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Zika virus may be transmitted through sex
By lisaparavisini From Repeating Islands A virologist at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, has suggested that Zika virus infection is the only vector-borne disease that may be transmitted by sexual intercourse, St Lucia Online reports. The first…
Pacific Andes fails to dismiss KPMG in Cayman Islands hearing
From Undercurrent News The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) from KPMG will continue in place at China Fishery Group in the Cayman Islands, after a hearing took place on Jan. 8. Pacific Andes International Holdings (PAIH) was successful in having the…
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Opinion: Human Rights in SVG
By Peter Binose The ‘United Nations Charter of Human Rights’ as Ignored and Abused by the ‘Unity Labour Party SVG’. Preamble [applicable almost everywhere but not in SVG] Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable…
Illumina is teaming up with Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to develop a new kind of cancer test
By Kevin Loria, Tech Insider From Business Insider Catching cancer early is an incredible challenge, but a new way to detect it in the blood may totally revolutionize cancer treatment in just a few years. Illumina, the $25 billion maker of…
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Tourism Matters: Unjustified fuel surcharges
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now According to a statement issued recently, the 200-plus airline members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are poised to deliver a higher than forecast record profit in 2015 and should see a…
Enhance Group announce new NED appointment
Enhance Group Limited is delighted to welcome Chairman of Guernsey Finance, Lyndon Trott, to the company as Non-Executive Director. Lyndon has vast knowledge and experience of finance, having worked in the industry for over 30 years. He has been a…
Gone for good? Not this Royal Caribbean ship
By Gene Sloan, From USA TODAY Just when you think it’s gone for good, they pull it back in. With apologies to The Godfather’s Michael Corleone (yeah, we know the quote isn’t quite right), that’s the story for a beloved Royal…
Smart fitness tech
CES 2016: The future of smart fitness tech By Teena Maddox, From Tech Republic Sensoria biometric suit The Sensoria biometric suit contains sensors that allow data to be seen through smart sports eyewear or on a smartwatch. Users can get…
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2015 was brutal for oil stocks, and one industry guru thinks 2016 might be even worse
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider Energy stocks had a monumentally bad year in 2015. The iShares Global energy ETF, which does a decent job at tracking the industry as a whole, was down over 20%. Oil prices tumbled, earnings dried…
Ericsson and Verizon plan for millions of IoT devices
Ericsson’s cellular low-power wide-area (LPWA) networking solution welcomed by Verizon New network software enables Verizon to leverage existing LTE infrastructure for diverse IoT opportunities on a massive scale Joint IoT trials between Ericsson and Verizon will continue in 2016 Ericsson…
