Frozen Homm Funds Roiled by Deception of Investors (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Garmin Ltd., the biggest U.S. manufacturer of car navigation devices, will make a hostile 2.3 billion-euro ($3.3 billion) cash offer for Tele Atlas NV, topping a bid by TomTom NV for the digital-mapping company.Garmin Plans to Offer EU2.3 Billion for Tele Atlas (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Garmin Ltd., the biggest U.S. maker of car navigation devices, will make a hostile 2.3 billion-euro ($3.3 billion) cash offer for Tele Atlas NV, trumping a bid by TomTom NV for the digital-mapping company.Garmin Plans to Offer EU2.3 Billion for Tele Atlas (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Florian Homm had good news for investors in his hedge fund during a conference call on Aug. 28. Markets across Europe had been tumbling over the previous six weeks amid fears that the U.S. subprime crisis would spread.Frozen Homm Funds Roiled by Deception of Investors (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

World wide wed (Boston Globe)

NOVEMBER 01, 2006 — The Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert profiles specialty food winners and losers. Tastefully Simple Merlot Sauce This gourmet steak sauce bears a resemblance in taste to A.1. Steak Sauce with a hint of merlot wine added.Hits & Misses (The Gourmet Retailer)

fter a recent string of medical emergencies, Margaret D’Arcy cannot bring herself to fly off to the Carribbean and away from her doctors. But the 74-year-old from Hingham would also not think of missing her nephew’s wedding in the Cayman Islands. Aunt Peg is looking forward to watching the ceremony – via the Internet.World wide wed (Boston Globe)

Cayman Islands house dangerous mealybug (Pravda Ru)

Agriculture officials found a new infestation of an island-hopping insect that damaged crops and ornamental plants on the British dependency’s main island last year.Cayman Islands house dangerous mealybug (Pravda Ru)

GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) – Agriculture officials reported a new infestation of an island-hopping insect that damaged crops and ornamental plants on the British dependency’s main island last year.Destructive mealybug found in Caymans (Sharewatch)

World wide wed (Boston Globe)

Great Pumpkin caperPlymouth Pipeline (Plymouth Observer)

Oct 15, 2007 1:15 AM (7 days ago) From ACS, Inc., Distributed by Press ReleaseUBS Global Asset Management and ACS Form Strategic Alliance to Offer End-to-End Retirement Solution for DC and DB Plans (The San Francisco Examiner)

DALLAS and CHICAGO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Affiliated Computer Services, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. and UBS ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) Global Asset Management today announced the formation of a new strategic alliance that will offer FORTUNE 500(TM) plan sponsors an end-to-end retirement solution for Defined Contribution (DC) and Defined Benefit (DB) plans.UBS Global Asset Management and ACS Form Strategic Alliance to Offer End-to-End Retirement Solution for DC and DB Plans (FinanzNachrichten)

News in brief (Holmen Courier)

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.26.10.2007 – DJ DGAP-PVR: HCI Capital AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German … (4investors)

Stimmrechtsmitteilung ??bermittelt durch euro adhoc mit dem Ziel einer europaweiten Verbreitung. F??r den Inhalt ist der Emittent verantwortlich. =euro adhoc: MPC M??nchmeyer Petersen Capital AG / Ver??ffentlichung gem???? ?? 26 WpHG Abs. 1 Satz 1 mit dem Ziel der … (Finanztreff.de)

Destructive mealybug found in Caymans (Sharewatch)

GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) – Agriculture officials reported a new infestation of an island-hopping insect that damaged crops and ornamental plants on the British dependency’s main island last year.Destructive mealybug found in Caymans (Sharewatch)

Agriculture officials found a new infestation of an island-hopping insect that damaged crops and ornamental plants on the British dependency’s main island last year.Cayman Islands house dangerous mealybug (Pravda Ru)

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro made his first live appearance on Cuban airwaves Sunday since falling ill 14 months ago, seeming lucid and in good humor as he exchanged praise and jokes with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.A package of news briefs from the Caribbean (Miami Herald)

Frozen Homm Funds Roiled by Deception of Investors (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)

Cruising can be a great family vacation. The question from our friends was almost unanimous: “You’re taking your kids on a cruise?” Of course! We weren’t the only ones with this idea: More than 500 of the 2,400 passegers on our Royal Caribbean ship were children.Royal Caribbean’s weeklong cruise as much fun for kids as their parents. (Austin American-Statesman)

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.News in brief (Holmen Courier)

In its quest to improve regulations governing securities in The Bahamas, the industry’s regulator will be presenting draft legislation to the government next month.Stakeholders feeling snubbed by Commission (The Nassau Guardian)

EITHER there have been no material developments or a lack of rigour about disclosure.ConsMin investors in dark (The Australian)

Plymouth Pipeline (Plymouth Observer)

Weddings, engagements and anniversariesTogether (10/15/07) (Anchorage Daily News)

Great Pumpkin caperPlymouth Pipeline (Plymouth Observer)

Television movies for the week of Oct. 7Television movies for the week of Oct. 7 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Malaysia’s Berjaya Land To Build US$500 MLN Complex In’s Korea (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Florian Homm had good news for investors in his hedge fund during a conference call on Aug. 28. Markets across Europe had been tumbling over the previous six weeks amid fears that the U.S. subprime crisis would spread.Frozen Florian Homm Funds Hit by Deception of Majorca Investors (Bloomberg.com)

George Frost, the former Palm Beach town manager famous for surveying the island on his motor scooter and slinging insults at county decisions, died Sunday morning at JFK Medical Center.Obituary: G. Frost, outspoken official on island (The Palm Beach Post)

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) — Pallinghurst Resources LLP, a London- based mining investment group, said it will lead a group of investors prepared to spend as much as $450 million to develop a colored gemstone and luxury-goods business under the Faberge brand.Faberge to Be Revived by Pallinghurst-Led Investment Group (Bloomberg.com)

United America Indemnity, Ltd. Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results and Share Repurchase Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

????Sycal Ventures Berhad (KLSE:9717) on Monday announced that its wholly-owned unit Sycal Properties Sdn Bhd (SPSB) has signed a joint venture agreement to develop 122 units of shop lots and 92 units of residential buildings in Taiping in the state of Perak.BRIEFING – ASIA REAL ESTATE – OCT 23, 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)

WealthCraft Systems Inc. (OTCBB:WCSY), a leading IT solution provider for financial institutions, today announced that Wing Lung Bank Limited has chosen WealthCraft full suite Advisor Workbench (AWB) for financial planning, portfolio and customer relations management to enhance the bank’s financial planning services.Wing Lung Bank Utilizes WealthCraft Full Suite Advisor Workbench to Support Financial Planning Services (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)

Petro Rubiales Energy Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 25 percent of the outstanding shares of Rubiales Holdings Limited .Petro Rubiales to acquire remaining 25 percent interest in Rubiales Holdings Limited (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)

Leading shares were confined to a narrow range in London this morning, with little impetus derived from stronger than expected GDP growth.FTSE rangebound (Investors Chronicle)