Business
20 Oct, 2026
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Margaritaville Jamaica plans public share offering before year end
Margaritaville Jamaica plans to raise equity through a public offering within 90 days, giving investors a stake in the operator of three Margaritaville venues and a fine-dining restaurant on the…
18 Oct, 2026
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Mailpac cuts $900 million off My Cart price, seeks approval to issue shares to close deal
Mailpac Group Ltd. will ask shareholders to approve issuing 50 million shares to complete its acquisition of former rival My Cart Quick Ltd., a deal whose value has been cut by three-quarters from the…
18 Oct, 2026
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AI creating workforce and ‘businesses of one’
Private companies in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean are building artificial-intelligence (AI) tools into their operations even though the Government’s national AI policy is still being drafted,…
18 Oct, 2026
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Highest inflation in four years will result in ‘some hardships’ says Dr King
Jamaica’s annual inflation rate climbed to 8.6 per cent in September, the highest since December 2022 and above the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) four-to-six per cent target range, according to the…
18 Oct, 2026
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Yaneek Page | NaRRA’s reconstruction boom must strengthen communities and small businesses too
Picture Western Jamaica three years from now if the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) delivers fully on the ambition outlined by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness in his Budget…
18 Oct, 2026
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Tesla’s new Roadster car can thrust itself into the air, but don’t expect to drive it anytime soon
Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself into the air, among other engineering bells and whistles. But drivers shouldn’t expect to take it for a spin anytime soon. Elon…
18 Oct, 2026
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US markets weighed down by an extended sell-off in tech sector
Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as more drops for big tech companies weighed on the market. The S&P 500 lost 1.1 per cent Friday, and the Nasdaq composite sank 2.1 per cent. Both posted their…
16 Oct, 2026
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IMF trims Jamaica’s 2027 outlook
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for Jamaica’s economic growth in 2027, signalling a slower rebound than it expected six months ago, even as it upgraded its outlook for…
16 Oct, 2026
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Mayberry bets that stock rebound will erase losses; takes aim at asset tax
Mayberry Group Ltd expects the recovery in the local stock market to continue wiping out earlier losses during the year. The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) gained over 20 per cent this year so far, its…