Business
April 22, 2026
AI startup Anthropic commits US$100 billion to Amazon’s AWS over next 10 years
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has agreed to commit more than US$100 billion to Amazon’s AWS cloud platform over the next 10 years to train and run its Claude chatbot. Amazon will invest…
April 22, 2026
Gas going up $4.50 on Thursday
Motorists will need more cash to buy gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says on Thursday, E-10 87 will move up by $4.50 to sell for $181.13 per litre and a litre of E-10 90…
April 21, 2026
Oil jumps, stocks barely budge
Oil prices are climbing Monday following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves are more modest than they were earlier in the war. US stocks, meanwhile, are…
April 20, 2026
Kenny Benjamin to be inducted into PSOJ Hall of Fame
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica ( PSOJ ) has announced that Founder and Executive Chairman of the Guardsman Group, Kenneth 'Kenny' Benjamin, will be inducted as the 32 nd member…
April 19, 2026
by Neville Graham
‘Socametrics’ — Jump, wave, and pay
The streets of Kingston were filled with revellers dancing in the soca economy as Sunday turned to Monday. Behind the costumes and road-march revelry, a more sober calculation is taking shape –…
April 19, 2026
Can AI Agents be Jamaica’s Artemis Mission to Prosperity?
Jamaica does not have the luxury of fearing advanced artificial intelligence. More than any algorithm, we should fear being poor, vulnerable, inefficient, and leaving an inheritance of indebtedness…
April 17, 2026
Counterfeiters target Jamaica’s plastic banknotes
Fraudsters are counterfeiting Jamaica’s plastic polymer banknotes, according to the regulator in its annual report.
April 23, 2026
by Carolyn Guniss
Economist urges Jamaica to leave oil alone
University of the West Indies (UWI) economist Dr Damien King hopes Jamaica never strikes commercially viable oil – and he means it. King, who lectures in economics at UWI, fears what development…
April 23, 2026
Quantas, co-founded by former Scotia exes, eyes JSE listing
Quantas Advantage Inc, led by former bank executives, aims to raise US$9.4 million through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, with plans to upsize the offering to US$15.5…