Business
December 9, 2025
Cedric Stephens | Mitigating hot spot danger
The Garfield Batts Hotspot Solutions Foundation, GBHSF, was launched at Mr Batts’ funeral service at the St Jude’s Anglican Church, Stony Hill on September 13. He died while driving home to Kingston…
December 9, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point
The United States Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the…
December 9, 2025
Morant Bay Urban Centre not yet in business
Four months after its official opening, the Morant Bay Urban Centre, MBUC, confirmed tenants are retrofitting their allotted spaces but are yet to start doing business there. The 365,000-square-foot…
December 9, 2025
Little known as advances reported in TikTok battle
The Trump administration announced that it has reached a framework deal with China for the ownership of the popular social video platform TikTok. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a press…
December 9, 2025
Lawrence Nicholson | The similarities of family business and political parties
There is the tendency to see the world through the lens of what occupies our thoughts, such as our areas of research or expertise. This is a component of a phenomenon referred to as cognitive bias.…
December 9, 2025
Brazil slaps Trump’s ‘illogical’ tariffs
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50-per cent tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was “political” and “illogical”. Lula…
December 9, 2025
by Neville Graham
Kingston Properties burned by US foreclosure
Kingston Properties Limited, KPREIT, has been forced to write off a US$1.38-million investment following the foreclosure on a United States-based real estate asset, marking a rare setback for the real…
December 9, 2025
Lumber to expand operating base as business grows
Lumber Depot Limited is exploring expansion as the retailer grapples with inadequate operating space at its base in Kingston. “We have approached a range of properties that would serve our expansion…
December 9, 2025
GENAC to enter new Caribbean markets, rebalance property and motor portfolios
General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica Limited, GENAC, is in the process of expanding further into the Caribbean, and is also looking to grow its share of the motor insurance market while…