Business
December 24, 2025
How Trump changed world trade in 2025
After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she had seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import…
December 24, 2025
Bank of England cuts rates by one vote
The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that has plagued British consumers and businesses starts to ease. The central…
December 23, 2025
These are the key AI players on the cover of Time’s ‘Architects of AI’ magazine
Accompanying Time’s annual Person of the Year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph from the 1930s, showing eight of the “Architects of AI”…
December 21, 2025
Sorrel stockpiling aids Trade Winds during Xmas
Hurricane Melissa might have wiped out more than 90 per cent of Jamaica’s sorrel crop, but at least one local company had the foresight to stockpile the product in anticipation of increased demand for…
December 21, 2025
Local publisher partners with top US university in book deal
Kingston-based Ian Randle Publishers (IRP) has entered into a partnership agreement with the renowned Johns Hopkins University in the United States that will see the publication of two new books each…
December 21, 2025
When immigration policy becomes business risk
Last week’s US announcement of a “permanent pause” on migration from several developing countries is more than a foreign policy headline, it is a wake-up call for Jamaica. Although we were not named,…
December 21, 2025
Francis Wade | How good leaders don’t keep things the same
Two Caribbean CEOs retired recently from similar sized companies. Marcus left with emotional tributes, his board praised his “collaborative leadership”, his team genuinely mourned his departure, and…
December 21, 2025
Warner Bros Discovery urges shareholders to reject Paramount Bid
Warner Bros Discovery is recommending its shareholders reject an unsolicited buyout offer from Paramount Skydance in favour of a rival bid from Netflix it said will better serve their interests and…
December 21, 2025
Home sales in USA are up for the month but down for the year
Sales of previously occupied US homes rose in November from October levels, but slowed compared to a year earlier for the first time since May, despite average long-term mortgage rates holding near…