Vatican mystery intensifies, bones found in grave
(AP) — Forensic police swarmed the crypt of a Roman basilica on Monday to exhume the body of a reputed mobster as part of an investigation into one of the Vatican’s most enduring mysteries: the 1983 disappearance of the teenage…
Hudson family slayings suspect convicted of murder
(AP) — A Chicago jury on Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors’ described as an act of vengeance by a jilted husband. Hudson, who expressed her undisguised disdain…
Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial
(AP) — An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway’s worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to “go to hell” in a rare outburst Friday that briefly interrupted the terror trial of…
Greek euro exit no longer unthinkable
(AP) — Let Greece go: It’s a possibility that’s being considered more and more publicly in Europe. There have been two and a half years of bailouts, on top of broken promises by Greece to reform. The result: a fifth…
Offshoring jumps as cash-strapped companies step up outsourcing
The global economic crisis is sparking a boom in IT offshoring as India’s major IT suppliers grew four times faster than their competitors in 2011. India’s largest IT suppliers grew four times faster than their international competitors in 2011, as…
Cayman Finance welcomes offshore research study
Cayman Finance today welcomed the results of an independent study on due diligence across offshore centres which places the Cayman Islands as one of only two countries to request internationally accepted standards for identity documentation in the due diligence process….
Twin car bombs in Syrian capital kill dozens
(AP) — Twin suicide car bombs exploded outside a military intelligence building and killed 55 people Thursday, tossing mangled bodies in the street in the deadliest attack against a regime target since the Syrian uprising began 14 months ago. The…
Russian jet crash puts Indonesian sales in limbo
AP) — The crash of a new, Russian-made jetliner into a jagged, Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers threw doubt on dozens of plane sales Thursday just as Moscow seeks a comeback in foreign markets. All 45…
Obama, backing gay marriage, on fundraising tour
(AP) — President Barack Obama said Vice President Joe Biden got “a little bit over his skis” in publicly embracing gay marriage, forcing Obama to speed up his own plan to announce support for the right of same-sex couples to…
Deloitte refuse to hand over documents from Cayman Island’s registered Chinese firm
Deloitte may be banned from practicing with publicly listed American companies, if it loses a legal battle in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered a legal action against the Big4 firm in connection with its refusal…
