Business News Briefs From the Caribbean (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Mick Webb samples sumptuous snorkelling, marauding mosquitoes and goes to Hell on Grand Cayman. We arrived in Grand Cayman on a cruise-ship day.9:45AM (The New Zealand Herald)
Cuban finance officials acknowledged in an unusually critical year-end report that the country’s economy is still suffering the effects of the severe crisis of the 1990s but nevertheless grew 12.5 percent in 2006.Business News Briefs From the Caribbean (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Knights BachelorNew Year Honours in full (Independent)
PartyPoker.com and PokerListings.com in Holiday Mood with New Reload Bonus (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
grand cayman, Cayman Islands (PRWeb) December 22, 2006 — PokerListings.PartyPoker.com and PokerListings.com in Holiday Mood with New Reload Bonus (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
The chairman and chief executive of Garmin Ltd., a maker of digital navigation products, sold 68,992 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.Garmin Chief Executive Sells Shares (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Min H. Kao reported he sold 30,708 shares Tuesday for $54.84 apiece and sold 50,300 shares Wednesday for $55.46 to $55.70 apiece.Garmin chief executive sells shares (Sharewatch)
The Jaguar XK and XKR top a third list of favorite rides that includes the Volkswagen GTI, a diesel Mercedes and a hot Mazda hatchback.The Fast and the Frugal (New York Times)
Area organizations and their upcoming eventsThe Scene (Akron Beacon Journal)
Not over ’til it’s over (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Mick Webb samples sumptuous snorkelling, marauding mosquitoes and goes to Hell on Grand Cayman. We arrived in Grand Cayman on a cruise-ship day.9:45AM (The New Zealand Herald)
Knights BachelorNew Year Honours in full (Independent)
The small wooden cottage atop a steep hill has no air conditioning, but a soft breeze through louvered windows flutters the sheer white curtains at my balcony door.Caribbean dreaming (Denver Post)
Caribbean conundrum: Where to go (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Headed to the Caribbean this year? Tens of thousands of people leaving from Philadelphia International Airport are. Here’s the rundown on what’s noteworthy and what’s new.Caribbean conundrum: Where to go (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Margaret Adelaide (Lawrence) Lind of Scituate, formerly of Norwell, a retired high school teacher, died Saturday at her home. She was 90. Born in Shutesbury, Mrs. Lind was raised in Greenfield. She attended…Margaret A. Lind (Boston Herald)
STARWATCH CONSUMER (Kansas City Star)
When it comes to brute power and performance, the GTS is a stand-out. And so it should be, with a massive 6.0-litre V8 engine lurking beneath its sedan skin, albeit with more wings and add-ons than a Boeing.dCOTY 2006: Best Performance car over $60,000 winner, Audi TT (drive.com.au)
Following is a summary of high technology news releases transmitted today by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PR Newswire for Journalists, http://media.prnewswire.com/.PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Dec. 1, 2006 (SYS-CON Media)
American Airlines raised round-trip fares $10 to $40 in most U.S. markets to help offset higher fuel prices.STARWATCH CONSUMER (Kansas City Star)
Consolidated Water Closes Public Offering of Ordinary Shares (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Cayman Islands-based Consolidated Water Company (Nasdaq: CWCO) has closed a public offering of 1.73 million ordinary shares, for net proceeds of some US$40.2mn after deductions, the company announced in a statement.CWCO completes US$40mn public offering – Caribbean (Business News Americas)
Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Company, Inc., has added Wilmington Trust’s proprietary mutual funds to FundVest??, Pershing’s no-transaction-fee mutual fund platform.The Bank of New York Company, Inc.’s Pershing Unit Adds Wilmington Trust to FundVest(R) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. announced that earlier today it closed its previously announced public offering of 1,725,000 ordinary shares, including 225,000 shares issued upon exercise in full by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.Consolidated Water Closes Public Offering of Ordinary Shares (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Football: United go through to Champions League knockout stages.Football: live Man Utd v Benfica minute-by-minute report (Guardian Unlimited)
Champions League: United survived an early scare to progress safely to the last 16.Football: live Man Utd v Benfica minute-by-minute report (Guardian Unlimited)
The pleasures of Antigua’s boutique hotels… (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Joe Kramer had just returned Nov. 28 from hunting in Clarion County, where he found no deer but where he had felt comfortable with a rifle briefly cradled in his arms once more.Not over ’til it’s over (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
If you’ve been to the Caribbean more often than to the corner grocer, as cruise specialist Rick White puts it, where else can you go this winter to flee the cold without having to mortgage your house?Beyond the same old Caribbean (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Headed to the Caribbean this year? Tens of thousands of people leaving from Philadelphia International Airport are. Here’s the rundown on what’s noteworthy and what’s new.Caribbean conundrum: Where to go (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The small, wooden cottage atop a steep hill has no air conditioning, but a soft breeze through louvered windows flutters the sheer white curtains at my balcony door. The trade winds that once carried tall ships from around the world to Antigua today carry the smell of tropical flowers to my room.The pleasures of Antigua’s boutique hotels… (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Home Depot Admits Options Errors (Hartford Courant)
American Airlines raised round-trip fares $10 to $40 in most U.S. markets to help offset higher fuel prices.STARWATCH CONSUMER (Kansas City Star)
The Home Depot Inc. said Wednesday that an internal investigation of its options practices has concluded that errors caused it to have roughly $200 million in unrecorded option expenses during a 26-year period.Home Depot Admits Options Errors (Hartford Courant)
Please impeach and remove President Bush from office. He should be removed because of the lies that misled the United States into an unecessary war.Time to impeach (Northwest Herald)
San Mateo Daily Journal (San Mateo Daily Journal)
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Thursday The Women’s Board of Akron Children’s Hospital will host the 104th Charity Ball at Goodyear Hall in Akron. Forty-five young women will be recognized at the benefit event. $175, reservations limited. Call the hospital volunteer office at 330-543-8424.This Week (Akron Beacon Journal)
Joe Kramer had just returned Nov. 28 from hunting in Clarion County, where he found no deer but where he had felt comfortable with a rifle briefly cradled in his arms once more.Not over ’til it’s over (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
COZUMEL, Mexico ? Leaving our final port of call, we had just crossed the gangplank to our giant cruise ship when I began thinking it was already time to plan our next voyage.San Mateo Daily Journal (San Mateo Daily Journal)
The airports may be packed with holiday travelers but that doesn?t stop plenty of people from getting away from South Florida for some rest and relaxation to popular winter getaways. So what locations top the list?Lisa Petrillo’s Popular Winter Getaways (CBS 4 Miami)
Caribbean conundrum: Where to go (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Headed to the Caribbean this year? Tens of thousands of people leaving from Philadelphia International Airport are. Here’s the rundown on what’s noteworthy and what’s new.Caribbean conundrum: Where to go (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Margaret Adelaide (Lawrence) Lind of Scituate, formerly of Norwell, a retired high school teacher, died Saturday at her home. She was 90. Born in Shutesbury, Mrs. Lind was raised in Greenfield. She attended…Margaret A. Lind (Boston Herald)
