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Civil Society advocates for better environmental standards
PRESS RELEASE:-Saint Lucia and the Commonwealth of Dominica are the only two Eastern Caribbean countries that have not yet signed on to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Declaration on Principle 10. This declaration, which has a total of 22…
US: Explosion on truck carrying Takata airbags not caused by improper shipping
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist On Aug. 22, a truck carrying potentially volatile airbags made by auto parts company Takata exploded, killing one person and injuring four others. Today, federal safety regulators said that the tragic incident could not be…
Bitcoin has a lot of positives and negatives
By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning From Business Insider At various times in history, feathers have been money, shells have been money, dollars and euros are money. Gold and silver are certainly money. Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies can also be money….
Employees at the world’s biggest hedge fund spend a couple hours every week studying each other’s meetings
By Richard Feloni From Business Insider Every week, employees at the world’s largest hedge fund spend at least an hour with “management principles training” lessons (MPTs), where they analyze recordings of meetings and answer questions about what they observed. Bridgewater Associates…
Civil society advocates for better environmental standards in the Eastern Caribbean
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia and Dominica are the only two Eastern Caribbean countries that have not yet signed on to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Declaration on Principle 10. This declaration, which has…
Dropbox didn’t tell anyone about a giant hack for four years
By Chris Smith From BGR We get it, companies get hacked all the time. And they’re not too eager to share details about data breaches, but they ultimately have to release details about it so that affected users can protect…
Alaska and Delta airlines approved to commence service to Havana
From Caribbean News Now WASHINGTON, USA — On Wednesday, Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines were both approved by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to operate scheduled services to Havana, Cuba. In Delta’s case this will represent a resumption…
Jamaican national appointed to head World Bank Group operations in the Caribbean
From Wired Ja Online News KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 31, CMC – The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Jamaican Judith Green as the head of its operations in the English-speaking Caribbean. Her appointment makes…
A spacecraft got smacked by a bit of space debris, but it’s fine
BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable An Earth-gazing satellite keeping an eye on our planet from above appears to have been whacked by a little piece of natural or human-made space debris. Engineers working with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Copernicus…
BM’s Watson sorted through over 100 film clips to create an algorithmically perfect movie trailer
By Clinton Nguyen Movie trailers are often a bit formulaic. In fact, since many of them are edited so predictably, it seems even a computer can put one together. For the film “Morgan,” which is due out in theaters on September…
