April 14, 2013
TCI RED CROSS HIGH TEA AND FASHION SHOW A SUCCESS
The Turks & Caicos Islands Red Cross is dubbing its recent High Tea and Fashion Show a whopping success. The TCI Red Cross hosted its annual High Tea and Fashion Show at the Atrium (Courtyard) Restaurant of the Osprey Beach Hotel, Front Street…
April 14, 2013
Almost 19 and a half million dollars recovered with the latest acquisition of 50 acres
Another 50 acres of land recovered by the Civil recovery team, takes the total amount recovered so far to 2,500 acres; with cash recovered or ordered recovered, to nearly $19.5 million. Attorney General, Huw Shepheard announced today (Thursday…
April 10, 2013
Kim K. flaunts pregnant belly in ‘Keeping Up’ teaser
Now that Kourtney and Kim are done taking Miami (the season finale aired on Sunday), it’s time to keep up with the rest of the Kardashians. A teaser trailer for the eighth season of E!’s “Keeping Up” recently hit the Web, promising “a huge change…
April 10, 2013
P. Diddy tops list of hip-hop’s wealthiest
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has gone by many names, but for now we can call him hip-hop's biggest moneymaker. Forbes magazine has released its list of the five wealthiest hip-hop artists of 2013, and Combs is No. 1. Forbes estimates that he has a net…
April 10, 2013
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art receives $1bn donation
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has received a $1bn (£650m) donation of Cubist art from cosmetics executive Leonard Lauder. The heir to the Estee Lauder fortune has pledged 78 works - considered one of the foremost collections of Cubism in…
April 10, 2013
Barack Obama unveils $3.77tn budget plan
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a $3.77tn (£2.4tn) budget that proposes fresh taxes on the wealthy along with cuts to benefit programmes. The White House is offering to trim pensions and healthcare costs, but only in return for $700bn in…
April 10, 2013
WTO cuts 2013 trade growth forecast
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has cut its trade growth forecast for 2013 because of risks from the eurozone crisis and from greater protectionism. Global trade is now expected to grow by 3.3% this year, the WTO says, down from its earlier…
April 10, 2013
Brussels warns on Spanish and Slovenian ‘imbalances’
UK hourly labour costs have fallen nearly two euros (£1.7; $2.6) below the EU average, data from the EU's statistics agency Eurostat show. The EU average in 2012 was 23.4 euros hourly - and in the UK it was 21.6. Eurostat calls the figures…
April 10, 2013
South Korea raises alert with North to ‘vital threat
South Korea has raised its alert level to "vital threat" amid indications the North is preparing for a missile test. At least one ballistic missile with an estimated 3,000km (2,000-mile) range is fuelled and ready for launch, US and South Korean…
April 10, 2013
Horsemeat scandal: Dutch uncover large-scale meat fraud
Some 50,000 tonnes of meat supplied by two Dutch trading companies and sold as beef across Europe since January 2011 may have contained horsemeat. The meat is being recalled where possible, the Dutch authorities say. There was no evidence that…