Giant pandas are no longer ‘endangered,’ but eastern gorillas face extinction
BY MARIA GALLUCCI From Mashable Giant pandas, break out your best bamboo. You’re no longer considered an endangered species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Sunday moved the black-eared, white-faced bears from “endangered” to “vulnerable” on its…
Growing new coral
This Caribbean island is growing new coral. and it just got a big boost. From Caribbean Journal Bonaire’s pioneering coral restoration efforts are getting a big boost. The Dutch government has granted the Coral Restoration Foundation Bonaire new one-time funding…
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Daimler will fight Tesla with ‘at least’ six electric cars
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s stepping up its EV game to avoid being left out. It looks like Daimler’s plans to fight Tesla are even more ambitious than first thought. Reuters sources understand that the German automaker is working…
The UK is proposing that all victims of crimes should have the rights to meet their offenders
By Ian Paylor, From The Conversation UK From Business Insider For some victims of crime, coming face to face with the perpetrator can be a cathartic experience. Now, a new report from British MPs on the Justice Select Committee proposes…
Tribeca launches new Cayman vehicle
From Money Management Tribeca Investment Partners has launched a new Cayman vehicle for the Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund aimed at meeting demand from international investors. Launch of the new product was confirmed by the co-portfolio manager of the fund,…
The biotech empires of Silicon Valley and Europe
By Bérénice Magistretti From Techcrunch As biotechnology gains prominence among investors, two hubs have emerged as hotbeds of innovation for the resurgent industry. While the two-square-mile patch of South San Francisco bustles with more than 70 biotech firms, including Genentech, Amgen…
From the Caribbean to the USA, via Brazil: an interminable migration route
By The Observers Both poverty and political persecution have forced many Haitians and Cubans to flee their respective countries over the past few decades. Most of them hope to rebuild their lives in the United States, where large immigrant communities…
Cash disappearing on S&P 500 balance sheets pinches buybacks
From Newsmax Little by little, the corporate cushion is shrinking. Pressured by a year-and-a-half of weakening profits and splurges on buybacks and dividends, the once-towering piles of money at American companies have started to topple. Cash and equivalents slipped to…
St Kitts: Team UNITY Government : No plans to move Bradshaw Memorial Statue
From Time Caribbean Basseterre, St.Kitts (September 4th 2016):- The life-size monument to St.Kitts-Nevis first National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (1916-1978), which is located on 3.5 acres of land in his hometown of St. Paul’s, will remain…
Cayman Islands’ Tobacco Licence renewables due in November
The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) reminds all tobacco dealers that according to the Tobacco Law, their annual applications for registration renewals must be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday, 1 November 2016. Applications submitted between 2 November and 31…
