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EIT Jumpstarter 2025: Final chance to join Europe’s top pre-accelerator for EU entrepreneurs! (Sponsored)
The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), an EU body that aims to support and convert innovative ideas into promising businesses, has announced the final registration call for the 2025 edition of EIT Jumpstarter. This flagship EU...

Six to Punch For Saint Lucia In Guadeloupe
President of the Saint Lucia Boxing Association, David ‘Shakes’ Christopher is confident of the team`s performance at the 2025 Caribbean Trophy Boxing Tournament in Guadeloupe this coming weekend. The SLBA is sending six fighters to the French...

The challenges of agricultural waste in Guadeloupe constitute a climate and health emergency
Recovery of agricultural chemical waste in Guadeloupe. Photo by Olivia Losbar, used with permission. In Guadeloupe, a French-speaking Caribbean island whose recent history has been marked by a chlordecone pollution scandal, agricultural waste...

Japan's Cross-Border E-Commerce“WAFUU” Adds Shipping To 37 New Countries
(MENAFN- AETOSWire) (BUSINESS WIRE ) -- QRESTIA Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; President & CEO: Hidemasa Fukada) is pleased to announce that WAFUU, its cross-border e-commerce site, has expanded its shipping Network to an additional 37...

Guadeloupe: seizing the opportunity of a blackout…
Effects of a blackout amidst a popular uprising in the Caribbean a few months ago. On Friday October 25 in the French colony of Guadeloupe, shortly after 8:30 a.m., striking EDF employees in a month-long dispute with their management invaded the...
Japan’s Cross-border E-Commerce “WAFUU.COM” Adds Shipping to 37 New Countries
Now delivering to 107 countries worldwide, accelerating global expansionArticle content TOKYO — QRESTIA Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; President & CEO: Hidemasa Fukada) is pleased to announce that WAFUU.COM, its cross-border e-commerce site,...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, January 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

OECS Entrepreneurs Set Voyage On 5th Edition of the Caribbean Business Cruise
Castries, Saint Lucia – 18 February, 2025 – The Caribbean Business Cruise (CBC) is back for its 5th edition, promising to empower micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the Caribbean with unique opportunities for business growth and...

EV Motors and Bahamas Development Bank Announce Partnership to Drive Sustainable Business Development in The Bahamas
By LINDSAY THOMPSON Bahamas Information Services ATLANTIS, Paradise Island, The Bahamas — Director General of Tourism Latia Duncombe said The Bahamas remains committed as a leader in visitor experience, as more than 1,000 participants were...

OECS pushes for clean energy transition to reinvent economy by 2030
OECS Director General Didacus Jules has set an ambitious goal for member states saying there is an urgent need for reinventing their economies through clean energy initiatives and achieving “significant” renewable energy penetration by the year...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, December and Annual 2024
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

OECS Energy Ministers to Plot Transformative Energy Roadmap to Boost Economies
A landmark strategy to drive economic transformation through sustainable energy over the next decade in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will be the focus of the Third Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Energy on...

OECS Energy Ministers to Plot Transformative Energy Roadmap to Boost Economies And Maintain Sustainability
A landmark strategy to drive economic transformation through sustainable energy over the next decade in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will be the focus of the Third Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Energy on...

Montserrat Entrepreneur Christal Edgecombe to Showcase Glow H&B Essentials on Caribbean Business Cruise
Christal Edgecombe, founder of Glow H&B Essentials, a natural hair and skincare line based in Montserrat, will represent her brand at the 5th edition of the Caribbean Business Cruise, organised by Isanaja Consulting. The event, scheduled from...

Guadeloupe loses electricity after striking workers seize power station
The French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe has been left entirely without power after striking workers seized control of the territory’s power station. Employees at the power station in the industrial zone of Jarry entered the command room “and...
Guadeloupe entirely without power, authorities blame striking workers
A street in the city of Point-a-Pitre on the French Caribbean island of Guaedloupe in April. Photo: AFP / CEDRICK-ISHAM CALVADOS France's overseas territory of Guadeloupe was entirely without power on Friday, with authorities blaming striking...

Guadeloupe suffers power outage blamed on striking staff
France's overseas territory of Guadeloupe was entirely without power on Friday, October 25, with authorities blaming striking workers for the outage. Workers at the territory's thermal power station in the industrial zone of Jarry entered the...
Guadeloupe: Officials likely to maintain heightened security and related restrictions in Guadeloupe through early November /update 1
Tropical Storm Trami is tracking southwestward inland over central Vietnam Oct. 27 having made landfall over southern Thua Thien Hue Province close to Da Nang at around 10:00 ICT. As of 16:00, the system's center of circulation was approximately...

Just-In-Time Testing: How to Test End-To-End Business Processes Across Cloud Apps
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, November 2024
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...