Business

China’s top leaders have pledged to help companies slammed by higher US tariffs but held back on major moves after trade talks with the United States last week kept businesses and planners in limbo. At their summer economic planning meeting, the...

The world’s superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are essential to the ongoing energy and digital transitions, including rare-earth metals for semiconductors, cobalt for batteries , and uranium...

Democrats and Republicans in the United States don’t agree on much, but they share a conviction that the government should help American manufacturers, one way or another. Democratic President Joe Biden handed out subsidies to chipmakers and...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave little indication on Wednesday of bowing anytime soon to United States President Donald Trump’s frequent demands that he cut interest rates, even as signs of dissent emerged on the Fed’s governing board....

The leadership of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, JPS, is preparing for negotiations with the Government of Jamaica towards a new all-island electricity licence agreement when its current exclusive arrangement expires in two years. JPS...

Visa restrictions continue to limit mobility for many nations in the Global South and hinder Africa-Caribbean trade, high-level delegates at an investment forum have said. According to the latest version of the Henley Passport Index, which ranks...

Stellantis hopes to counteract some of the expected €1.5-billion (US$1.7-billion) cost of tariffs this year by boosting North American profitability with new model launches like the discontinued Jeep Cherokee, the carmaker’s new CEO said on Tuesday...

Larry Howai, governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, CBTT, says finding a solution to the ongoing problems in the foreign exchange market remains a priority but that a long-term solution was dependent on mechanisms to bring demand and...

The International Monetary Fund is upgrading the economic outlook for the United States and the world for this year and the next because US President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies have so far proven less damaging than expected. The...

Consolidated Bakeries Jamaica Limited, which trades as Purity, says it has secured a $600 million, 10-year credit facility from Sagicor Bank Jamaica Limited to be utilised for the refinancing of existing debt, the funding of capital expenditures,...

Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency, known as JAMCOPY, paid out $30.3 million in royalties at the end of last year to more than 900 rightsholders whose works appeared in print, the organisation reported at its annual general meeting. JAMCOPY...

A cyberattack on Russian state-owned flagship carrier Aeroflot caused a mass outage to the company’s computer systems on Monday, Russia’s prosecutor’s office said, forcing the airline to cancel more than 100 flights and delay others. Ukrainian...