March 18, 2013
Dubois pens Guinness theme
Trinidadian recording artiste Kerwin Du Bois has put music to the new Guinness Made of More campaign, which will be used as a radio ad throughout the Caribbean. Dubois, who set the tone for a great 2012 Arthur Guinness Day concert in Kingston,…
March 18, 2013
Jazz band leader Terry Lightfoot dies
Jazz band leader Terry Lightfoot has died at the age of 77, after a battle with prostate cancer. Lightfoot, who was born in Potters Bar but settled in Olney, Buckinghamshire, had been touring for most of the time from the 1950s up until 2012. He had…
March 18, 2013
China new home prices rise in February
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March 18, 2013
Asian markets fall amid fears over Cyprus bailout deal
Asian markets have dipped after Cyprus bailout plans triggered fears of an escalation of the eurozone debt crisis. The EU and IMF want all bank customers to pay a levy in return for a bailout worth 10bn euros ($13bn; £8.6bn). The plan is yet to be…
March 18, 2013
BP appeal over ‘absurd’ Gulf oil spill payouts
Oil giant BP is taking legal action in the US to limit payouts by a fund set up to compensate those affected by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP said some of the claims being paid by the scheme's administrator were "fictitious" and…
March 18, 2013
Caribbean tourism to keep its piece of the pie
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March 18, 2013
SAC Capital fund pays $614m over insider trading
A major hedge fund has agreed to pay a record $614m (£406m) to US regulators to settle charges of insider trading. SAC Capital, run by Steve Cohen, did not admit or deny the charges. A unit of the business was accused of profiting from secret…
March 18, 2013
Delano Williams performs big at Jamaica’s Boys Championship 2013
The all boy school Calabar High roared loudly on the final day to successfully defend the Mortimor Geddes trophy symbol of schoolboys' track and field supremacy, when they strolled to an easy victory on Saturday's final day of the 103rd…
March 18, 2013
Rafael Nadal rallies to win Indian Wells title
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March 18, 2013
Heat pull away from Raptors, win 22nd straight
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