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How a stronger US dollar and lower oil prices affects the Caribbean
By Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday December 12, 2014 – Caribbean countries whose value is fixed to the US dollar should benefit, at least in the short term, from the fall in oil prices and the strengthening of…
Shocking police bodycam footage shows beaten wife moments after attack
From ITV UK Gale Marmoy’s horrific injuries at the hands of her husband were captured on a police body camera Credit: YouTube/Hampshire Constabulary Police have released shocking footage of a domestic abuse victim taken shortly after the woman was badly…
UPDATED PM resigns: Haiti’s leader agrees to commission’s report calling for PM’s resignation
UPDATED: Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe resigns after protests From BBC Haiti’s prime minister has resigned, after violent anti-government protests over delayed elections. “I am leaving the post of prime minister this evening with a feeling of accomplishment,” Laurent Lamothe…
Chikungunya disease sweeps the Caribbean, moves into Florida
By Dr. J. E. Williams From Renegade Health Viral infections (like Chikungunya, caused by mosquito bites) are spreading around the world at an alarming rate. Expect more, not less, over the coming decades. A new virus—no, it’s not Ebola—has come…
The Editor Speaks: What we are told is not always 100% the truth
The stunning news yesterday of the terrible things the CIA carried out under the George W. Bush administration, called then the “Enhanced Interrogation” programme and now finally called “torture”, is another example of what we are first told is not…
The complexity of the ‘Google Tax’ risks creating new loopholes
By Richard Edgar Economics Editor From ITV uk That update I promised on the Google tax legislation published this morning…. It’s taken a while because I’ve had to wade through scores of pages and, as one expert told me: “It…
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. announces results of heavily oversubscribed rights offering
MIAMI BEACH, FL, Dec 08, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. CUBA, -1.54% (the “Fund”) is pleased to announce the completion and success of its one-for-three non-transferable rights offering which expired on December 4, 2014,…
Feds fight disclosure of docs on destruction of CIA tapes
By Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times, @zoetillman The U.S. Department of Justice filed papers on Tuesday opposing the release of documents detailing an investigation into destroyed videotapes depicting CIA interrogations as well as a review of the lawfulness of certain…
A.M. Best upgrades issuer credit rating for XL Group plc and its property/casualty subsidiaries
OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A.M. Best has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of A (Excellent) of the property/casualty subsidiaries of XL Group plc (XL) (Ireland) [NYSE:XL]. Concurrently, A.M. Best…
Dick Cheney: Bush knew and approved of interrogation techniques
By Greg Richter from Newsmax Former Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Bush administration’s actions a day after the Senate Intelligence Committee report blasted the CIA for what it called torture against terror suspects during his tenure. Appearing Wednesday on…
