ray safety
Salada Foods Jamaica Limited will close out 2025 with record revenues, a new sorrel-flavoured drink, and a US$302,000 (J$50-million) investment in an X-ray machine to improve the quality of its core…
December 16, 2025
US stocks slip at the start of a week full of economic updates
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&P 500 fell 0.3 per cent in afternoon…
December 14, 2025
by Luke Douglas
Goat rearing vibrant despite Melissa setback
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…
December 14, 2025
Yaneek Page | Should Jamaicans turn to Amazon for income after Hurricane Melissa?
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…
December 14, 2025
Cedric Stephens | Closing the insurance gap
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…
December 14, 2025
Oran Hall | Re-investing the proceeds of a matured bond in another
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…