January 1, 2012
Job losses dominate headlines in 2011
Many businesspeople were hoping that 2011 would be the year when the economy finally kicked into recovery mode. It didn’t work out that way. For most, it was another year of trying to do more with less, a continuing fight for survival. Job…
January 1, 2012
World stock markets end a tumultous year well down
World stock markets have rounded off a wild and difficult year. The UK FTSE 100 fell 5.6% in 2011, while France and Germany stocks saw falls of 18% and 15% as growing fears for the survival of the euro took their toll. But US stocks ended the year…
January 1, 2012
UK issues offshore drilling licences
The UK government has awarded 46 new exploratory drilling licences to firms, including Shell and Centrica, looking for oil and gas. The awards were initially held back due to environmental concerns. However the government says it is now confident…
January 1, 2012
Oil hovers below US$100
Oil prices hovered below US$100 a barrel Thursday, with a report showing a jump last week in US crude supplies, countering concerns about Iran's threat to block a key Middle East oil shipping route. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude…
January 1, 2012
Stanford losses latest bid to delay fraud trial
U.S. District Judge David Hittner has denied Allen Stanford’s request to have his fraud trial delayed by three months paving the way for jury selection to proceed January 23. “The public’s interest in a speedy trial is particularly acute in such…
January 1, 2012
T&T attorney general concerned about increase in murders
Trinidad-Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said the crime plan implemented in the wake of the State of Emergency has failed. And, he wants Commissioner of Police Canadian Dwayne Gibbs to present his 2012 plan to ensure that murders are kept to a…
January 1, 2012
PNP keeping close watch over Tufton’s seat
People's National Party (PNP) candidate for South West St Elizabeth Hugh Buchanan yesterday expressed confidence that he will be a parliamentarian as the official count for Thursday's general election got underway here yesterday. The preliminary…
January 1, 2012
Grenadian attorney demands outside help to investigate fatal beating
The attorney representing the wife of a Grenadian-born Canadian who died Tuesday, hours after being beaten allegedly by police officers, has demanded that an investigator be brought in from another jurisdiction to ensure that an independent probe…
January 1, 2012
Proposed US sanctions against Antigua & Barbuda escalates
Antigua and Barbuda continues gain attention in both houses of the United States Congress as 10 US Representatives recently introduced a Congressional Resolution also calling for sanctions to be levied against the eastern Caribbean territory.…
January 1, 2012
New Year’s Eve 2012: Celebrations around the world
Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and are seeing in 2012.
Sydney…