China joins IDB
China will join the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as its 22nd donor member, building on its growing links with Latin America and the Caribbean, the bank said Friday following discussions with the emerging powerhouse a day earlier.
MBA heat - Getting the million-dollar degree
The Master's in Business Administration (MBA) and Executive Master's in Business Administration (EMBA) programmes continue to be the flavour of the year among the ambitious, with high demand for the courses at local universities. But the cost is upwards of a million dollars ...
Insurance - Who pays for the mistakes of doctors?
I don't see much information about medical malpractice or medical malpractice insurance. Can doctors get insurance to cover alleged cases of malpractice? If yes, which insurers provide coverage? How expensive is it? Can institutions, like hospitals, buy insurance to cover the alleged liability of their employees?
The coming recession and oil
Three weeks ago, there was an almost tangible sense of fear in Europe. Then families and individuals realised for the first time in their lives that their savings and pensions could disappear if market confidence fell further and shares in banks plummeted to levels at which their viability became questionable.
Jamaica's coffee farmers worry about drop in sales
Producers of Jamaica's world-famous Blue Mountain coffee say thousands of gourmet beans are piling up after two of their largest buyers withdrew without explanation.
Cellphones at risk - Researchers expect hackers to go mobile
Some of the most vicious Internet predators are hackers who infect thousands of PCs with special viruses and lash the machines together into 'botnets' to pump out spam or attack other computers. Now security researchers say cellphones, and not just PCs, are the next likely conscripts into the automated armies.
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