Business
December 12, 2025
Yum Brands considering sale of Pizza Hut chain
Pizza Hut could soon be up for sale. Yum Brands, Pizza Hut’s parent company, said on Tuesday it’s conducting a formal review of options for the brand, which has struggled to compete in a crowded pizza…
December 12, 2025
by Angus Armstrong and Dennis Snower
Armstrong and Snower | The stablecoin threat
Stablecoins are on the rise in global finance, promising to facilitate faster and cheaper payments and lead a wave of financial innovation. But what if that wave erodes governments’ control over money…
December 12, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction, court to rule later
Federal appeals court judges in Manhattan reacted sceptically Tuesday when a lawyer for once high-flying cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried argued that his fraud conviction was unfair and…
December 12, 2025
Ricardo Hausmann | Will AI democratise access to equity financing?
Economists around the world are rightly focused on how AI will reshape labour markets. But the next decade’s most consequential shift may unfold in a different market altogether: equity. By…
December 12, 2025
Joseph Davis | What the conventional economic wisdom is missing
What are we to make of gold and US stocks, especially tech-heavy indices, recently hitting record highs around the same time? Traditionally, gold surges when equities correct; but this time, both have…
December 12, 2025
USDA reopening some 2,100 offices despite ongoing shutdown
The United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, was reopening about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get…
December 12, 2025
Melissa slows down Kremi, but not for long, says CEO
Caribbean Cream Limited’s Montego Bay depot sustained damage during Hurricane Melissa, but the company expects to be back to normal before the busy holiday season. The ice cream company, which trades…
December 12, 2025
by Neville Graham
Pan Jamaica buys another juice company in Europe
Pan Jamaica Group Limited has added another company to its portfolio, having acquired majority ownership of a juice business based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The terms of the acquisition of Frankly Juice…
December 12, 2025
Access bracing for challenges
Access Financial Services Limited (AFS), the microlender, said it is bracing for challenging times. Hurricane Melissa disrupted one-fifth of Access Financial Services Limited’s branch network and…