Business
09 Sep, 2026
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China’s Huawei Technologies faces racketeering trial in New York
Huawei Technologies, a leading Chinese tech company, faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York over charges that it stole technology, plotted to steal US trade secrets, committed wire and bank…
09 Sep, 2026
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Japan protests as China slaps new measures against its exports of a key chipmaking material
Japan has protested against Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips, saying Tuesday that Tokyo is studying the potential impact on Japanese…
09 Sep, 2026
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Meta launches personal AI agent, Muse, focuses on safety and privacy
Meta launched on Tuesday a personal artificial intelligence (AI) agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules, shopping and, in the company’s…
09 Sep, 2026
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PBS Group takes full control of Trinidad Systems Limited
PBS Group, which operates the Xerox distributorship across the Caribbean and Latin America, has completed its acquisition of Trinidad Systems Limited (TSL). The company purchased the remaining 55 per…
08 Sep, 2026
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Jaguar Land Rover will cut 4,000 jobs to reduce costs and compete with China
Jaguar Land Rover said Monday it would cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts…
06 Sep, 2026
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Barita upgraded by rating agency
Barita Investments Ltd has been upgraded one notch by regional ratings agency CariCRIS, lifting the brokerage into the top creditworthiness band available to Jamaican obligors and putting it a step…
06 Sep, 2026
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Yaneek Page | BPO Transition: Balancing Investor Realities with Economic Necessity
In May 2024, I issued a stark warning in this column: Jamaica was standing directly in the pathway of a technology-driven economic tremor. I cautioned that our heavy national reliance on outsourced…
06 Sep, 2026
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Pabst Blue Ribbon offers $20,000 reward to help find its missing beer
Pabst Blue Ribbon wants its beer back, and it is offering a reward to help that happen. Greig DeBow, the CEO of Pabst Brewing Co, said Wednesday that the company would pay up to US$20,000 to anyone…
06 Sep, 2026
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Kingston takes the bulk of remittance growth since Melissa
Residents of Kingston and St Andrew received most of the growth in remittances since Hurricane Melissa, rather than the parishes the storm hit hardest. Jamaicans abroad sent home US$1.85 billion…