Business

For the past two decades, Brazil has been the rising star of Latin America. Representing the first letter of an acronym that would define an investment era, it became the top destination for foreign direct and portfolio investment. The BRICS...

SOL Petroleum Jamaica Limited has begun selling off its stock of Shell lubricants, days before the official closure of its bunkering and lubricant business. In a notice to the public on Wednesday, SOL invited interested parties to view and make...

Sagicor Investments Jamaica Limited intends to create a fund seeded with well over $1 billion that will finance infrastructure projects. The fund, which the brokerage plans to list on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE, will invest in both new and...

European Union (EU) finance ministers urged Italy Thursday to respect its pledges to bring its blown-out deficit back into line with EU rules amid threats of possible legal action against the country. “We need to reassure everyone – Italian...

The Jamaica Used Car Dealers’ Association, JUCDA, says it is strongly opposed to a new directive by the Trade Board for importers of used motor vehicles to pay a Jamaica government agent based in Japan to sanitise each auto at a cost of up to US$...

Power utility Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, will be installing electric vehicle, or EV, charging stations at ­selected locations later this year as it gears up for a run on the market amid expectations that global EV sales will hit 2.6...

The outlook for the British economy may remain murky amid the Brexit impasse, yet the country continues to post impressive jobs growth, which is helping wages rise back to the levels they were before the global financial crisis more than a decade...

Attention is turning to a possible meeting of United States President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in Japan later this month as the next step in the vexing trade stand-off between the two biggest economies. The Chinese...

Jamaican rum company J. Wray...

Chairman of the Economic Growth Council, Michael Lee-Chin is calling on all investors at home and abroad to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in the Jamaican economy for investment. He says Jamaica has set itself on a path for growth...

Federal regulators are moving to require that brokers provide their customers with detailed disclosures of their potential conflicts of interest when dispensing advice for retirement planning and other investments. But critics say the US Securities...