A.M. Best Places Ratings of XL Group plc and Its Subsidiaries Under Review with Negative Implications
A.M. Best has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of the on-going property/casualty subsidiaries of XL Group plc (XL) (Ireland) [NYSE: XL] based on…
A Caribbean Island says goodbye diesel and hello 100% renewable electricity
From RMI Outlet Bonaire (pop. 14,500), a small island off the coast of Venezuela, is famous for its beautiful marine reefs, which are visited by 70,000 tourists every year. What many of the tourists don’t realize is that the majority…
The Caribbean and money laundering: An insult to financial international law?
By Rebecca Theodore from Caribbean News Now How should Caribbean nations begin to address the prickly problems posed by the susceptibility of money launderers and other perpetrators of financial crime? Which questions need to be asked so that United States…
The Editor Speaks: Taking a break
IMAGE: mikemesserli.blogspot.com I shall be taking a small break over the next few weeks due to health reasons so this space will taken up by guest columnists who write a lot better than myself so you are in for a…
St Lucia marks the 100th birthday of Sir Arthur Lewis
From Antigua Observer CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony will deliver the feature address at a conference marking the 100th birthday of Sir W Arthur Lewis, the first St Lucian and Caribbean national to be awarded…
Despite decades of enmity, U.S. and Cuba find common ground on anti-drug effort
By Andrew O’Reilly From Fox News Latino For decades the United States and Cuba have been bitter opponents on nearly every issue from human rights to foreign policy. There is, however, one area where Washington and Havana have made –…
Abundance: The future is better than you think
By Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler, Free Press In 1999 the Indian physicist Sugata Mitra got interested in education. He knew there were places in the world without schools and places in the world where good teachers didn’t want…
Alsup enters judgment against ‘Baby-Faced Wolf of Wall Street’
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Default judgments against pro se defendants aren’t often causes for celebration. But Facebook Inc.’s lawyers at Perkins Coie have to be relieved, if not pleased, with the default judgment they secured…
NSA Program Secretly Ruled Unconstitutional in 2011
By Todd Beamon From newsmax The National Security Agency illegally gathered as many as 56,000 emails and other electronic communications between Americans with no connection to terrorism as part of a collection program that was ruled unconstitutional by a secret…
India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy Visits ECLAC
On Thursday 12 September, 2013, India’s Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, where he met with Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and…
