Business
June 25, 2026
Digicel revenue dips to US$1.8 billion, but improvements result in rating upgrade
The revenue of Digicel Holdings slipped, but other metrics improved, contributing to a rating upgrade from Moody's by one notch to B1 from B2.
"The rating action incorporates Digicel's…
June 24, 2026
UN wants AI firms to release carbon reports
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence (AI) companies to release information about the carbon pollution they create, along with the water and…
June 24, 2026
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100
Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing US Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died Monday. He was…
June 23, 2026
Warsh's gamble: A quieter Federal Reserve could mean volatile markets, higher rates
The Federal Reserve has, for decades, moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to a more transparent institution willing to explain how it…
June 21, 2026
by Neville Graham
Kintyre enters EV market through share issuance, diluting existing shareholders
Kintyre Holdings (Ja) Ltd has acquired a majority stake in an electric vehicle (EV) dealership in a deal expected to reach $100 million, financed through the issuance of new shares, marking the…
June 21, 2026
Blue Mahoe Capital Caribbean launches US$5-million crowdfunding push to build affordable homes in Jamaica
Blue Mahoe Capital Caribbean Inc, a Florida-based real estate developer, launched a crowdfunding campaign this month to raise US$5 million for affordable housing projects in Jamaica, marking a step in…
June 21, 2026
by Luke Douglas
June 21, 2026
Cuba economic emergency reforms emerging
Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures aimed at opening up the struggling island's economy following heightened…
June 21, 2026
US bank card programme to steer cash payments to single mothers in government housing
The black-owned Redemption Bank, in the United States introduced a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government-subsidised housing escape poverty.