1MDB: The case that’s riveting Malaysia
By Jennifer Pak, Kuala Lumpur From BBC News Malaysians are no strangers to money politics but the high-profile players and the amount of funds allegedly involved in the so-called “1MDB scandal” have gripped the nation. What is the controversy about?…
Canada’s Supreme Court says Ecuadoreans can sue Chevron
By Scott Flaherty, from The Am Law Daily Canada’s highest court pushed a reset button Friday on a group of Ecuadorean villagers’ quest to enforce a $9.5 billion environmental judgment based on accusations that Chevron ravished the Amazon rainforest in…
The future is African
By Barrett Nash From Techcrunch Barrett Nash is the co-founder of Rwanda-based SafeMotos. This is a call to action for the dreamers of the world. Imagine being in a market where more people live in a high-speed mobile Internet zone…
Safeway to refund customers $30.9M for online ordering overcharges
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist Nearly nine months ago, a federal court in California ruled that Safeway must refund customers the amount of money they were overcharged when the company broke its own terms and conditions by marking up prices…
Isle of Man becoming a hub for cryptocurrency start-ups
From Econo Times The Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, is a self-governing country with population a little over 85000. The island has seen three decades of continuous economic growth and has embraced emerging…
iPad-friendly drones invade Apple’s online store
By Ronald Chavez From Mashable Apple’s vision of a ritzy, high-end retail presence apparently also has room for drones. The DJI Phantom 3 Advanced and Phantom 3 Professional appeared on the company’s online store today — the first set of…
Cruise ship fire leaves guests stranded on Caribbean island
By Greg Roumeliotis – Reuters From Trade Arabia The Carnival Liberty leaving Miami in 2013. An engine fire on board the ship has left passengers stranded on a Caribbean island. An engine fire on board a cruise ship operated by…
OUR CARIBBEAN: Finally, Rowley as T&T prime minister
By Rickey Singh From Barbados Nation News THE 65-year-old volcanologist,Dr Keith Rowley, who is now the new Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, succeeded in upstaging all the professional pollsters and organisations at Monday’s general elections when he accurately forecast…
Texas Abortion Clinics ask Supreme Court to review restrictions
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Raising the stakes that abortion will be on the decision docket in the new U.S. Supreme Court term, a Texas coalition of reproductive health clinics and physicians asked the justices on Wednesday…
Sourcing at Magic with Haiti’s textile and apparel sector
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 7, 2015: Visitors of SOURCING at MAGIC 2015 were introduced to the unique and creative forms of garments available to them from the Haitian textile and apparel industry when the Center for Facilitation of Investments (CFI) of…
