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Frontier and Spirit on Monday 7 February announced plans to combine operations and fly as a single company. Monday’s announcement gave few details on the consumer-facing make-up of the new airline, including whether Frontier and Spirit will continue to exist as separate brands, combine under one of the existing brands or combine under a new…
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JetBlue Airways turns 22 and is celebrating its 22nd birthday with a week of sales. On Monday, ticket prices will be as low as $22 one-way. According to Pointsguy, the $22 fares are only valid on Feb. 7 and are good for travel from Feb. 15 to April 27. The discounted fares are only for…
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EURO NEWS – Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, parent company Meta has said. The issue comes down to European data regulations that prevent Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from transferring, storing and processing Europeans’ data on US-based servers. In its annual report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the country’s…
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Republic Bank Limited (RBL) today launched “The Art of Banking”, as part of its innovative market engagement to build both awareness and relationships. This campaign asks the artists of the Caribbean over the age of eighteen, to give their best interpretation of several of the banks’ products and services. Artists from all over the region…
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Jamaica Observer – KFC Jamaica lovers may find it challenging to get their hands on some of their favourite meal items as the franchise on Friday announced that it was facing shortages in chicken products. In a tweet, KFC Jamaica said the shortage in chicken products was as a result of its sole supplier Jamaica…
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The Chairman of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), Vincent Pereira, announced today profit attributable to equity holders of the parent of US$59.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, an increase of US$0.7 million or 1.2% over the corresponding period last year. Total assets stood at US$16.7 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase…
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The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) penned a letter to the White House requesting modifications to current testing requirements for U.S. citizens. In the letter to Jeffrey Zients, COVID-19 Recovery Team Coordinator for the White House, ASTA’s executive vice president, advocacy, Eben Peck, asked that U.S. citizens returning to the U.S. from abroad be exempt from required COVID-19…
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CNBC – Meta, Facebook’s parent company, revealed, for the first time, the financials of its Reality Labs division in its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings report Wednesday. That’s the segment of the company tasked with building CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse. It also includes revenue from hardware, such as the company’s Meta Quest virtual reality headset. So,…
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International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announces the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) as a new member of the IFC-facilitated Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN), making the ECCB the first partner of the SBFN from the English-speaking Caribbean. IFC’s experience working with small island economies like Fiji and Maldives,…
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BBC – India’s finance minister has said the country will launch a digital version of the rupee as early as this year. In her annual budget speech, Nirmala Sitharaman also outlined plans for a 30% tax on income from digital assets. It would put profits from trading or transferring cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens in the…