Japanese patent office grants O2Micro patent for synchronized data sampling systems and methodology
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Feb 06, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — O2Micro International Limited OIIM +0.46% , a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today announced a patent grant for its…
Robert Wood, Elliot Lake mall inspector, charged with criminal negligence
From The Canadian Press 2012 mall collapse killed Doloris Perizzolo, 74, and Lucie Aylwin, 37 A discredited engineer who declared a northern Ontario mall structurally sound just weeks before its roof caved in killing two women was charged Friday in…
Paedophile Jimmy Savile’s DNA, used to link him to unsolved deaths, clears him
By SAM WEBB From Daily Mail UK Police who let Jimmy Savile escape with decades of child abuse have now used his DNA to try and link him to a string of unsolved deaths – but he has been cleared…
Burdensome debt and elusive solutions
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 Average public debt levels for Caribbean small states now amount to about 84% of GDP with five countries experiencing debt-to-GDP ratios of close to 100% and higher. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 6, 2014 –…
US, Canada sign agreement to halt offshore tax evasion in the Caribbean
From Caribbean360: The US Congress enacted the FATCA in 2010 to “target non-compliance by US taxpayers using foreign accounts,” including those in the Caribbean. WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Thursday February 6, 2014, CMC – The United States Department of the…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Scotland had glaciers until the 1800s
LIVESCIENCE From Mashable The last glacier in Scotland may have melted within the last 400, not 11,500 years ago as previously believed, new research finds. The Cairngorm Mountains of eastern Scotland are the snowiest part of the Scottish Highlands even…
Industrial union members march as Bermuda hotel sackings row escalates
From Caribbean360 HAMILTON, Bermuda, Thursday February 6, 2014, CMC – The powerful Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) Wednesday staged a massive show of strength in the capital support of 10 workers sacked by an historic hotel here last week. The dispute…
Cop wins £430,000 payout after truncheon attack on pensioner’s car went viral
Policeman who became worldwide laughing stock after his truncheon attack on pensioner’s car went viral wins £430,000 payout because he couldn’t stand daily ridicule from colleagues Pc Mike Baillon and a colleague were filmed using truncheons on windows of Range…
Brutal murder of eight year-old Jamaican girl draws condemnation
From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday February 6, 2014, CMC – Youth Affairs Minister Lisa Hanna has condemned the brutal murder of an eight-year-old primary school girl on Monday reminding the country that the care, protection and wellbeing of children remain…
