Schools are not factories
From The Barbados Advocate Acting Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Harcourt Husbands, says while a major task of educators is to prepare students for the world of work, the classroom is not a factory for the workplace….
News from Blackberry
BlackBerry Introduces BES12 as the New Foundation for Enterprise Mobility New BES10 pricing made easier with two tiers, Silver and Gold New promotional program allows customers to deploy BES10 at no cost New ecosystem of enterprise applications Be Mobile, 2014,…
Baby-carrier maker is ‘Company Doe,’ tried to litigate in secret to save reputation
By Chris Morran From Consumerist For the past couple of years, we’ve been telling you about “Company Doe,” a manufacturer of some kind who had successfully convinced a federal court to allow it to sue the U.S. Consumer Product Safety…
Voters in India expected to give Narendra Modi a mandate
By Ellen Barry and Neha Thirani Bagri, The New York Times New Delhi: Exit polls released Monday suggested that voters in India’s parliamentary election will deliver a mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist who has…
Technology stocks: Are they worth the gamble?
By Jamie Robertson, Presenter, BBC World News Calling time on tech stocks? A New York Stock Exchange trader last November at the The term “tech bubble” trips lightly off the tongue nowadays. Investors tend to slip it out when a…
Job Opportunity: CIMA seeking Insurance Head
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) is seeking to fill the post HEAD OF INSURANCE SUPERVISION DIVISION and welcomes applications from highly experienced insurance professionals who can act within a strategic capacity to support the mission and values of CIMA…
3 huge business mistakes airlines are making right now
By Benjamin Zhang From Business Insider Three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda shot to stardom in the 1970s as Ferrari’s domineering tactical genius. His racing career was even chronicled by Hollywood in Ron Howard’s Golden Globe-nominated film “Rush.” However,…
Mystery of Malaysian 1MDB’s US$2.3b Cayman Islands fund
By Anita Gabriel From Business Times It still has not given details of the funds or manager’s name. The revelation comes at a time when 1MDB is under fire for placing funds in hedge funds abroad, particularly since almost all…
iNews Briefs
Heavy police presence in East Kingston following deadly shootout From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday May 12, 2014, CMC – Police Sunday maintained a strong presence in eastern sections of the capital after residents took to the streets to protest the…
UK cabbies are mad at Uber and they’re not going to take it anymore
By Colin Daileda From Mashable Drivers of black taxis in London are planning to clog city streets in early June to protest taxi-hailing app Uber. Private drivers are not legally allowed to have taxi meters in their cars in the…
