Republic now owns 54% of bank in Cayman Islands
By Aleem Khan From Trinidad Express REPUBLIC Bank is now the majority shareholder of Cayman National bank, both banks announced yesterday. Republic Bank now owns 54.15 per cent of the Cayman Islands bank’s parent company’s ordinary shares. Republic Financial Holdings…
Cayman Islands Marlin gold and silver bullion coins are joined by coloured proof versions
From AgAuNEWS 2018 CAYMAN ISLANDS MARLIN The Cayman Islands bullion coin seems to be quite popular and is now on its second year of release. There haven’t been any changes to the design to date. A pretty cool, very dynamic…
US SEC Commissioner warns retirement crisis ‘Tsunami’ approaching
By F McGuire From Newsmax SEC Commissioner Kara Stein reportedly has warned that “the retirement crisis is a tsunami that is rapidly approaching.” Stein spoke to the Brookings Institution on Tuesday, giving a talk titled “The New American Dream: Retirement…
Destination of the week
By Sasha Wood From Holiday Place UK Top tips for a trip to the Cayman Islands My marine biologist friend had the enviable job of monitoring biodiversity in her coral back garden in the Caymans. The underwater images of her…
2 surprising things that slow mental decline
From Newsmax You won’t jump for joy when you’re told you need hearing aids or cataract surgery. But get this: Both appear to slow mental decline in older adults. That’s what researchers concluded after studying more than 2,000 people in…
This absurd parody proves that all TED Talks really do sound the same
BY MORGAN SUNG From Mashable It’s not just you: A lot of TED Talks sound the same. Comedian and writer Keaton Patti — who imagined what a White House press briefing written by a bot might sound like — just…
A shadowy group spent £257,000 on Facebook ads asking people to drive a knife into Theresa May’s Brexit plan
By Jake Kanter From Business Insider Politicians have uncovered evidence of a dark advertising campaign on Facebook, in which Brits were encouraged to lobby against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan. The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee said £257,000…
Concacaf Referee Named for Asian Football Confederation Champions League Semifinal
Miami (Friday, October 19, 2018) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) and The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today announced that Mark Geiger, two-time FIFA World Cup veteran and 2014 Concacaf Referee of the Year,…
20 members of child sex ring jailed in UK
AP From IOL London – Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing more than a dozen teenage girls in the city of Huddersfield in northern England. The men were found guilty in a series of trials this year….
Scientists finally find proof that Earth’s core is solid
From WN Researchers from the Australian National University are confident they have found direct proof for the first time, that the Earth’s inner core is solid — albeit a little bit squishy, Newsweek reports. In a paper published in the journal Science,…
