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May 21, 2012 (Road Town, British Virgin Islands ) – Ever since Wonder Woman became the first big female super hero in 1942, super heroines from Batwoman to the Fantastic Four's Invisible Girl have been a force to be reckoned with.  This ...

Mary Henderson from Dalkeith, Midlothian, was shocked to discover a scorpion in her bedroom a month after she and her family returned from a break in the British Virgin Islands.

The technology giant has set up up offices in Nevada, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands to ensure it pays a tax rate of just 9.8 per cent.

The NY Times is reporting that by routing huge amounts of income through low-tax places like Nevada, Ireland, Luxembourg, and the British Virgin Islands, Apple probably avoided paying $2.4 billion dollars in U.S. taxes last year alone. That's billion, with a B. More »

An anonymous reader writes "An article at the NY Times explains the how the most profitable tech company in the world becomes even more profitable by finding ways to avoid or minimize taxes. Quoting: 'Apple's headquarters are in Cupertino, Calif. By putting an office in Reno, just 200 miles away, to collect and invest the company's profits, Apple sidesteps state income taxes on some of those ga...

Jackpot! Moniker sells Jackpot.com for a big payout. A British Virgin Islands company has purchased the domain name Jackpot.com for $500,000. The sale was brokered by Moniker. The domain name has been listed in multiple Moniker live auctions, but the sale occurred after the most recent live auction at DOMAINfest. The updated whois record for [...]

CRAIG BROWN: Sir Mick Jagger's Chelsea property is, we learn, registered through a company in the British Virgin Islands. But this will come as no surprise to keen students of his songs...

Report exposes how four of five biggest health companies that lobbied in favour of health bill can keep taxes to a minimumLeading private health firms hoping to benefit from the government's controversial NHS reforms have set up corporate structures that allow the avoidance of tax on millions of pounds' worth of profit, it can be revealed.An investigation into the accounts of five of the bigges...

8220;To speak of Mr. Romney just in terms of his achievements in business, politics, and diplomacy is to miss a great deal of what made this man unique and special,” Orlando Smith, the Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands, said in 2007. He was not speaking of . . . (Subscription required.)

Researchers have recently discovered four new chameleon species, which rank among the world's tiniest reptiles. Adults of the smallest species are just over an inch from snout to tail.

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Some of the world's best sailing is in the protected British Virgin Islands. It is a perfect cruising paradise for sailors. And here's what to see while there.

Many destinations would play down the fact that they cannot easily be reached by air. But the British Virgin Islands make a virtue of their remoteness - as Richard Pendlebury discovers.

A MAN accused of depriving investors of €177,000 headed a company called Pear Shaped Resources, it was claimed in court yesterday. Donegal Circuit Court was told the company was set up in January 2004 in the British Virgin Islands and the share capital was in US dollars.

The singer, who's from the British Virgin Islands, breaks down after speaking in a Caribbean accent