Business

The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT.
December 9, 2025

OpenAI launches web browser to compete with Google Chrome

OpenAI said Tuesday it is introducing its own web browser, Atlas, putting the ChatGPT maker in direct competition with Google as more internet users rely on artificial intelligence to answer their…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
December 9, 2025

Brazil greenlights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River

The government of Brazil approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River on Monday. The decision comes only weeks before the United Nations climate…
The Discovery Communications logo atop its headquarters in Silver Spring, USA, July 31, 2017.
December 9, 2025

Warner Bros Discovery weighing options after buyout interest

Just months after announcing plans to split into two companies, Warner Bros Discovery has signalled that it may be open to a sale of its business. In an announcement on Tuesday, the entertainment…
Diane Coyle
December 9, 2025

Diane Coyle | Measuring AI’s economic impact

Is AI transforming the economy in any real sense, or is the promise of rapid growth mere hype? US stock markets certainly favour the former view: shares of AI and tech companies have accounted for…
December 9, 2025

Yaneek Page | Mental health, a major business risk we keep ignoring

Every October the world pauses to observe Mental Health Awareness Month. In Jamaica, it sometimes feels like we barely take time to blink, as messages are drowned out by sirens of crime, violence,…
Business
December 9, 2025

Oran Hall | The not-so-obvious ways to save

Being able to save is critical to generating the financial resources required to live at a reasonable level now and in the future. There are some obvious ways to save, but there are others which do…
A gold bar shown in St Vincent Jewelry Centre in the Jewelry District of Los Angeles, USA, in April this year.
December 9, 2025

Gold surges above US$4,300 amid global uncertainty

As economic uncertainty deepens, the rush for gold continues – with prices for the precious metal topping US$4,300 for the first time last week. The going price for New York spot closed at a record…
A section of the ATL Automotive complex at Oxford Road as seen in 2013.
December 9, 2025 by Neville Graham

ATL Automotive adds more Chinese brands to its line-up

In a rapidly evolving automotive landscape, ATL Automotive Group, which is a dominant force in Jamaica’s car market as well as master dealer for various auto brands, has recently added two more…
A man walks by a line of JUTC buses at the JUTC Portmore Depot.
December 9, 2025 by Luke Douglas

JUTA Tours lobbying for rollback of JUTC rural service

JUTA Tours is planning to relaunch its Kingston-Montego Bay express bus route before year end, but now has to contend with one more rival – the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited, JUTC, operator of…