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December 14, 2025

Cedric Stephens | Closing the insurance gap

Last Sunday, Christopher Burgess, PhD, civil engineer, land developer, climate change scientist, and newspaper columnist, drafted a blueprint of how government should approach rebuilding of the…
December 14, 2025

Oran Hall | Re-investing the proceeds of a matured bond in another

Recently, my friend shared with me that his wife wanted to know what to do with the proceeds of bonds she owned that were due to mature soon in light of calls she had received from her investment…
In this October 8, 2013, file photo, office workers walk past ‘China Dream’ message boards at a construction site.
December 14, 2025

Marcello Estevão | The global economy’s hidden rebalancing

Next year, global growth is expected to be near 3.1 per cent, almost the same as this year. To many observers, such steadiness suggests a world economy drifting sideways, neither slowing nor…
December 14, 2025

US relieves airlines of covering passenger expenses amid aircraft recalls

The United States Department of Transportation has issued new guidance telling airlines they do not have to cover passenger expenses, such as meals or hotel stays, when flight cancellations or long…
A display of Apple iPhone 16s in an Apple Store in Pittsburgh.
December 14, 2025

Appeals court backs contempt finding against Apple

A federal appeals court on Thursday backed a ruling that held Apple in civil contempt for brazenly defying an order designed to open its iPhone app store to other payment systems besides its own, but…
The Federal Reserve building seen on May 4, 2021 in Washington, USA.
December 14, 2025

Fed unanimously approves reappointment of regional bank presidents

The United States Federal Reserve’s governing board unanimously approved the reappointment of nearly all of the Fed’s 12 regional bank presidents, a group that has come under scrutiny by the Trump…
Tammara Glaves-Hucey, head of general insurance, GraceKennedy Financial Group.
December 12, 2025 by Neville Graham

GK reorganises insurance arm

GraceKennedy Limited has announced leadership changes in its insurance segment, the latest shuffle in the conglomerate’s strategic evolution, according to Steven Whittingham, CEO of GraceKennedy…
Business
December 12, 2025 by Steven Jackson

Inflation keeps falling but businesses continue to bet on rising prices

Jamaican businesses are bracing for a potential uptick in prices, despite falling annual inflation, which was estimated at 1.2 per cent in August, one of the lowest levels in recent years.…
Managing Director of JN Bank, Leesa Kow.
December 12, 2025 by Steven Jackson

JN Bank overcomes ‘close call’ to grow capital and profit

JN Bank Limited met tougher regulatory capital requirements in its 2025 financial year ending March, while also posting higher pre-tax profit and fewer impairment losses, its newly released financial…