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Derisking threatens Caribbean banking sector and trade
By Allan Wright From The Huffington Post Allan Wright is country economist for The Bahamas at the Inter-American Development Bank, and an associate researcher for the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance. He formerly was a senior economist for the…
Restaurants use this trick for reducing food waste, and it’s something you can do at home
By Sarah Jampel, Food52 From Business Insider Discarded food is an ethical, environmental, and economic problem for home cooks, but for restaurants, it’s a matter of business viability. A restaurant simply can’t survive if it’s throwing food it planned to sell…
Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation Horrified
The Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation (“CIEF”) wishes to express their condolences to the Equestrian Center of the loss of their pony Charm. We are horrified at this act of alarming violence, which was a senseless act, on two ponies, who…
Italy earthquake: Aftershocks hamper rescue efforts
From BBC Hundreds of aftershocks have rocked devastated areas of central Italy, hampering search efforts after a deadly earthquake. A strong tremor with magnitude 4.3 struck on Thursday afternoon, sending rescuers fleeing from already fragile buildings. About 5,000 rescue workers…
When do identical products have two different prices at the same store? When they’re sold At Target, obviously
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Target’s pricing and labeling incompetence is so legendary that we now use the term “Target Math” to describe a situation where any retailer baffles customers by, for example, advertising a “sale” that is more expensive…
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Economic incentives vital for development of the Guiana Shield
By Dr Odeen Ishmael From Caribbean News Now The fourth international congress on the biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, sponsored by the International Biodiversity Society of the Guiana Shield (IBG) in conjunction with the Guyana government, was held during August 8-12…
St Kitts-Nevis passes legislation to bring relief to BAICO policyholders
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — The BAICO (Plan of Arrangement) Bill, 2016, passed into law at the sitting of the St Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on Tuesday, will “provide the legal framework to implement a plan of arrangement to…
Austria’s migrant disaster: Why did 71 die?
By Bethany Bell & Nick Thorpe From BBC News No-one will ever know exactly where the 71 refugees and migrants from Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan died. The grisly discovery of their bodies in the back of a lorry on an…
A new technology called ‘containers’ is creating ‘winners and losers’ says Red Hat CEO
By Julie Bort From Business Insider By now you may have heard of a three-year old tech startup called Docker, valued at over a billion dollars, and the new tech market it created called containers. But what you may not…
Cod rebound in Newfoundland
Cod and community rebound in Newfoundland From Boston Globe In Newfoundland, where tens of thousands of people lost their jobs after the Canadian government banned the fishing of cod in 1992, there’s something new in the salty air of many…
