Business
December 9, 2025
Nations meet to consider regulations to drive green transition in shipping
The world’s largest maritime nations gathered in London on Tuesday to consider adopting regulations that would move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels to slash emissions. If the deal is…
December 9, 2025
Argentina president visits White House after US$20b lifeline from US
Argentina’s libertarian leader lavished praise on Donald Trump ahead of his first White House meeting with the US president on Tuesday. It’s a tactic that has helped transform President Javier Milei’s…
December 9, 2025
Lawrence Nicholson | Family-owned businesses must tell their stories
Jamaica has a rich tradition of storytelling, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Jamaicans’ appetite for talking far exceeds their appetite for reading. The latter might help to explain the…
December 9, 2025
by María Fernanda Espinosa
Ulrich Volz
and Alex Dryden
María Fernanda Espinosa | Overcoming Latin America’s mounting debt crises
Earlier this year, the International Monetary Fund declared that “debt levels have stabilised and are projected to remain stable or slightly decline” in emerging markets and developing economies. But…
December 9, 2025
Three researchers nab Nobel economics prize for explaining ‘creative destruction’
Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human…
December 9, 2025
Visual Vibe gets boost from Portland JSX as it readies for IPO
Private equity company Portland JSX Limited has boosted the prospects of Visual Vibe with US$500,000 of financing, but has not taken a stake in the advertising company. The sum translates to around…
December 9, 2025
by Steven Jackson
Updated: JMMB Group to roll more real estate projects
JMMB Group Limited, JMMBGL, will be executing two more commercial real estate projects in Kingston, including a new a 10-storey mixed-use building at Haughton Avenue, plus other developments in urban…
December 9, 2025
Cemex removes JLP 'fee' payment from US filing
Cemex, the ultimate parent company of Caribbean Cement Company, has amended an earlier filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission which had disclosed a payment described as “fees” of over…
December 9, 2025
United Oil secures access to ship
United Oil & Gas Plc on Thursday signed a deal that will give it access to ship for collecting oil samples offshore Jamaica, following moves by the oil explorer to raise another £2.33 million in…