Business

AT least one solar energy stakeholder is criticising Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke for deciding to reduce duties on electric vehicles (EV) instead of removing the GCT on lithium batteries.

Micro-Financing Solutions secures broker 5:10 pm
MICRO-FINANCING Solutions has now entered into a formal arrangement with a brokerage house to help facilitate its proposed takeover of SSL Venture Capital. The company, however, refused to say which brokerage house it has employed until the details are released to the Jamaica Stock...

Full speed ahead with Jam-Dex 5:10 pm
THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has said that its digital currency, Jamaica Digital Exchange (Jam-Dex), is to be fully launched as soon as some key outputs and regulatory processes are finalised.

Investing in a crisis

Sunday, March 13, 2022

If you're an investor on the stock market, chances are that you've witnessed increased volatility in the price of your stock over the past two years. That's a result of economic factors, like interest rate hikes, inflation, and higher oil prices, which tend to have a significant impact...

Feed prices jump

Sunday, March 13, 2022

LIVESTOCK farmers are to be hit with a hike in prices for animal feed supplied by Nutramix come tomorrow.The company announced a hike in prices due to the war in Ukraine, which was invaded three weeks ago by Russian forces.

Job loss protection in planning

Sunday, March 13, 2022

THE Government is planning a new unemployment insurance scheme to reduce economic fallout from job losses.

Managing your credit card addiction

Sunday, March 13, 2022

CREDIT cards are like a high-calorie diet. If too much is taken in without regard to exercising good habits to balance this intake, the result will be obesity, a condition which is damaging to your health.

Scotia eyeing general insurance

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Scotia Group Jamaica (SGJ) is looking to expand its presence in the insurance market and is eyeing general insurance to do so once it gets the go-ahead from the Financial Services Commission (FSC).

'Down the Rabbit Hole'

Sunday, March 13, 2022

FEBRUARY 24, 2022 will go down in infamy as the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

Saving for a rainy day

Sunday, March 13, 2022

What would happen if you lost a major source of income? Or had a sudden, unexpected expense? The novel coronavirus pandemic has taught us that our financial or economic condition can change in an instant. At the start of the pandemic many families and even businesses were caught off guard.

December for new currency notes

Sunday, March 13, 2022

JAMAICANS will have to wait until late this year before getting their hands on the refreshed banknotes, including the new $2,000 note, that were unveiled on Tuesday by the Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke.

Honey Bun expands

Friday, March 11, 2022

Due to the rising demand for its products and aim to satisfy its burgeoning export market, Honey Bun (1982) Limited is looking to lease a new factory space in the coming months.

Fish price spike

Friday, March 11, 2022

RISING fuel costs and adverse weather conditions are driving up the price of fish this Easter.The price of the protein, which is normally consumed in large amounts during the Lenten period, has gone up more than 20 per cent in recent weeks due mainly to scarcity.

$21-m fine

Friday, March 11, 2022

FOLLOWING a long-awaited verdict, Alliance Finance Limited (AFL) was fined a total of $21 million or 12 months' imprisonment in the Kingston and St Andrew Court for breaching the Banking Services Act.

'We want Guyana to be Norway'

Friday, March 11, 2022

GUYANA may have discovered commercial deposits when the world is transitioning to green energy adoption, but president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mauricio Claver-Carone believes the South American country can utilise the revenues from its recent discoveries to become a...

Grenada on a steady path to recovery — IMF

Friday, March 11, 2022

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is reporting that Grenada's economy is recovering. But Grenadians are not out of the woods yet. Although Grenada's real gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to expand by 4.3 per cent in this year, the spice isle — like the rest of the...

VMIL $3-b private placement

Friday, March 11, 2022

VM Investments Limited (VMIL) is seeking to raise $3 billion through a private placement to fund its investment pipeline in Jamaica and across the Caribbean.

Global growth stymied

Friday, March 11, 2022

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is indicating that the war in the Ukraine will cause it to make a downward revision to global growth this year as several countries buckle from heightened inflation and a dent in business confidence.