World’s richest add $92bn to their wealth in 2014
From The Irish Times Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was the biggest winner adding $25bn to his fortune Billionaire Jack Ma, the 50-year-old founder of China’s biggest e-commerce company Alibaba, saw added $25bn to his fortune. (Photograph: Ashley Pon/Bloomberg) The richest…
The world’s biggest ship – for 53 days
By Justin Parkinson BBC News Magazine The world’s largest container ship, the Globe, is docking in Britain for the first time as it continues its maiden voyage. But how vast and powerful is it and how long until it’s superseded?…
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Eminent scientist warns of global contamination risks
From Phys.org (Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental health. The warning comes from one of Australia’s…
Four Jamaicans among top Caribbean Examinations Council performers
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Four Jamaicans are among 17 secondary students from across the region who topped the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) external tests for the 2013/14 academic year. The four are: Ricardo Nugent, William Knibb Memorial…
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Caribbean apps we look forward to in 2015
By Mariana Leytón From yoGobierno.org As part of their EPIC (Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean) program, InfoDev supports mobile and web developers with ideas that are worth expanding due the their potential impact. Today we talk about three…
Tips to overcome financial despair
From Caribbean360 An extended period of economic turbulence has shattered the American dream for millions of Americans said economist Zhivargo Laing. NEW YORK, United States, – “The Power to Be Better in Good Times and Bad” is a principle message…
Day of the Woman Entrepreneur: A movement in the making
Dane Stangler Dane Stangler , Contributor From Forbes By Alicia Robb, senior fellow, Kauffman Foundation Last month, I attended WeXchange in Miami, which is the first Latin American forum focused on connecting and empowering female entrepreneurs with high-growth businesses. Hosted…
“Real Time With Bill Maher” returns to HBO
Season 13 will premiere on January 9th in the Caribbean, simultaneously with the United States Miami, FL – January 7, 2015 – HBO announced the season 13 premiere of the award-winning talk show Real Time with Bill Maher on January…
Dust storms in Africa affect US and the Caribbean’s air quality
From Phys.org You might find it hard to believe that dust clouds from the African Sahara can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, but it does every year and in large quantities. In a recent study, Joseph Prospero,…
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria’s Baga town hit by new assault
From BBC A screen grab from a video released by Boko Haram, showing its leader Abubakar Shekau delivering a speech – 31 October 2014 Boko Haram controls large swathes of Nigeria’s militant Islamists have carried out a second attack on…
