Presents a view on the war on terror from the perspective of a small country, the Bahamas, which is an offshore financial centre. Recounts the dispute between the Financial Action Task Force and the Caribbean Financial Task Force over the former’s “naming and shaming” report in June 2000...

Job shop scheduling has been the focus of much research. Heuristic rules to assist in this endeavour abound in the literature. However, rules leading to the optimum schedule have been elusive. The predominant scheduling methods now used are specifically tailored to the type of job shop....