Overstock’s Bitcoin purchases account for less than 1% of revenue, but it’s growing
By Alex Wilhelm From TechCrunch Since Overstock.com started to accept Bitcoin as a purchase currency, the company has received a good press for its efforts to support the nascent cryptocurrency. Working with Coinbase to process Bitcoin, Overstock.com announced that it…
Caribbean nationals to benefit from New York Fire Department lawsuit settlement
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Wednesday March 19, 2014, CMC – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has reached an agreement in principle with the City of New York and intervening plaintiffs to settle an employment…
Caribbean chicken with coconut curry sauce
By Lucy Waverman Special to The Globe and Mail Not as spicy as traditional jerk chicken but this still has a kick. This recipe shows off the fusion of Caribbean cooking with a taste of South Asian as well as…
St Lucia government expresses ‘surprise’ at banana company merger
From Caribbean360 The new company, to be named ChiquitaFyffes, will have about US$4.6 billion in annual revenue, shipping about 160 million boxes of bananas a year. KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says his administration was…
Lloyd McField wins CIG Employee of the Month for January
Assistant Postmaster General of Operations Lloyd McField has been named the Cayman Islands Government Employee of the Month for January 2014. Mr. McField also won the Chief Officer’s Choice Award and was presented with both at the Airport Post Office…
Davin Ebanks wins NG award with catboat sculpture
From The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands Davin Ebanks’s interpretation of an iconic Caymanian symbol, the catboat, is the winner of National Gallery’s Cayman sculpture competition. Mr. Ebanks will receive a $10,000 grand prize and financing for the production…
Quotable Caribbean
From The Dallas Weekly “Meeting with the industry’s leading cruise industry authorities is a key strategy to bringing more ships to our destination. As a result of this presentation, we were able to answer questions, change perceptions and spark important…
LIAT threat to shrink Caribbean Airline Network
By Robert MacLellan From Spice Islander The board of LIAT airline is clearly feeling the pressure of mounting ongoing criticism of its consistent inability to achieve a stable business model and to provide a vital intra regional air service in…
Were the phones on Flight MH370 ever connected?
By Lance Ulanoff from Mashable It’s been more than a week since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, flying out of Malaysia and bound for Beijing, China, disappeared. The search for the plane, now part of a criminal investigation, spans thousands and…
OPINION: St Vincent & Grenadines – Who gets paid and who gets knocked?
By Peter Binose From Caribbean 360 The St Vincent and the Grenadines economy is worse than a leaking bucket, it’s now like a bucket where the bottom has completely fallen out, better described as rotted out says Peter Binose. KINGSTOWN,…
