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…
NY court indicts Barbadian-born woman in “Affinity Scam”
From CARIBBEAN360 NEW YORK, United States, April 15, 2015, CMC – A Barbadian-born woman has been indicted for stealing about US$300,000 from friends and acquaintances after telling them she inherited a multi-million dollar estate but needed money to clear encumbrances….
US govt sued over sea turtles snared in shrimp nets
By Kerry Sheridan, AFP From Business Insider Miami (AFP) – Tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles die every year in the United States when they are inadvertently snared in shrimp nets, an environmental group alleged in a lawsuit filed…
Five Caribbean poets shortlisted for Hollick Arvon Prize
From Bocas News Poets from three Caribbean countries in the running for region’s leading emerging writers’ award The judges for the 2015 Hollick Arvon Caribbean Writers Prize have announced a shortlist of five, chosen from among the ten previously longlisted…
House built into boulders
By Dennis Green From Business Insider This house built into boulders in the Arizona desert has been called ‘the most original home in America’ A unique home in the affluent community of Scottsdale, Arizona, is up for sale. Sixty percent…
