EY’s US arm to pay $10m to settle a NY lawsuit over Lehman audit
By Chris Warmoll from Accountancy Age EY’s US ARM has agreed to stump up $10m (£6.7m) to settle a New York lawsuit over accusations it helped Lehman Brothers Holdings deceive investors prior to its 2008 collapse. The Big Four firm’s…
US govt sued over sea turtles snared in shrimp nets
By Kerry Sheridan, AFP From Business Insider Miami (AFP) – Tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles die every year in the United States when they are inadvertently snared in shrimp nets, an environmental group alleged in a lawsuit filed…
Five Caribbean poets shortlisted for Hollick Arvon Prize
From Bocas News Poets from three Caribbean countries in the running for region’s leading emerging writers’ award The judges for the 2015 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize have announced a shortlist of five, chosen from among the ten previously longlisted…
House built into boulders
By Dennis Green From Business Insider This house built into boulders in the Arizona desert has been called ‘the most original home in America’ A unique home in the affluent community of Scottsdale, Arizona, is up for sale. Sixty percent…
Carrying the baton for justice
By Tequila Minsky From Caribbean Life It’ll take nine days at 18-25 miles each day for #march2justice activists to arrive by foot in Washington DC. Organized by the Justice League NYC, the historic march’s intent is to show solidarity with…
Landmark asbestos verdict over cosmetic talc survives appeal
By Mary Pat Gallagher, From New Jersey Law Journal A $1.6 million New Jersey asbestos verdict involving cosmetic talc that is believed to be the first of its kind has been upheld on appeal. On March 27, a three-judge panel…
NBC News’ Richard Engel says he misidentified the Syrian group that kidnapped him
By Margaret Hartmann From New York Mag No one doubts that NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel suffered a terrifying and dangerous ordeal when he and five colleagues were kidnapped in Syria in December 2012, but thanks in part…
In Brazil, arrest brings Petrobras scandal closer to President Rousseff
By Vincent Bevins From LA Times The arrest of Workers’ Party treasurer is the latest in corruption scandal surrounding Brazil’s Petrobras Authorities in Brazil arrested the treasurer of President Dilma Rousseff’s Workers’ Party on Wednesday, as a corruption scandal involving…
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Caribbean E-Sports Alliance formed
In December 2014 the leaders of the Caribbean islands in the sectors of Tech, eSports & Gaming came together to form a body to govern and direct the very popular and quickly growing industry of eSports within the Caribbean. The…
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Former Cayman Islands Minister back in court again on drink related charges Former Deputy Premier Rolston Anglin lost his licence for a year after pleading guilty to drink driving in 2012 after a much publicized lead up when he was…
