CONCACAF Announces 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees and President’s Award Recipients
The Confederation honors exemplary figures for their contributions to football Nassau, The Bahamas (Wednesday, April 15, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today the induction of three individuals, each of whom represent…
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International day for Monuments and Sites
By Sir Henry S. Fraser from Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday April 15, 2015 – On April 18th 1982, at a meeting of the International Committee of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) it was suggested that a day be established to celebrate…
Donald Sterling’s companion must return millions to his wife
By Marisa Kendall, from The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who received some $2.6 million in gifts from L.A. real estate mogul Donald Sterling must turn them over to his wife, a judge ruled Tuesday in a rare interpretation…
LinkedIn fends off suit over reference searches
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Jose ruled on Tuesday that LinkedIn Corp. doesn’t run afoul of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by providing premium members of its professional networking site with…
NASA astronaut launches to space station, his home for an entire year
By Amanda Wills & Andrew Freedman From Mashable NASA astronaut Scott Kelly launched to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket on Friday for a year-long mission that will reveal more about humans in space and get us…
Pepperdata Scores $15M For Hadoop Cluster Management
From Techcrunch Pepperdata, a company that’s built a platform for managing and fine-tuning Hadoop cluster performance, announced a $15M Series B funding round today. The round was led by new investors Wing Venture Partners along with Citi Ventures and Silicon…
Homework
Design by Homework From Grain Edit Impressive packaging and editorial direction from Homework – a Danish design studio with a focus on brand expression and communication for the fashion industry. All Images: Design by Homework Grain edit is focused on…
Cartoon of the week
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,…
Caribbean and Latin America improve environment for infrastructure investment PPPs
From Curacao Chronicle PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay — The climate for private investment in infrastructure through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has improved in the Caribbean and Latin America in the last few years, with Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Colombia topping…
EY’s US arm to pay $10m to settle a NY lawsuit over Lehman audit
By Chris Warmoll from Accountancy Age EY’s US ARM has agreed to stump up $10m (£6.7m) to settle a New York lawsuit over accusations it helped Lehman Brothers Holdings deceive investors prior to its 2008 collapse. The Big Four firm’s…
