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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida CMC – The United States Department of State (DOJ) says a Jamaican national has pleaded guilty in connection with a Jamaica-based international lottery scheme. The DOJ said that Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded guilty on Friday in the US ...

By Yilmaz Akyuz Guest Writer In this column, Yilmaz Akyuz, chief economist at the Geneva-based South Centre, writes that five years into the global economic crisis, prospects are not bright. GENEVA, Switzerland (Columnist Service) – Five years into the crisis, ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – The St. Lucia Government said, on Tuesday, that it has now received confirmation that the Hess Terminal at Cul de Sac has been sold. According to a Government statement, the confirmation came in a telephone ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – The Barbados government has signed an agreement with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) paving the way for the Jamaica-based hotel chain to take control of the Almond Beach Village. The Freundel Stuart administration also announced that SRI ...

(NC) Got an awesome idea for a cool new service or one-of-a-kind product, and truly believe it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread? If you’re wondering how to take it from floating thought bubble to market, you’re not alone. If ...

(NC) Federal government cheques are going the way of the penny. The federal government is phasing out cheques in favour of direct deposit as part of a $17.4 million cost-cutting measure announced in the 2012 budget. The switch from paper ...

(NC) Many Canadians focus on building wealth or reducing debt, but when factoring in expenses that can come up during different life stages — like helping a child pay for education, contributing to a parent’s long-term care, or planning a ...

Best-Selling ‘E-Myth’ Business Author Shares Strategies to Recharge Your Enterprise Statistically, new small businesses have the odds against them, with more than half failing within the first five years, according to the Small Business Administration. They’ve hamstrung themselves even more ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The 157-room hotel where Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Phillip, stayed during their visit here to attend the 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), has gone into receivership. First Citizens Bank ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier, Allen ...