Contact lens makers work together to make sure you pay more
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist As anyone with bad eyesight could probably tell you, having options when it comes to the cost of contact lenses is extremely important. Just ask my fiance, because apparently I have “very expensive eyes.” I’ll…
Spectacular leaf cuttings by Omid Asadi
From Designer Daily Omid Asadi [https://www.facebook.com/omidasadiart] likes the patterns in leaves and regrets that too many people overlook it. He decided to make the beauty he sees in the leaves obvious for others also by creating amazing leaf cutting with…
A Tuscan castle can be yours for $16 million
By Jill Comoletti From Business Insider All images: Sotheby’s International Realty This may be your one opportunity to own a castle in Tuscany. The 16th-century Castello di Magona in Livorno, Italy, is now on the market for $16 million through…
White House Summit on Africa lauded but Caribbean/Central American investment summit urged
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. August 1, 2014: While saluting the White House for its second annual U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the Board of Invest Caribbean Now, (ICN), the biggest investment summit on the Caribbean outside the region, is urging…
Indian and Chinese migrants make up nearly one per cent of the world’s population
By Sahil Bhalla From Scroll.in The United States and Malaysia have the greatest number of expatriate Indians. The largest number of Indian migrants are found in the US, followed by Malaysia, while for the Chinese, the top two host countries…
Octopus mom protects her eggs for an astonishing 4-1/2 years
By Will Dunham From Yahoo News WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If someone were to create an award for “mother of the year” in the animal kingdom, a remarkably dedicated eight-limbed mom from the dark and frigid depths of the Pacific Ocean…
Antibiotics in your chicken!
By Bindu Shajan Perappadan From The Hindu The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) lab study found residues of antibiotics in 40 per cent of the samples of chicken that were tested. Large-scale unregulated use of antibiotics in the poultry…
Funds – Ireland – Quarterly Update Q2 – April – June 2014
Article by Barry McGrath, Stephen Carty, Peter Stapleton, Paul Dobbyn, Carol Widger and Adam Donoghue From Maples and Calder 1 Legal & Regulatory 1.1 AIFMD Update On 16 July 2013, the European Union (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Regulations 2013 (No….
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Local firm [Grenadian] awarded first compete Caribbean Technical Assistance Grant in Grenada
Bridgetown, Barbados, July 23, 2014 – Grenadian firm, Protein From Waste and Local Crops Inc. (PFW), has successfully won a bid to demonstrate the viability of small scale protein rendering for animal feed supplementation, using locally available organic and fuel…
