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VM Group Ltd (contributed).
August 2, 2026 by Carolyn Guniss

VM Group ends 60-year audit relationship with KPMG

VM Group has ended a roughly 60-year relationship with KPMG, appointing PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as its new external auditor after shareholders approved the change at Tuesday’s annual general…
Francis Wade
August 2, 2026

Francis Wade | Your Strategy Failed. Culture Isn’t Why.

As a member of the C-suite, you want answers. Your team’s recent strategic plan was not implemented. Some blame company culture. Fortunately, AI has opened a path around that explanation. The problem…
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York, Feb. 26, 2026.
August 2, 2026

Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organisations during testing

Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organisations during testing, just days after ChatGPT maker OpenAI raised concerns over AI controls after it disclosed its…
Business
August 2, 2026

Major oil companies reap massive profits as US and Iran fighting drives energy prices higher

American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the US impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, July 6, 2026.
August 2, 2026

US stocks rise to finish a wild July as Amazon soars, Apple sinks and inflation worries worsen

US stocks rose Friday to finish a wild July for Wall Street as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation staying high. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7 per cent after…
A map of properties slated for public auction in August.
August 4, 2026 by Carolyn Guniss

Dozens of properties headed to auction amid jump in past-due loans

A commercial plaza, a medical facility, and resort-area properties are among dozens of mortgaged properties scheduled to be auctioned in August. It comes amid a three-quarter rise in past due loans…
Ed Miliband, Britain’s Foreign Secretary arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
August 2, 2026

Amina Taylor | Can the King of the North rally Britain?

The King of the North has arrived to Downing Street. Andy Burnham is officially the prime minister of the UK, a role he seemingly inherited in the most bloodless of coups. In what could have been a…
CONTRIBUTEDCal’s Jamaica Founder & CEO, Carlton Watson.
July 31, 2026 by Luke Douglas

Cal’s seeks court approval to commercialise Westminster Rd properties

The founder of Cal’s Manufacturing Ltd has applied to the Supreme Court to modify covenants on two adjoining residential properties on Westminster Road in Kingston for commercial activities. Its…

House damaged by Hurricane Melissa in St Elizabeth Jamaica last October.
July 31, 2026

Hanover losses spotlighted in Lloyd’s study on Caribbean insurance gaps

A study commissioned by Lloyd’s, the London-based insurance and reinsurance marketplace, found that farmers, fishers and tourism workers in three hurricane-exposed Caribbean countries — Jamaica,…