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Haiti's Hotels Thrive Amid the Earthquake Disaster's Long Aftermath
11:45AM 12/07/2010
A year after Haiti's catastrophic quake, Port-au-Prince is still a ruin. But the views from high-end spots like the Hotel Oloffson are picture perfect, and with armies of aid workers still needing to bed down, business at hotels left intact is booming.
Six months on, and getting food to the estimated 3 million people affected by Haiti's devastating earthquake remains a major logistical and economic struggle.
Six Months Later, Haiti Foresees a Long Road to Recovery
9:56AM 7/15/2010
How long will it take Haiti to make even a modest recovery from the devastating earthquake that killed 330,000 people six months ago? At least 20 years, according to the Action Plan released by the impoverished island nation's government.
Legal Briefing: Bank Overdraft Fee Lawsuit Goes Forward
11:30AM 3/17/2010
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo & Co
In Wednesday's legal news, a judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against big banks over wrongful overdraft fees. The banks could face a multi-billion dollar judgment. And should U.S. companies competing for rebuilding contracts in Haiti be exempt from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act?
First Haiti, then Chile. Now Turkey. It's enough to make you wonder whether professional crackpot Pat Robertson is right, that God is shaking up our world like a snow globe.
Good news -- we're not actually getting more earthquakes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, in the last 100 years,...
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Scam targets Haitians in U.S. trying to help family members
5:30PM 1/26/2010
Haitians living in the U.S. are being targeted by a scam that convinces them to pay money with the promise of getting their relatives to this country, the Embassy of Haiti and the Greater Washington Haiti Relief Committee announced.
Potential victims are contacted by phone or with fliers passed...
Within hours of last week's earthquake in Haiti, charities were scrambling to respond to the catastrophe. So too were cyber-criminals, who were looking to exploit unwitting Internet users seeking to donate to the relief effort. It has gotten so bad, the FBI and others have issued warnings to the public.
As the aftershocks continue, an international company specializing in composite wall panels has pledged to donate 1,000 small homes to the Haiti relief effort.
InnoVida CEO Claudio Osorio told WalletPop he has secured both the support of President Bill Clinton and free barge transport to carry the...
The 6.1 aftershock in Haiti on Wednesday underscores the multitude of challenges facing the country, where the International Monetary Fund estimates that the disaster could cost much more than the $900 million in damage from 2008's hurricanes.
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