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An airbus in the Air Canada fleet.
11 Oct, 2026 0

Canada fuels Jamaica’s winter airlift rebound as arrivals remain below pre-storm levels

Jamaica has secured more than 1.3 million airline seats for the January-April 2027 winter tourist season, a 23.5 per cent increase over the same period a year earlier, in the clearest sign yet that…
Elite Diagnostic’s office on Holborn Road in New Kingston.
11 Oct, 2026 0

Elite Diagnostic asks large shareholders to disclose plans after heavy trading

Elite Diagnostic Ltd has asked its large shareholders to disclose their intentions after another session of heavy trading in its shares on Friday, when 41.5 million units changed hands. It was the…
11 Oct, 2026 0

When your shopping cart predicts what you need: The next frontier of pricing

Put tuna in your shopping cart. Now, reach for the mayonnaise. What if the price changed because the retailer’s technology had already worked out what you were making?
AP Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook leaves the Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 21, 2026.
11 Oct, 2026 0

Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her

US President Donald Trump opened another chapter in his effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Friday by establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false…
09 Oct, 2026 0

Scotiabank Jamaica minority shareholders back buyout

Minority shareholders of Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) voted to accept a buyout by parent company Scotiabank Caribbean Holdings Ltd (SCHL), clearing a key hurdle towards taking the island’s…
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09 Oct, 2026 0

Innovative Energy Group cites $900m pipeline

Innovative Energy Group Limited (IEG) said it enters its 2027 fiscal year with about $900 million in signed contracts and letters of intent. Not all of that pipeline will convert to revenue, but the…
JMMB Group head office on Haughton Court, New Kingston.
09 Oct, 2026 0

JMMB prepares to take US$250m Caribbean sustainability bond to market

JMMB Securities plans to court international investors for a US$250-million Caribbean sustainability bond to back pooled climate and development projects. The bond will be issued by Caribbean…

Leacroft Forden (left), managing director of KeFordco Ltd, and Nick Curtis, co-founder of Bocobay.
09 Oct, 2026 0

Bocobay founder eyes seven Caribbean islands as Jamaica push gathers pace

Nick Curtis began by managing one villa in Aruba during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the co-founder and CEO of Bocobay runs a vacation-rental company with about 400 homes in four countries, and he…
Oran Hall
09 Oct, 2026 0

Oran A Hall | Inflation winners and losers

Inflation is more than higher prices. It is that creepy force that changes the real value of assets, savings, income and debt. It makes some people better off and others worse off financially, as some…