Alpart crumbles
ANOTHER 900 bauxite workers will be jolted by job cuts in less than two months as the ailing Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) announced a decision to suspend its mining and refinery operations for no less than a year. The announcement about the May 15 closure...

Madoff's accountant arrested, released on US$2.5m bail
NEW YORK (AP) Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant has been released on US$2.5 million in bail.The 49-year-old David Friehling was arrested on fraud charges yesterday and accused of helping the disgraced money manager cheat thousands of investors out...