Facebook to buy Oculus VR, maker of the Rift headset, for around $2b in cash and stock
By Matthew Panzarino From Tech Crunch Facebook has announced plans to purchase Oculus VR, the company behind the Rift headset, for around $2 billion in cash and stock. This includes $400 million, and 23.1 million Facebook shares. An additional $300…
Caribbean could put climate polluters in the dock says former diplomat
By Desmond Brown, From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday March 24, 2014, IPS – Can Caribbean governments take legal action against other countries that they believe are warming the planet with devastating consequences? A former regional diplomat argues the answer is…
RPT-Fitch Rates Mizuho’s USD Basel III Subordinated Notes Final ‘BBB’
Fitch Ratings has assigned a final rating of ‘BBB’ to the USD1.5bn Basel III-compliant Tier 2 ten-year subordinated notes issued by Mizuho Financial Group (Cayman) 3 Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Mizuho; A-/Stable). The notes are…
Asia sees first HY bond-financed LBO since 2011
By Chien Mi Wong From FinanceAsia Pactera, a Chinese IT consulting and outsourcing company, has sold a $275 million seven-year bond that is callable in the third year – Asia’s first high-yield note used to fund a LBO transaction since…
Changes for future Amway Canadian Championships
The Impact de Montreal celebrates after winning the 2013 Amway Canadian Championship. (Photo courtesy of Canada Soccer) OTTAWA — Canada Soccer announced today that its Amway Canadian Championship will move to a new summer timeframe starting in 2015. The change…
Canadian lawyer practising in TCI arrested for money laundering in the USA
By Hayden Boyce, Editor-in-Chief From Turks & Caicos Sun A Canadian lawyer who has been practising in the Turks and Caicos Islands is now in custody in the United States of America after he was arrested and charged for money…
The Apple-Samsung patent spat is about to get ugly
By Chris Smith From BGR After Apple beat Samsung in the pair’s first U.S. patent trial, and then won against the South Korean Android device maker in the appeal – Samsung owes Apple $929 million following this fight – the…
French consumer rights watchdog sues Google, Facebook, Twitter for privacy violations
From RT France’s top consumer rights group has filed a lawsuit in a Paris court against Google+, Facebook and Twitter, accusing the social networks of violating the country’s privacy laws. UFC-Que Choisir – a group which advises consumers on products,…
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CIFA Under 23 League Updates
From Cayman Islands Football Association Please see attached updates for the CIFA Under 23 League.
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,…
