L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DES BAHAMAS - The FRENCH CINE (Movie) CLUB will be held as usual on the first Friday of every month at
the Alliance in the Societe Generale Private Banking Building, 4, West
Bay Street, Nassau.

March's movie,

La Rafle will be held on Friday, March 4, 2011 -at 6:30 p.m.

La Rafle (English:

The Roundup)
is a 2010 French film directed by Roselyne Bosch and produced by Alain
Goldman. The film stars Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno and  Gad Elmaleh.
Based on the true story of a young Jewish boy

By LARRY LAGE

AP Sports Writer

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan State started the season ranked No. 2, insisting that making a third straight Final Four wouldn't be satisfying.

As the unranked Spartans (16-12, 8-8 Big Ten) start the last week of the regular season, they simply hope to get into the NCAA tournament.

"I don't talk about it all the time because there's enough pressure on them," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said Monday. "It is something that is important to all of them and it is to me. I don't ignore it, but I don't beat on it either. We're telling them every game is like an NCAA tournament game for us now."

The Spartans probably c ...

By MEGAN REYNOLDS

Tribune Staff Reporter

mreynolds@tribunemedia.net

CONTINUING education requirements for licensed Bahamas-based securities dealers were urged yesterday, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) president saying this nation was one of the few that did not have such stipulations.

Proposed regulations designed to boost confidence and investment in Bahamian and international markets were divulged by industry professionals at a seminar held by the Bahamas Association of Securities Dealers (BASD).

Around 30 of the 554 Securities Commission registrants in the Bahamas gathered at the British Colonial Hilton and heard about developments in the industry to ensure Baha ...

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

The Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) is behind on National Insurance Board (NIB) and employee pension fund contributions made on behalf of ZNS staff, it was revealed yesterday, with 2010 advertising revenues just one-third of its total $15 million expenditure.

The disclosure was made in the BCB's response to the Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority's (URCA) consultation on Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in the Bahamas, the Corporation agreeing that ZNS needed continual taxpayer funding "for the foreseeable future".

Although the sums due to NIB and the BCB employee pension fund were not disclosed, when com ...