Islamic finance can drive Suriname’s private sector
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Suriname which is seeking to be the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leader in Islamic finance, took a major step in making this goal a reality on Friday, when visiting CEO of…
Cayman Islands issues self-certification templates and participating jurisdiction list
From FTSE Global Markets Wednesday, 09 December 2015 The Cayman Islands Ministry of Financial Services’ Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) on 8 December 2015 issued an industry advisory regarding the ongoing implementation of the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) in…
11 different kinds of sugar
A Complete Visual Guide to 11 Different Kinds of Sugar By INGREDIENT INTELLIGENCE from the kitchn How well do you know your sugar varieties? What’s the difference between turbinado and demerara? Is caster sugar the same as powdered sugar? From…
Big US wireless companies target of whistleblower suit
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder A newly-unsealed lawsuit in Sacramento County accuses some of the nation’s biggest wireless service providers of defrauding the state of California by charging for services they didn’t provide. The suit accuses Verizon Wireless, Sprint…
2016 Grammy nominees from the Caribbean are in
From St Lucia Times News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Dec. 8, 2015: Several Latin American and Caribbean musicians yesterday received the prestige of being named 2016 Grammy nominees. Among them were several reggae artists from the Caribbean as well…
Tragedy strikes Kim Collins’ family again
From Times Caribbean Online Caribbean Sprint Legend Kim Collins has been hit by yet another family tragedy. Collins younger brother was killed this morning (Dec 8) in an apparent hit and run accident . Reports are that the 33 year…
Dispute over Colorado’s Marijuana Law sits on Supreme Court back burner
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal Almost a full year after Nebraska and Oklahoma sued Colorado over its legalization of marijuana, the litigation is languishing on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket as it awaits the views of the…
Google’s gleaning of children’s info eyed by Third Circuit
By P.J. D’Annunzio, From The Legal Intelligencer A debate over whether Google has the ability to glean children’s personal information from websites they visit took center stage during arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Lawyers…
Husband shot and killed terminally ill wife, 93, at Texas senior home to end her ‘suffering’: police
By Nicole Hensley New York Daily News Nelson Harvey, 91, allegedly shot his wife of 65 years, Evelyn Harvey, 93, to end her suffering, according to authorities. An elderly Texas man fatally shot his terminally ill wife in the head…
