CARIBBEAT: New York organizations don’t forget about ‘cane vics
By Jared McCallister From New York Daily News Hurricane Matthew has faded from the minds of many New Yorkers, but for the Caribbean American Center of New York, the Kindest Hearts Foundation and other organizations the devastating effects of the…
Ogier team write chapters for charity book raising money for education of girls
Two of Ogier’s Cayman team have contributed chapters to “Girl on Purpose” – an eBook raising money for gender equality projects to support the 31 million girls around the world who are of primary school age but are out of…
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Creative mechanisms required to make service providers competitive – CARICOM Ambassador
From CARICOM … there is need for us to turn the market access opportunities provided under the CSME, the OECS Economic Union and the EPA into market presence and penetration. The challenge here is that many of our service providers…
Solving our global problems
October 2016, By James Y From The New Global Awareness There is no doubt that we live in a troubled world with an escalating display of bizarre and unacceptable behaviors, unspeakable deeds and unrest. One only needs to look at…
Florida man spends 17 years challenging debt he never owed in the first place
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Imagine you wake up one day to find out that you suddenly owe nearly $100,000 on a house you’ve never owned, in a city where you’ve never resided. Should be easy enough to sort that…
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Schiaparelli Mars probe’s parachute ‘jettisoned too early’
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, Darmstadt From BBC Europe’s Schiaparelli lander did not behave as expected as it headed down to the surface of Mars on Wednesday. Telemetry data recovered from the probe during its descent indicates that its parachute…
One country has kept Volkswagen’s global sales from cratering after its emissions scandal
By Benjamin Zhang From Business Insider In the year since the revelation of Volkswagen’s catastrophic emissions cheating scandal last September, the German brand’s reputation has been left in shambles. But as its reputation with many consumers lay in tatters, the…
The song ‘American Pie’ explains the Brexit vote shockingly well
By Smead Capital Management, Smead Capital From Business Insider As a participant for 36 years in the U.S. stock market, I’ve learned to look for watershed events that must be respected by investors. A watershed event is a point in time…
The power balance has shifted between Britain and India — here’s what that means post-Brexit
By Nikita Sud, The Conversation From Business Insider We used to run the biggest empire the world has ever seen, and with a much smaller domestic population and a relatively tiny civil service. Are we really unable to do trade deals?…
Thailand’s late king had a $30 billion fortune
By Christopher Cameron, The Real Deal From Business Insider The king of Thailand, the world’s longest ruling monarch, died this week. He also died one of the world’s richest monarchs, and a nice chunk of his billions came from…guess where?…
