Business

Marketing and creative company The Limners and Bards Limited has completed at least two of its five movies promised last year and is hoping that, starting in 2026, earnings from the romance flicks will keep shareholders in love with the company....

A plan to restructure more than US$9 billion in debt held by Puerto Rico’s ailing power company hit a big snag this week after a group of bondholders terminated their deal with a federal control board overseeing the United States territory’s...

Brazil’s government said on Monday it will buy several domestic products hit by the 50 per cent higher US tariffs, such as acai, coconut water, mangoes and Brazilian nuts – and that it will pay an “adequate” price for them. Coffee and beef did not...

Many founders of family-owned businesses, FOBs, continue to have sleepless nights, wondering why their children are not interested in being in the business. The desire of these founders is to have the family businesses continue after them, with...

Paint maker Berger Paints Jamaica Limited said “significant and unforeseen global supply disruptions” caused a temporary break in product availability and order fulfilment in the June quarter. General Manager Dwaine Williams said that like many...

Derrimon Trading Company Limited’s profit surged seventy per cent in the April-June quarter relative to the 2024 period but the company’s leader is not inclined to celebrate just yet. “Last year was a bad year, so that’s not our base,” CEO Ian...

China released new interim measures Friday, tightening controls on mining and processing of rare earths that are used in many high-tech products, including electric vehicles, smartphones, and fighter jets. The rules released Friday by the Ministry...

One way to be climate-friendly is to shop sustainably. But figuring out which products count as ‘sustainable’ can be hard, especially when buying online. As ordering with a computer or phone becomes more ubiquitous, the number of online products...

Every election cycle politicians trip over themselves to play the role of small business champion. They unveil extensive menus of goodies for MSMEs, and are the loudest advocates for entrepreneurial risk-taking. On paper, manifestos proclaim that...

Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world’s largest solar farm when completed high on a Tibetan plateau. It will cover 610 square kilometres (235 square miles), which is the size of Chicago. China has been...

Most of the United States’ Federal Reserve officials said last month that the threat of higher inflation was a greater concern than the potential for job losses, leading the central bank to keep its key rate unchanged. According to the minutes of...

After a year-long shortage, ackee processors are seeing an uptick in the supplies of the raw material and are hopeful that market conditions will improve before the end of the year, according to two producers of canned ackees. Canute Sadler,...