Meeting of PM Stuart and VP Of Venezuela Jorge Arreaza
By Sharon Austin From Barbados Government Information Service Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, met today with His Excellency Jorge Arreaza, Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Vice President was in Barbados as part of a…
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U.S. and Cuba: Profiting from the rekindled relationship
By Tyler Percival From Seeking Alpha Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. Summary The United States and Cuba have begun to re-establish a relationship. There…
This is not your parents’ Caribbean
By Scott MacDonald From The National Interest “Change is coming from multiple directions, driven by a thawing of U.S.-Cuban relations, Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, and the decline of Venezuela’s regional influence….” The Caribbean is restless. Change is coming from multiple…
Tourism to Puerto Rico is down in the wake of the debt crisis
By Jessica Dinapoli, Reuters From Business Insider Puerto Rico may sport palm trees, pristine beaches and glorious weather but its tourism industry is losing out to rival Caribbean islands – and that is holding the U.S. territory back at a…
Gadget of the week
NASA thinks a robotic eel might be the key to exploring Europa By Timothy J. Seppala From engadget We’ve seen the submarine that NASA wants to explore Saturn’s moon Titan with, but compared to what the aeronautics outfit’s looking at…
Failed tech startups fuel insolvency firms
By David Ruiz, from The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — For every startup that succeeds in Silicon Valley, the common belief is that another nine fail. That can mean calamity for entrepreneurs and investors, but it’s a boon to Bay Area…
European suit against film studios part of aggressive effort
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal The European Commission’s decision to file antitrust claims against six major U.S. film studios on Thursday is an aggressive approach at dismantling how Hollywood does business. Even so, it comes as little…
Clients are asking about Iran, but lawyers remain cautious
By Nell Gluckman, From The Am Law Daily It may still be illegal for most U.S. and European businesses to do business in Iran, but it’s not premature for their lawyers to begin dissecting the nuclear deal that was announced…
Disney’s concept art for Shanghai Disneyland
By Garrett Martin From Geek Disney’s Concept Art for Shanghai Disneyland We’ve known Disney and the Shanghai government have been working on a Disney theme park for several years, but until yesterday very little specific information had been released. Disney…
Daring jailbreak in Trinidad
By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life A daring jailbreak in the city of Port of Spain, Trinidad on Friday, July 24 left a policeman shot and killed, an inmate dead, while two others made their escape. Shortly after midday, three…
