Remixing Renaissance art with help from a 3D scanner
By Emily Price From engadget Some of the world’s oldest art is getting a bit of a facelift. Brooklyn artist Barry X Ball has developed a way to recreate Renaissance-era sculptures using 3D scanning. Rather than printing duplicates, Ball takes the…
US Suits take aim at J&J diabetes drug Invokana
By Charles Toutant, From New Jersey Law Journal Johnson & Johnson faces allegations in a pair of suits filed March 30 that users of its popular diabetes drug, Invokana, develop kidney damage and heart disease. The latest filings bring the…
Down syndrome model
This woman is the first model with Down syndrome to front a beauty campaign By David Yi From Mashable Beauty comes from the inside out, as proven through this new beauty campaign for the haircare brand, Beauty & Pin-Ups. The…
Ku6 Media Co. (KUTV) enters ‘Go Private’ transaction at $1.08/ADS
Ku6 Media Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: KUTV) announced that it had entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) with Shanda Investment Holdings Limited (“Parent”) and Ku6 Acquisition Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant…
Bank sued by hedge funds
From Caribbean News Service SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Apr 05 2016 – A group of hedge funds that say they hold a significant amount of Puerto Rico debt sued the island’s troubled Government Development Bank on Monday, a move that…
The 8 most important things to read to understand the Panama Papers document leak
By Tara Golshan From Vox On Sunday the world became familiar with the Panama Papers: a massive 2.6-terabyte leak of confidential documents revealing a deep web of international corruption and tax evasion from the world’s political elite. Panamanian law firm…
FATCA deadlines coming up
By Michael Cohn From Accounting Today Banks that deal with international tax reporting are facing a slew of upcoming deadlines and regulations. Among them are those related to FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax and Compliance Act that was included as…
Alan Grayson braces for Ethics Committee report on his Caymans hedge funds
By Alex Leary From Tampa Bay Times WASHINGTON – Florida Rep. Alan Grayson is bracing for the release Tuesday of a House Ethics Committee report into a Cayman Islands-based hedge funds he started, a development that could shape an already…
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Caribbean party, Champion style: Usain Bolt, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh hail West Indies’ T20 win From India TV IMAGE: West Indies’ players doing the ‘Champion Dance’ New Delhi: The fantastic win of the West Indies team on Sunday is…
Setting up your own tax haven shell company takes 10 minutes
From Triple Hack The release today of a massive leak of tax and financial records known as the Panama Papers has shone the spotlight on how the wealthy global elite evade taxes and launder money. One of the most important…
