Business

ADVISORY COLUMN: PRODUCTIVITY As an executive, you must make an annual decision about your organisation’s strategic plan. Should the exercise be done as a team, hire outsiders to perform a study, or simply fall back on the CEO’s thinking? While...

COLUMN: FOREIGN POLICY Two weeks ago, Caribbean heads of government passed a resolution critical of United States policy towards Cuba. Under normal circumstances this would not be worthy of comment as the region is known for its long-standing...

The Court of Appeal agrees that Amy Hyacinth Bogle deserves to be compensated for the illegal seizure of her car by the Transport Authority, TA, which then lost the vehicle somehow. But it diverged from the Supreme Court on the degree of the...

T echnology company Zed Jamaica, in business since 2003, is now branded as Zed-Makeyla, following its merger with a Canadian affiliate. Zed Jamaica has for the past 12 years been a dealer in Jamaica for the Renweb student information system,...

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P rivate equity firm Proven Investments Limited’s additional public offering of shares, or APO, will hit the market on March 11. The company wants to raise at least US$50 million from investors, but its prospectus, released this week, indicates it...

Just as reports are indicating that China, the epicentre of the coronavirus, is seeing improvements in cases, the United States, which is Jamaica’s largest trading partner, is reporting rising fatalities and the possibility of more cases. But two...

New Fortress Energy, the sole supplier of natural gas to Jamaica, made operating profit of US$1.3 million in the quarter ending December, hitting break-even on its operations for the first time. The American company still made a net loss in the...

The US Federal Reserve’s latest nationwide survey of business conditions has found that the coronavirus outbreak has begun to impact tourism and disrupt manufacturing chains in parts of the United States. The survey compiled by the Fed’s 12...

Continued complaints about the level of bank charges in Jamaica, highlight a key aspect of the country’s digital divide, with some accessing financial services at low or no cost, while others find themselves spending substantially more time and...

GraceKennedy has hit and surpassed its revenue target of $100 billion, a goal that was initially aligned with its centenary. The company closed its 2019 financial year with a top-line gain of nearly six per cent across its financial and food...