Stories by Steven Jackson

Information from Patrick Bailey, an attorney representing Symbiote Investments Limited, the holding company for emerging telecoms Caricel, appears at odds with Spectrum Management Authority...

Cafe Blue, the fastest-growing local coffee shop, will open its sixth location next month at the busy Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.It will also result in the company operating from both major international airports.Cafe Blue...

Compared with a year ago, the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) still leads the world as the top-performing market in early June.But calendar year to date, January to June 10, it ranks seventh globally among 92 markets, according to a Gleaner analysis...

Main Event Entertainment Group has signed Mayberry Investments as financial adviser to raise capital for the company, either privately or publicly.But Mayberry CEO Gary...

Mobile applications led by Instagram and Snapchat are fuelling local Internet revenues, which rose beyond $4 billion in the review quarter, or 153 per cent higher year on year, according to newly released regulatory data.Internet revenue, which...

Golar LNG, the company which secured a two-year contract to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Jamaica, posted huge net losses, has a working capital deficit and its chief...

Jamaica wants to stir up business from Japan by marrying two exports - coffee and tourism.Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett is meeting this week...

A study commissioned by MasterCard indicates that nine out of 10 transactions in Jamaica are done by cash or cheques, underscoring the problem of costly informality, according to the global card company.Jamaica could grow by an additional 0.7 per...

Lower oil prices in the first quarter of 2016 contributed to reducing consumer light bills, which translated to a US$32-million dip in revenues for the monopoly power distributor, Jamaica Public Service Company (...

Power utility company Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has reassessed the cost of its smart metering programme, aimed at curtailing energy losses and possibly electricity theft, at US$52 million ($6.5 billion) to be spent over five years.Concurrently,...

The owners of Courtyard by Marriott in Kingston revealed that the hotel made money in its first quarter of operations, but held back on the profit it generated. The hotel officially opened for business last December to face-off with established...

Salada Foods Jamaica Limited will relaunch its flagship Mountain Peak instant coffee, and add a lower caffeinated alternative to shore up falling revenues.The coffee producer's March quarterly net profit was slashed by nearly half amid falling local...