Antigua and Barbuda

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Tropical Storm Erika forms near northern Leeward Islands

AFP American Edition 80 days ago

A swirl of bad weather developed into Tropical Storm Erika Tuesday just east of the Caribbean basin near the northern Leeward Islands, the US National Hurricane Center said. Island governments across the region issued storm watches in preparation for the arrival of ...

Stanford group finance officer admits huge fraud

AFP Global Edition 85 days ago

The chief financial officer of the investment company owned by Texas cricket mogul Allen Stanford Thursday pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a complex seven-billion-dollar fraud. James Davis, 60, the former chief financial officer of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, pleaded guilty to ...

Chavez aids Antigua after Stanford fraud scandal

Reuters US Online Report Top News 98 days ago

MIAMI (Reuters) - The tiny Caribbean state of Antigua and Barbuda, still reeling from the fraud scandal surrounding Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, on Thursday found a new foreign benefactor in Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer told the nation in ...

Antigua's highest peak renamed 'Mount Obama'

AP News 108 days ago

Happy Birthday Mr. President: Antigua's gift is to rename highest peak 'Mount Obama' Antigua's highest mountain officially became "Mount Obama" on Tuesday as the small Caribbean nation celebrated the American president on his birthday and saluted him as a symbol of black ...

Stanford receiver may sue investors: judge

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 110 days ago

DALLAS, July 31 - A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the court-appointed receiver overseeing the assets of Allen Stanford may sue to recover interest, but not principal, from 600 investors who hold $925 million in certificates of deposit issued by the ...

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