December 16, 2014
Brent oil price falls below $59 a barrel
The price of Brent crude oil has fallen below $59 a barrel for the first time since May 2009. After dropping below $60, the Brent price then fell to $58.50 a barrel, before recovering slightly to $59.01. Oil prices have now nearly halved since June…
December 16, 2014
Apple defeats $1bn court case alleging anti-competition
Apple has been found not guilty of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour by a jury in California. The long-running suit focused on Apple's 2006 update to its iTunes software which meant only iPods could play music purchased from the store.…
December 16, 2014
N. Korea Calls on UN to Focus on US Rights Abuses
North Korea has requested the U.N. Security Council not probe alleged human rights violations by Pyongyang, but instead investigate what it called "brutal" and "medieval" abuses by the U.S. In a letter late Monday, North Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja…
December 16, 2014
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION
HE The Governor, Peter Beckingham, announced at the Financial Service Commission (FSC) AGM on Friday 12 December that he has finalised arrangements for a review of the body to be undertaken in January 2015. The review will explore the Financial…
December 16, 2014
141 Dead in Taliban Attack on Pakistan School
The siege of a school in Pakistan by Taliban militants has ended, leaving at least 141 people dead, most of them students. Islamist militants wearing military uniforms and strapped with explosives attacked the military-run facility in the…
December 16, 2014
Trinidad judge released on TT$5,000 bail
The vice president of the Industrial Court, Ramchand Lutchmedial, will re-appear in court on January 12 next year after he was released on TT$5,000 after pleading not guilty to a charge of failing to submit a specimen of breath for a breathalyser…
December 15, 2014
Thunder dims the Suns lights
Russell Westbrook totaled 28 points, eight assists and eight rebounds as the Oklahoma City Thunder threading the sixth straight victory, 112-88 on Sunday to crush the Suns in Phoenix. Kevin Durant added 23 points and eight rebounds to the cause of…
December 15, 2014
Kobe Bryant Of LA Lakers surpasses Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant has passed Michael Jordan to sit third on the National Basketball Association's all-time scoring list. Bryant, 36, achieved the feat as he helped his Los Angeles Lakers side to victory at the Minnesota Timberwolves. "It's a huge honour.…
December 15, 2014
DIGICEL BRINGS CHRISTMAS CHEER TO DORIS ROBINSON PRIMARY
The students of Doris Robinson Primary School on the island of Middle Caicos were all smiles as they received some early Christmas gifts from Digicel. Staff members from the nation’s leading telecoms company went bearing gifts for both staff and…
December 15, 2014
JA Motorsport Nano is world’s cheapest car, accelerated
The Tata Nano was meant to be an affordable way to get India off mopeds and mobile. The 21st Century answer to the VW Beetle, if you will. Fair to say it failed in that grand ambition, the Nano managing a deplorable 10,200 sales during the first…