Business
July 31, 2026
Oran Hall | Why Jamaican athletes should prepare for life after sports
Our athletes are busy, and there are opportunities for professionals and amateurs. Some are making good money, and others are on the cusp. But money can be fleeting and the active years relatively…
July 31, 2026
Charlene Ashley | 60 minutes or billions of dollars?
The United States House of Representatives has once again ignited the debate over Daylight Saving Time. Supporters want to stop changing clocks. Opponents worry about darker mornings, schoolchildren,…
July 31, 2026
Microsoft beats Wall Street expectations with US$90b in revenue
Microsoft posted strong results for its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, beating expectations and showing strong growth in its cloud computing platform and a boost in paid AI users. The Redmond,…
July 31, 2026
eBay agreed to pay nearly US$50m to couple sent cockroaches, bloody pig mask
eBay Inc agreed to pay almost US$50 million to a Massachusetts couple in the US, who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live…
July 31, 2026
US economy grows at sluggish 1.5% in Q2 with inflation remaining high
The US economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5 per cent pace from April through toJune as rising imports weighed on growth, yet consumers continued to spend. And the Federal Reserve’s favoured measure of…
July 31, 2026
Oil prices jump, Dow drops more than 1,100 as sinking AI stocks drag Wall Street lower
Oil prices got back to jumping on Wednesday, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control. The…
July 31, 2026
Russia accuses Telegram CEO of aiding terrorism
Russian authorities said on Wednesday that tthey had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the Internet…
July 30, 2026
Fed leaves interest rate unchanged but with 3 dissents as Warsh praises ‘good family fight’
The US Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favour of higher rates as the central bank wrestles with how to deal with persistently high…
July 31, 2026
Cement production hits record in 2nd quarter as profit surges fivefold
Jamaica’s sole cement producer, Caribbean Cement Company Ltd, has reported profit of $2.7 billion for the second quarter ended June 2026, nearly five times the $544 million earned in the corresponding…