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February 16, 2011

Grammy awards watched by more than 26 million in US

This year's Grammy awards were watched by 26.66 million TV viewers in the US, its biggest audience for 11 years. Viewing figures were up around 3% from last year's audience of 25.87m, broadcaster CBS said. The show saw Lady Gaga emerging from a…

February 16, 2011

US informant in Buju Banton’s case ‘desperate’

Reggae star Buju Banton trial kicked off on Monday, a day after the artiste won…

February 16, 2011

Gramps celebrates with Buju

Reggae crooner Gramps Morgan was one of several acts from the reggae fraternity who offered congratulatory messages to cultural icon Buju Banton for his well-deserved Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. "Congrats my brother on your victory at…

February 16, 2011

Tourism minister for talks with airline officials

St Lucia's Tourism Minister Allan Chastanet is due in Trinidad and Tobago on…

February 16, 2011

Bermudians jailed for smuggling ganja from Jamaica

Two women who smuggled almost US$30,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda on board a charter flight from Jamaica have each been jailed for 18 months. Bermudians Desiree Burrows, 21, and Shaniqwa O'Brien, 20, admitted concealing marijuana on their…

February 16, 2011

LIME lands Cuba link

Chairman of LIME Jamaica, Chris Dehring (second left) and three workers of Denholm Offshore -- (from left)…

February 15, 2011

Slash mortgage deductions for the rich

President Obama's plan to limit two popular deductions for wealthy taxpayers…

February 15, 2011

Chevron to fight multi-billion Ecuador ruling

Chevron has vowed to fight a multi-billion dollar judgment from an Ecuadorian court accusing the oil company of polluting the Amazon rainforest. "The Ecuadorian court's judgment is illegitimate and unenforceable," said Chevron, in a press release…

February 15, 2011

Stocks poised for weak ope

U.S. stocks were headed for a flat opening Tuesday, as investors digested a weaker-than-expected report on January retail sales. Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were little changed ahead of the opening…

February 15, 2011

Chinese consumers squeezed by rising prices

Inflation in China has been on a tear lately, and Chinese consumers are feeling the pinch of rising food, energy and housing prices. "Fuel prices are rising, toll prices are higher, food prices are rising; but even if it's expensive, we still…