Scientists solve heightened risk for obesity mystery
From Caribbean 360 LONDON,– With obesity rife throughout the Caribbean and evidence mounting to support its link to a variety of chronic non-communicable diseases, a new study may hold the key to controlling obesity by reducing weight gain. According to…
Fiat body-paints a dozen naked women to sell cars
Mashable What’s the best way to sell a Fiat 500 Abarth Cabrio? Why, paint up a dozen naked women, of course. No strangers to controversy, ad executives at Richards Group dreamed up this unusual idea, hiring local circus performers, artists…
Tell the Indian Government to enforce animal protection laws!
Target: Indian Government Sponsored by: Chris Wolverton Thousands of elephants in India are mistreated by their owners, who beat them and exploit them for money. Recently in Mumbai, a 54-year-old obese elephant, Bijlee, was forced to beg on the street…
Verizon, Vodafone agree to $130 billion Wireless deal
By Kate Holton and Sinead Carew Reuters From The Baltimore Sun LONDON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Verizon Communications agreed on Monday to pay $130 billion to buy Vodafone Group out of its U.S. wireless business, signing history’s third largest corporate deal…
Keva M. Bethel Lecture: Glinton-Meicholas identifies crises, urges renewal
From bahamaislandsinfo NASSAU, Bahamas — In a profound assertion that challenged citizens to look past the mere trappings of emancipation and independence, well known writer and cultural advocate Mrs. Patricia Glinton-Meicholas asserted recently that The Bahamas is neither truly free…
ZF and Levant Power develop the world’s first fully active, regenerative suspension for automobiles
* ZF Friedrichshafen AG has entered into partnership with Levant Power Corp. to build the world’s first fully active suspension system with energy recovery function * GenShock-technology is a fully active system for passenger cars which will combine dynamics, safety,…
Woman Shocked To Find Funeral Home Put Her Son’s Ashes In Walmart Bag Inside Urn
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist While we might not be aware of where our mortal remains reside after we’re gone, one young man’s mother is upset that a funeral home confined his ashes to a plastic Walmart shopping bag….
Microsoft Enters Into $7.2B Deal To Buy Nokia’s Devices And Services Business And License Its Patents
By Colleen Taylor From Tech Crunch In a surprise move, Microsoft announced Monday (2) evening that it has inked a deal with Nokia to acquire “substantially all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, license Nokia’s patents, and license and use…
PNG PM wants apology from Seven Network after corruption claims
From Pacific Scoop Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O’Neill is dissatisfied with how his country was portrayed in the Today Tonight programme. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has called on the Seven Network to apologise following…
Attorney killed execution style at Trinidad shopping centre
From Caribbean360 The attorney was one of several lawyers appearing before the Commission of Inquiry into the collapse of the insurance giant, CLICO and the Hindu Credit Union (HCU). PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday August 28, 2013 – Trinidad and Tobago police…
