Tech More: Gilt Groupe E-Commerce
By Jillian D’onfro From Business Insider Four years ago Gilt Groupe was the hottest startup in New York — Here’s what happened Four years ago, luxury flash-sales startup Gilt Groupe was one of the buzziest e-commerce startups in the world,…
TD Bank ordered to pay Rothstein victims
By Carlos Harrison, From Daily Business Review A Miami federal judge has given TD Bank until Thursday to pay $67 million to a group of investors in disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein’s failed $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. U.S. District Judge Marcia…
Sketch artists told to hide identities of MI-5 witnesses
By Andrew Keshner, From New York Law Journal The faces of undercover intelligence agents from MI-5, the United Kingdom’s domestic security service, cannot be sketched when they testify in a terrorism trial—even if they don wigs and light makeup, a…
Minister Hylton calls for continued dialogue towards IP in the Caribbean
From First Look Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton is calling for continued dialogue towards a more robust and effective Intellectual Property (IP) administration in the Caribbean. Minister Hylton was speaking at the World Intellectual Property Office…
The Happy Hour: A socio-historical discourse
By Arley Gill From Caribbean360 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Monday February 23, 2015 – It may not be historically accurate to say that the “happy hour’’ tradition, held after funerals in Grenada, existed from time immemorial. However, it is a fact,…
Jury finds PLO, Authority liable for terror acts
Mark Hamblett, From New York Law Journal The Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority were found liable Monday for six terror attacks in Jerusalem that killed and wounded Americans, as a jury awarded $218.5 million in damages—an amount that…
[Bermuda] Govt working on tax base with VAT experts
By Jonathan Kent From The Royal Gazette IMAGE; Case for broadening tax base: The graphic in the 2015-16 Budget statement that shows Bermuda’s tax take is lower than many other island economies Case for broadening tax base: The graphic in…
St. Lucia U17s in sync for CONCACAF campaign
CASTRIES, St Lucia – St. Lucia’s sights are firmly trained on the 2015 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship and it is determined not to be intimidated by bigger nations, when the tournament kicks off later this month. Despite being drawn into a…
The Vikings were some of the first tech disruptors
By Steven Ashby, Lecturer of Archaeology At University of New York for The Conversation From Mashable The connections between technology, urban trading, and international economics which have come to define modern living are nothing new. Back in the first millennium…
