Business
December 24, 2025
Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk’s conquering of space
Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect that Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the…
December 24, 2025
Japan’s new flagship H3 rocket fails to put geolocation satellite into orbit
Japan’s space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country’s new flagship rocket and its space launch programme.…
December 24, 2025
How Trump changed world trade in 2025
After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she had seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import…
December 24, 2025
Bank of England cuts rates by one vote
The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease. The central…
December 23, 2025
These are the key AI players on the cover of Time’s ‘Architects of AI’ magazine
Accompanying Time’s annual Person of the Year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s, showing eight of the “Architects of AI”…
December 21, 2025
Sorrel stockpiling aids Trade Winds during Xmas
Hurricane Melissa might have wiped out more than 90 per cent of Jamaica’s sorrel crop, but at least one local company had the foresight to stockpile the product in anticipation of increased demand for…
December 21, 2025
Local publisher partners with top US university in book deal
Kingston-based Ian Randle Publishers (IRP) has entered into a partnership agreement with the renowned Johns Hopkins University in the United States that will see the publication of two new books each…
December 21, 2025
When immigration policy becomes business risk
Last week’s US announcement of a “permanent pause” on migration from several developing countries is more than a foreign policy headline, it is a wake-up call for Jamaica. Although we were not named,…
December 21, 2025
Francis Wade | How good leaders don’t keep things the same
Two Caribbean CEOs retired recently from similar sized companies. Marcus left with emotional tributes, his board praised his “collaborative leadership”, his team genuinely mourned his departure, and…