Tchaikovsky Begins
By Lawrence Schenbeck, PS Tracks Maybe he should have joined a Struggling Composers Support Group Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) had an awful time getting support from anyone who mattered to him in his early years as a composer. He almost…
Chile: Latin America’s answer to Silicon Valley?
by Dale Quinn The Financialist On November 20th local and foreign entrepreneurs converged in the Chilean capital of Santiago to pitch their start-up ideas to thousands of potential investors. The entrepreneurs had been accepted into an intensive six-month incubator program…
EU Bail-out focus turns to Cyprus
by Ashley Kindergan The Financialist The next few months will be critical for high-stakes negotiations underway in Cyprus, where exposure to the Greek financial crisis and domestic economic troubles have left the government teetering on the brink of default and…
CONCACAF expresses full support of FIFA Statutes reforms
MIAMI (Sunday, February 24, 2013) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) expressed its full support of FIFA’s Statutes reform process, which focuses on the evaluation and review of football’s world governing body’s current statutes…
Dreamliner: Japan’s ANA cancels more Boeing 787 flights
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has said it will cancel all Boeing 787 flights until at least the end of May, in the latest blow to Boeing. International regulators grounded all 787 Dreamliners in January so that safety checks could…
Consultation on Small-scale Fisheries Governance Arrangements for the Caribbean
CTA/CRFM/CNFO Consultation to formulate Small-scale Fisheries Governance Arrangements for the Caribbean BELIZE CITY, BELIZE; SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 – Across the Caribbean, the fisheries sector employs over 182,000 persons, directly or indirectly. Whereas commercial fisheries play a key role in…
China’s Mall Expansion Outpaces Demand
by Deborah Hastings The Financialist In China, where fast-paced real estate development has created thousands of massive shopping centers, the amped-up development bubble has left some cities with more malls than they can handle, suggesting this trend may be about…
Book of the Week: We Are Anonymous
by Mark Pabst The Financialist The word hacker connotes both the most intriguing and the most frightening aspects of modern technology. Recent news stories trumpet the ability of hackers to disrupt the flow of information and services necessary for free…
Iran maneuvers for upper hand ahead of nuclear talks
By Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor Expectations for a breakthrough at the talks are low. The P5+1 appears to be offering little new and an IAEA report shows Iran has made steady nuclear progress since talks stalled last spring. Iran…
Peter Tosh remembered [from Sharon Chambers]
by Theo Chambers The birthplace and burial site of the Great Peter Tosh came alive with thousands of local, regional and international visitors. The place was jam-packed. The theme throughout the tribute was “Equal Rights and Justice,” an anthem for…
