Business
09 Dec, 2025
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Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros, challenging US$72b offer by Netflix
Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros Discovery, initiating a potentially bruising battle with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and DC Studios,…
09 Dec, 2025
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WIP Terminal to list on JSE
West Indies Petroleum Terminal Limited, a fuel distribution company, will be listing its shares by introduction on the main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The proposed listing covers up to…
05 Dec, 2025
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Cedric Stephens | Should taxpayers bear the burden of under-insured businesses?
‘SBAJ sounds SOS. Small businesses call for cash aid, loan freezes to jump-start commerce’. That statement summarises a request for help by the Small Business Association of Jamaica’s president to…
05 Dec, 2025
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Oran Hall | Putting debt under manners at year end
Christmas and the days around it are merry-but-costly days which can potentially bring harm to your financial well-being, even if there is additional income. Truth be told, it does not have to be that…
05 Dec, 2025
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Ma and Kidney | Renminbi internationalisation closing the climate finance gap
As the United States renounces its climate commitments, a chain reaction of wavering pledges and scaled-back investments by other donors and multilateral institutions has followed. This trend raises…
05 Dec, 2025
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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros studio and streaming business for US$72b
Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind Harry Potter and Friends, to buy its studio and streaming business for US$72 billion.
04 Dec, 2025
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Stop calling it recovery! Business needs a different word
If you are a CEO in Jamaica, you could be using the wrong vocabulary. Like many, you are talking about “recovery”: getting back to where you were before the hurricane. But here’s some data: Sony…
02 Dec, 2025
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India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones
India’s telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, according to a government order, raising concerns of data privacy…
02 Dec, 2025
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Pioneer, now PMD, expanding through regional alliances
Pioneer Manufacturing Distribution Company Limited, now rebranded as PMD, has formed an alliance with ASE Integral to distribute the Colombian company’s Biro line of cleaning products in Jamaica and,…