RBC profit edges past forecasts; dividend raised
By David Berman – Banking Reporter From The Globe and Mail Royal Bank of Canada boosted its dividend after reporting that its profits rose 4 per cent in the third quarter to nearly $2.5-billion, providing an offset to an increasingly…
Sir Stephen House to quit as Police Scotland chief constable
From BBC Sir Stephen House confirms his intention to step down as chief constable of Police Scotland The chief constable of Police Scotland is to stand down from his post at the start of December, he has confirmed. Sir Stephen…
DOMINICA – Caribbean warned of possibility of big quake
From Barbados Today ROSEAU –– Coordinator of the Office of Disaster Management (ODM), Don Corriette, is strongly advising preparedness in view of warnings that the Caribbean could experience an 8.0 earthquake. “Scientists from the Seismic Research Centre have been indicating…
The Editor Speaks: No one wants to hear complaints and release information
It’s a very good thing for countries to have a Complaints Commissioner and an Information Commissioner. When, here in the Cayman Islands, government instigated both these offices it was welcomed by the Governor to much fanfare and applause. However, no…
JN Money limits transactions to US Dollars in Cayman
From Jamaica Gleaner The Cayman Islands (CI) operation of JN Money Services (JNMS) has advised that, starting August 24, it will accept US dollars only for money transfer, MoneyGram and Quick Cash transactions. The action appears to be an accommodation…
Maples and Calder in Cayman Islands advises Diamond Head Aviation on US$260m ABS
Cayman Islands | 26 August 2015: Maples and Calder recently advised Diamond Head Aviation 2015 Limited (the “Issuer”) on the Cayman Islands legal aspects of its US$260.75 million asset backed securitisation (“ABS”) of a diverse portfolio of 30 aircraft. AWAS…
Q&A: Credit and debit card surcharges
From MMC-News The UK government is planning to ban “excessive” fees for using a debit or credit card to buy items such as tickets online. It has gone further than recommendations from the regulator to ban surcharges on debit cards…
Live-TV shooting suspect pronounced dead at hospital
By Jaime Fuller From New York Magazine Twenty-four-year-old WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward were killed during a live-TV broadcast at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia on Wednesday morning. Police quickly began searching for a suspect, former…
The Great Fall of China?
Geoff Cook Chief Executive Officer From Jersey Finance Tumbling stock markets around the world have triggered a resurgence in the debate about the sustainability of China’s economic performance. So what does the future hold? Chinese intervention to prop up the…
Brothers assault Latino man, tell cops ‘Trump was right’ — Donald Trump calls them ‘passionate’
By Jonathan Vankin From Inquisitr Two brothers from South Boston, Massachusetts — Scott and Steve Leader — were arrested Tuesday night and charged with a brutal and unprovoked assault on a sleeping homeless man, a man of Latino descent, punching…
