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Christopher Clarke, CEO of Caribbean Creams Limited, addresses shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting in Kingston on Monday, November 3, 2025.
December 12, 2025

Melissa slows down Kremi, but not for long, says CEO

Caribbean Cream Limited’s Montego Bay depot sustained damage during Hurricane Melissa, but the company expects to be back to normal before the busy holiday season. The ice cream company, which trades…
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Jeffrey Hall, CEO and vice-chairman of Pan Jamaica Group Limited.
December 12, 2025 by Neville Graham

Pan Jamaica buys another juice company in Europe

Pan Jamaica Group Limited has added another company to its portfolio, having acquired majority ownership of a juice business based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The terms of the acquisition of Frankly Juice…

Marcus James, executive chairman of Access Financial Services Limited, speaks to shareholders.
December 12, 2025

Access bracing for challenges

Access Financial Services Limited (AFS), the microlender, said it is bracing for challenging times. Hurricane Melissa disrupted one-fifth of Access Financial Services Limited’s branch network and…

Paul ‘PB’ Scott, chairman of Atlantic Hardware.
December 12, 2025

Atlantic Hardware gears up for post-Melissa rebuild

Atlantic Hardware & Plumbing Company Limited (AHPC) delivered third-quarter profit of $46.5 million, or more than 180 per cent higher year-on-year, powered by lower finance costs as its Initial…
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The Icons for the smartphone apps DeepSeek and ChatGPT are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
December 12, 2025

Beyond chatbots to agent AI workers

For technology adopters looking for the next big thing, ‘agentic AI’ is the future. At least, that’s what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say. What makes an artificial intelligence…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, November 19, 2025, in Washington.
December 12, 2025

Nvidia earnings clear lofty hurdle set by analysts amid fears about an AI bubble

Nvidia’s sales of the computing chips powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that mingle ease recent jitters about a Big…

Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist, speaks at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.
December 12, 2025

Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun to leave Meta and start new AI research company

Artificial intelligence pioneer Yann LeCun said Wednesday he will leave his job as Meta’s chief AI scientist at the end of the year. LeCun said he will be forming a start-up company to pursue research…
Access Financial bracing for Challenges (file)
December 12, 2025
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December 12, 2025

JSE COMBINED MARKET SUMMARY

November 20, 2025 In Thursday’s trading session the following reflects the movement of the JSE Indices: - •The JSE Combined Index advanced by 654.55 points ( 0.20 %) to close at 324,138.99 points and…