Business

December 9, 2025

Jeffrey Wu | Electricity will decide the AI race

The next stage of the global AI race will be decided not by algorithms or chips, but by electricity – and that puts China at a distinct advantage. While Western tech giants are emphasising closed,…
Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, introduces Mico, short for Microsoft Integrated Companion, the new Microsoft Copilot, a memory-based AI assistant, during Microsoft’s Fall 2025 Copilot Sessions event on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 in Los Angeles.
December 9, 2025

Microsoft launches Mico as tech companies imbue AI with personality

Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character…
December 9, 2025

Netflix blames tax dispute in Brazil for rare quarterly earnings letdown

Netflix missed the earnings target set by stock market analysts during the video streamer’s latest quarter, a letdown that the company blamed on a tax dispute in Brazil. The results announced Tuesday…
December 9, 2025 by Steven Jackson

American Airlines leads US carriers flying to Jamaica with 28% market share

American Airlines led all US carriers in passenger volume to Jamaica during the first seven months of 2025, and did so with one of the lowest cancellation rates, according to United States federal…
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
December 9, 2025

After 16 years, CLICO compensation issues still unresolved

Prime Minister Gaston Browne is expected to lead a delegation to Trinidad & Tobago to discuss the payment of millions of dollars owed to former policyholders of the Colonial Life Insurance…
Prime Minister of Belize, John Briceno.
December 9, 2025

Belize signs ‘safe third country’ agreement with US

The small Central American nation of Belize has signed a “safe third country” agreement with the United States, the two sides said on Monday, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up deportations…
The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT.
December 9, 2025

OpenAI launches web browser to compete with Google Chrome

OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
December 9, 2025

Brazil greenlights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River

The government of Brazil approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River on Monday. The decision comes only weeks before the United Nations climate…
The Discovery Communications logo atop its headquarters in Silver Spring, USA, July 31, 2017.
December 9, 2025

Warner Bros Discovery weighing options after buyout interest

Just months after announcing plans to split into two companies, Warner Bros Discovery has signalled that it may be open to a sale of its business. In an announcement on Tuesday, the entertainment…