Stanford requests rehearing of his criminal appeal
By Kenneth Rijock From Caribbean News Now HOUSTON, USA — Offshore banker and convicted Ponzi schemer, R. Allen Stanford, has filed a petition for an en banc rehearing, with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit has previously…
Quantifying 10 years of improvements in earthquake monitoring in the Caribbean region
Seismological Research Letters By: Daniel E. McNamara, Christa Hillebrandt-Andrade, Jean-Marie Saurel, V. Huerfano-Moreno, and Lloyd Lynch Abstract Over 75 tsunamis have been documented in the Caribbean and adjacent regions during the past 500 years. Since 1500, at least 4484 people…
Saturna Capital Invests $531,000 in WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (WX)
December 22nd, From ABMN Staff WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) logoSaturna Capital acquired a new position in shares of WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:WX) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Caribbean Getaway: Islands sell citizenship to spur construction deals
By CRAIG KARMIN From Wall Street Journal Developer Valmiki Kempadoo said he has made about 200 sales at his Kittitian Hill hillside development on St. Kitts to citizenship-by-investment owners. Tiny island nations like St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica and Grenada…
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Latin America and the Caribbean
From MOFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan With a population of 600 million and a regional GDP of approximately $6 trillion (2013), Latin America and the Caribbean is an enormous market. The region has steadily increased its presence in the…
Carnival cruise ship aids Cubans stranded at sea on its way to Cayman Islands
From Bay News9 MIAMI — A Carnival cruise ship made a rescue of 16 Cuban nationals Sunday in the Caribbean Sea. The Cubans were stranded on a makeshift raft just south of western Cuba. The Carnival Glory, on its way…
In Cuba, Change at a Caribbean Pace
By Alex Brooks & David Prodger From Real Clear World Tell someone you’ve recently visited Cuba, and you’ll almost always get the same response: “I’d love to go too. Before it all changes.” Conventional wisdom has existed for years, among…
A Costa Cruises ship returns to Port Everglades after 4-year hiatus
By Arlene Satchell From Sun Sentinel The 2,260-passenger Costa Deliziosa cruise ship will sail from Port Everglades on short and long Caribbean cruises from late December through March. (Port Everglades) Costa Deliziosa will sail from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean…
MINAT Associated to acquire Mecox Lane Ltd. (MCOX) for $4/ADS
From StreetInsider.com Top Tickers, 12/22/2015 Mecox Lane Limited (Nasdaq: MCOX) announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with MINAT ASSOCIATED CO., LTD., a business company incorporated under the laws of the British…
Haiti presidential and partial legislative runoff elections postponed
From HCNN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) informs the general public, political parties and candidates in particular, that the elections of local authorities and the partial parliamentary and presidential ballot which were scheduled for December 27,…
