Volvo Cars and Ericsson developing intelligent media streaming for self-driving cars
Volvo Cars is looking ahead to when its drivers can sit back and enjoy free time in their car on the daily commute. At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Volvo revealed that it is developing intelligent, high bandwidth, streaming…
From Rags to Riches? In search of Roosevelt Skerrit’s millions
By Clint Lowe With contributions from Lizzy in Dominica and J.A. Scotland in the UK From Caribbean News Now Several weeks ago we decided to undertake what appeared at the time to be a monumental task; investigating the source(s) of what has…
SPI and SPI Energy complete reorganization merger
SHANGHAI, Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI” or the “Company”), a global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solutions for business, residential, government and utility customers and investors, and SPI Energy Co., Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws…
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The View from Europe: CARICOM and climate change
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now On December 12 in Paris, France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, brought to a close the UN climate change conference, COP 21. “I now invite the COP to adopt the decision entitled Paris Agreement…
Yorkey Optical Cayman : Overseas Regulatory Announcement(2016.01.04)
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China’s market crashes, sets off panic selling in Europe, US
From Newsmax Financial markets are starting 2016 in turmoil as a rout in China rekindled concern that slowing growth there will spread, while tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran added to geopolitical unease. Global equities crumbled toward the worst opening…
Amazon UK begins offering loans for pricier purchases
By Matt Brian From engadget Installment plans are its latest weapon against High Street retailers. In a bid to put an even bigger squeeze on its brick-and-mortar competition, Amazon is now offering its customers installment plans to help them buy the…
Something fishy is going on with earnings
By Sam Ro from Business Insider Corporate America has a long history of delivering on the bottom line. You hear about this when we in the media report that a company beats earnings expectations. But there’s something fishy going on….
Latin America, Caribbean health care faced challenges, progress in 2015: PAHO
By Rachel Cruz From Latinos Health MILL VALLEY, CA – JANUARY 26: In this photo illustration, vials of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy on January 26, 2015 in Mill Valley, California….
Vladimir Putin dissolved Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency
By Chris Velazco From engadget It has been reborn as a state-run corporation. With the flourish of a pen earlier today, Russian president Vladimir Putin officially put an end to Roscosmos, the country’s federal space agency. That decree capped off over…
