Kewill Makes Acquisitions to Boost Shipping Portfolio.
Supply chain management software vendor Kewill Systems Plc has announced the acquisition of Paral System Software Pvt Ltd of India, as well as software and intellectual property assets from ShipNow Global Holdings Ltd of the British Virgin Islands, for an initial consideration of $3.05m. The Staines, UK-based...

Economic and political prospects for the British Atlantic Dependent Territories.
The post-colonial era has not yet arrived, for numerous places retain some form of colonial relationship with a distant state. The French administer nine inhabited overseas territories with a total population of about 1.75 million (Aldrich and Connell, 1992). Other dependent territories are British, though the UK, in contrast to...

Lawsuit filed against makers of soyabean oil breast implants.
The legal fall-out from the recent UK Government decision to advocate removal of soyabean oil breast implants is now under way (see Biomedical Materials, August 2000, p. 12). They are no longer on sale in the UK. In August, Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman filed a products liability...

QUIZZICAL.
DECK-A-DENCE Q: Is it true that the word `posh' is derived from cruise expeditions of the last century? A: POSH stands for Port Out Starboard Home. This was used on the P&O ships to India in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Due to the...

Carnival Introduces Eight-Day Eastern Caribbean Itinerary.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-9 April 2008-Carnival Introduces Eight-Day Eastern Caribbean Itinerary(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Carnival Cruise Lines has added a new eight-day eastern Caribbean cruise option from New York aboard the 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle featuring port calls to Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos; the private island...

Celebrity Cruises Previews 2009-10 Caribbean Season.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-24 April 2008-Celebrity Cruises Previews 2009-10 Caribbean Season(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Celebrity Cruises announced that it is giving Caribbean cruise enthusiasts something to celebrate in late 2009 and early 2010. For the first time in five years, Celebrity will offer a...

Whatever happened to Tanganyika?; the place names that history left behind.
9781906032050 Whatever happened to Tanganyika?; the place names that history left behind. Campbell, Harry. Portico Books 2007 158 pages $20.00 Hardcover G107 This book takes readers through the genesis and demise...

Trinidad Carnival today: local culture in a global context.
Garth L Green and Philip W. Scher (eds.), Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2007.254 pp. When I first started looking at Festival on the Eastern Caribbean island of Tortola almost two decades ago, there were a few articles...

U.S. man jailed for islandfishing violation.
Byline: The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A retired U.S. police officer is in a prison in the British Virgin Islands, serving a one-year sentence alongside drug traffickers and robbers. His crime? Fishing without a license. U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. John deJongh, whose...

Beiersdorf acquires major stake in C-Bons hair care.
* CHINA: Beiersdorf AG announced that it has, through its Austrian 100% affiliate Beiersdorf CEE Holding GmbH, entered into an agreement with C-Bons Holding (International) Limited, Hong Kong, and Global Source Investments Limited, British Virgin Islands to acquire an 85% stake in C-Bons Hair Care, one of the leading...