Business
02 Oct, 2026
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Fesco opening more stations
Future Energy Source Company Ltd (FESCO) plans to open two more dealer-owned service stations this year, which would take its network to 26 islandwide. The expansion follows record sales and rising…
02 Oct, 2026
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Sygnus co-founder Ike Johnson to step down as COO
Sygnus Capital Group Ltd says co-founder Dr Ike Johnson will leave his post as executive vice-president and chief operating officer (COO) on December 31, ending a decade in the senior ranks of the…
02 Oct, 2026
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Payoneer renews Etsy deal, but most Jamaican sellers remain shut out
Payoneer, the cross-border payments company many Jamaicans use to collect overseas earnings, has renewed its partnership with global marketplace Etsy through to 2029. The renewal continues Payoneer…
02 Oct, 2026
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Kintyre seeks additional US$500,000 to fund growth
Kintyre Holdings, the Junior Market company, aims to raise US$500,000 in private equity funding to finance operations. Earning nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in profit over six months has…
02 Oct, 2026
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Hurricane Melissa’s real lesson – It could hit again
The day after Hurricane Melissa passed, many Jamaicans walked outside to find a different world. The roofs of their houses were gone. Trees lay across roads. Businesses were shuttered. Some families…
02 Oct, 2026
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Pandora opens $150-million Vietnam jewellery factory powered by renewable energy
Danish jewellery company Pandora has opened the world’s largest fine-jewellery crafting facility in Vietnam, a US$150-million factory powered entirely by renewable electricity and using 100 per cent…
02 Oct, 2026
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Formal jobs decline by 24,000 as fewer Jamaicans work
More than 21,000 Jamaicans were no longer employed in July, with most of the losses concentrated in formal jobs, even as the country's unemployment rate remained near historic lows, according to…
01 Oct, 2026
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Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record US$3b to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus
Carnegie Mellon University announced on Wednesday that hedge fund chief executive Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal…
30 Sep, 2026
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Turkey’s ruling party deputy chair resigns after US$27m trading allegations
Turkey’s ruling party accepted the resignation of a deputy chair on Sunday after she was accused of selling shares worth tens of millions of dollars shortly before a stock market crisis. Turkish…