Business

Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat. “The cheating is off the charts. It’s the worst I’ve seen in my...

One of my more faithful readers, a former country head of a global American insurance giant, shared an article with me last month that forms part of today’s content. Its bona fides were excellent: an 80-year-old source calling itself ‘the Swiss...

As Jerome Powell approaches the end of his term as chair of the US Federal Reserve in May 2026, the central bank’s standing is lower – and its vulnerability greater – than it has been in decades. This institutional deterioration is obvious to...

Increased costs and a general slowdown in consumer demand spliced into Wisynco Group Limited’s bottom line at year ending June, but the beverage manufacturer and consumer goods distributor says it has since seen signs of a turnaround. Wisynco...

With the United States unhinged, China increasingly authoritarian, and Russia in full Dr Evil mode, the world desperately needs a good guy to believe in. There is only one candidate for the job: Europe. No other country or region is free,...

A federal court has ruled that US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook can remain in her position while she fights President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire her. The ruling, which will almost certainly be appealed, is a blow to the Trump...

Natural gas supplier New Fortress Energy, NFE, earned 60 cents on every dollar invested in Jamaica in the buildout, operation, and eventual divestment of the majority of the country’s LNG infrastructure. “The book value of the Jamaica business at...

Pan Jamaica Group Limited delivered profit of $2.01 billion for shareholders in the second quarter ending June, up 91 per cent from the same period last year. CEO Jeffrey Hall called the result a “milestone” as it surpassed previous records and...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE, began the transition to new leadership on Monday, closing out a two-decade run by Marlene Street Forrest, who twice took the Jamaican stock market to world leader status. Her replacement, Livingstone Morrison, whose...

Postal traffic into the United States plunged by more than 80 per cent after the Trump administration ended a tariff exemption for low-cost imports, the United Nations postal agency said Saturday. The Universal Postal Union, UPU, says it has...

Banking conglomerate Scotia Group Jamaica Limited, SGJ, posted steady third-quarter profit of $5.6 billion, a gain of just two per cent. There was a downward revision in the group’s pension plan assets by $19.4 billion, following the application...

Alternative investment company Sygnus Credit Investments Limited, SCI, suffered a 29 per cent contraction of its bottom line at the end of its financial year June, amid write-offs of impaired investments. Sygnus Group’s Chief Investment Officer,...