CayCompass: World NewsCayCompass.com for the latest news from the Cayman Islands, the world's choice for news from the Cayman Islands. Brought to you by the leading national newspaper, the Caymanian Compass.Stocks tumble- September 17, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are tumbling again, with investors still anxious even after the government bailed out American International Group Inc. and Barclays PLC bought a chunk of Lehman Brothers.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033669 Obama picks up $9M- September 17, 2008 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033668 Oil closes below $100 a barrel- September 16, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel for the first time in six months Monday, tumbling in another dramatic sell-off as the demise of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch deepened worries about the U.S. economy.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033650 US stocks extend slid- September 16, 2008 NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks extended their decline and bond prices jumped Tuesday, a day after Wall Street's worst session in years, as nervous investors grappled with concerns about insurer American International Group Inc.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033649 Food, baths elude Ike survivors- September 16, 2008 HOUSTON (AP) - More Hurricane Ike relief was on the way for evacuees Tuesday as tens of thousands of people waited for food, water and ice, for the electricity to return to their homes or for their first hot meal and shower.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033648 Cuba damage at $5 billion- September 16, 2008 HAVANA (AP) - Gustav and Ike together delivered the worst hurricane-related blow in Cuba's storm-battered history, causing $5 billion in damages, the communist government said Monday night.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033647 Formula health warning issued- September 16, 2008 BEIJING (AP) - China's Health Ministry warned that even more babies may have been sickened by contaminated milk powder as an investigation continued Tuesday into the tainted product already linked to the deathshttp://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033651 Don't ignore leg pain- September 15, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) - Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033610 More children sickened with tainted milk- September 15, 2008 BEIJING (AP) - The number of infants Chinese health officials say were sickened by tainted milk powder doubled Monday to more than 1,200 as police announce the first arrests in the spreading scandal.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033609 Mugabe cedes some power- September 15, 2008 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe relaxed his iron hold on Zimbabwe for the first time in nearly three decades of one-man rule on Monday, forced by escalating economic chaos into sharing power with his bitter political rivals.http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1033608 |