Solar Impulse 2 sets record with five-day solar-powered flight
BY MEGAN SPECIA From Mashable After a five-day flight across the Pacific Ocean, the Solar Impulse 2 arrived in Hawaii on Friday, breaking the world record for longest nonstop solo flight. Powered entirely by the sun, its journey from Japan…
2014: What Google searches tell us about the year in tech
By Conner Forrest From Techcrunch The technology sector reeled off plenty of innovation in 2014. Here’s what Google search trends tell us about the year in tech. googleyear.jpg If you are wondering what people care about, looking at their search…
Cayman Islands are now America’s biggest foreign investor
By Michael Ide From Value Walk China and Japan still own the largest portion of Treasury securities, but the Caymans have the biggest holding of US equities If you were to guess which countries of the biggest investors in US…
The flushing toilet is symbolic of one of the biggest investing opportunities of this generation
By Akin Oyedele From Business Insider Investors should consider multinational companies that are exposed to the booming middle class in emerging markets. US Trust’s Joseph Quinlan wrote in a note to clients that it is “time to buy” into global…
Australia’s Prime Minister: ‘Coal is good for humanity’
By Jenni Ryall From Mashable SYDNEY — Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared “coal is good for humanity” at the opening of a mine in Queensland on Monday. Standing at the site of the Caval Ridge coal mine, in central…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: solar hourglass, urban tornadoes and the world’s tallest garden
From engadget Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Japan is the birthplace of high-speed rail, and it continues to be a…
Roderick “Chuckey” Gordon takes home Trinidad calypso monarch title
From Caribbean360 Gordon overcame a strong field of 12 that included three former monarchs, to lift the title with his political rendition “Wey You Think” and the social commentary “Wedding of De Century”. PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Roderick “Chuckey” Gordon…
Dyson shows off the best robot vacuum cleaner yet
By Chris Smith From BGR After teasing it on YouTube a few days ago, Dyson on Thursday unveiled its first robot vacuum cleaner – the Dyson 360 Eye – that’s supposedly better than anything its competitors can offer in every…
BIS: Central banks warned of ‘false sense of security’
From BBC The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that ultra-low interest rates have lulled governments and markets “into a false sense of security”. The Basel-based organisation – usually dubbed the “central banks’ central bank” – urged policy makers…
BVI signs TIEA with Japan
By Aki Corsoni-Husain , Mirza Manraj, Ross Munro From Harneys The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government entered into its twenty-sixth tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with the Government of Japan on 18 June 2014. This new TIEA is not present…
