America’s 50 worst charities rake in nearly $1 billion for corporate fundraisers
By Kris Hundley and Kendall Taggart, Tampa Bay Times/CIR special report The worst charity in America operates from a metal warehouse behind a gas station in Holiday. Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in donations in the…
Cayman Islands committed to building cruise terminal, says Minister
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse The Cayman Islands will build a long-awaited cruise ship terminal in George Town and redevelop the island’s airport within the next several years, said tourism minister Moses Kirkconnell in a briefing with local press…
Taking the kids to the Caribbean in summer
By Eileen Ogintz, Tribune Media Services From Chicago Tribune Travel Cabdriver Sam Rogers remembers the days when there was just one car on the Caribbean island of Anguilla; when islanders grew their own vegetables and picked salt for a living…
Google’s creepiest idea yet: Password pills
By Brad Reed BGR If you think Google Glass is creepy, just wait until you hear about the company’s plans to develop “password pills.” AllThingsD reports that Regina Dugan, the former chief of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)…
Calls for Trinidad and Tobago foreign trade minister to “step aside”
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday June 11, 2013 – The Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA) says it has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller to help quell the controversy that has arisen as a result of the ongoing trade…
China talks island ambitions during Caribbean Week forum
By Gay Nagle Myers Travel Weekly NEW YORK — It seems a match made in tourism heaven. China was flirting with the Caribbean, and the Caribbean was winking right back. The much-anticipated third annual Avalon Invest Caribbean Now 2013 forum,…
Digicel makes major investment in Caribbean Premier League
Kingston, Jamaica, June 11th, 2013 – With excitement building towards the start of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League which bowls off in Barbados on Tuesday 30th July, Digicel has taken a majority stake in the annual Twenty20 cricket tournament, it…
Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer sued over ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Franchise
From WRAP According to the copyright infringement suit, plaintiff claims he came up with elements of the “Pirates” movie franchise, then was duped into settling when he sued Could Disney have done a little plundering of its own when coming…
State Farm® teams up with CONCACAF for the 2013 Gold Cup
Sponsorship makes State Farm exclusive Auto and Home Insurance Provider Miami (Tuesday, June 11, 2013) — The Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and its commercial agency, Traffic Sports, today announced a sponsorship agreement with…
Smithfield Foods – Shuanghui International: Where’s the beef?
By Peter Fuhrman, Seeking Alpha It is, if voluminous press reports are to be believed, the biggest story, the biggest deal, ever in China-U.S. business history. I’m talking about the announced takeover of America’s largest pork company, Smithfield Foods (SFD),…
