Barbados

LA GOMERA, The Canary Islands, December 6, 2011 - - Raising Over 1.4m for Charity - World's Toughest Rowing Race Begins Today, teams from around the world have started the world's toughest rowing race - Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 15, 2011 - Barbados clarifies its position as a treaty-based offshore financial jurisdiction In an official statement issued earlier today, Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of the Government of Barbados took the opportunity to respond to a recent statement made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy -one that mistakenly characterized Barbados and could result in erroneous and damaging conclusions.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 9, 2011 - Existing provisions for the exchange tax information between governments updated to adopt OECD definitions The Governments of Barbados and Canada have signed a protocol to amend their existing double taxation agreement (DTA) in order to update previously used provisions for the exchange of information between the tax authorities of the two countries.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 4, 2011 - Signed Agreements: DTAs With Czech Republic and Iceland, Protocols to DTAs With Sweden, Norway and Finland, TIEAs With Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands Barbados has signed Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) with the Czech Republic and with Iceland, protocols to update the tax information exchange provisions within existing DTAs with Sweden, Norway and Finland, and has signed new Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) with Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

LONDON, October 4, 2011 - A recent survey conducted by Ipsos Reid to gauge American women's attitudes towards In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) has found that 74% would travel outside the US for treatment if success rates were higher and treatment costs were lower.