Analysts: Bermuda’s Third Point to top Cayman’s Greenlight on underwriting
From The Royal Gazette Bermuda’s Third Point Re, which had an IPO month, will probably produce better underwriting results than Cayman-based Greenlight Capital Re, analysts say. This is according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts. “Dan Loeb’s Third Point Reinsurance…
THE GIANT BUDDHA
By Trey Ratcliffe From Stuck In Customs I don’t usually get all wikipedia-ish on the blog… but I did look up more things about this most fascinating statue. Maybe the coolest thing is that 8 meters (over 25 feet!) of…
Taxman embroiled in dispute over MYOB purchase
BY: Leo Shanahan From: The Australian Increase Text Size Lawyers for the Sage Group have questioned whether the Australian Taxation Office may have a problem with a $1 billion contract to purchase software company MYOB from Archer Capital being executed…
New Jersey man builds giant gun mailbox for freedom, attention
By Joe Coscarelli, From New York Magazine Roger Buchko, a cabinet builder and metal fabricator from New Jersey, has a 350-pound replica of a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum as a mailbox. (The envelopes go in the barrel.) “It’s just…
There’s no reason to believe Syria will disarm its own chemical weapons
By Geoffrey Ingersoll From Business Insider There’s little reason to take seriously Bashar Al Assad’s sudden embrace of Secretary of State John Kerry’s most recent statements about chemical weapons disarmament. First, there’s still an incredibly violent war going on in…
Coast Guard: 4 St. Vincent men adrift for 12 days
From Boston.com On Monday, Sept. 9, 2013 photo (attached) was made available by the U.S. Coast Guard showing four men the U.S. Coast Guard said they rescued after 12 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea. The four men were apparently…
The Editor Speaks: Mystery solved. All revealed
Our darling of the Cayman Islands Government, Tara Rivers, Minister for Education, Employment and Gender Affairs, went, according to some reports, AWOL (Absent without leave), or rather AWMK (Absent without media knowledge). Ms. Rivers was known to be in South…
WSPA responds to Cayman Turtle Farm
WSPA is disappointed to learn that the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) has slashed the price of turtle meat after an unusually productive breeding season. The Farm claims that this measure will help to reducing poaching on the Islands, despite no…
Extending the long arm of the worldwide Mareva
From Canadian Lawyer Trials & Tribulations, Written by Margaret L. Waddell Some small islands’ courts are making big waves in the world of international freezing orders. Recently, the courts of several Caribbean islands — long considered to be havens where…
7 ½ Years jail for financial controller at law firm
Visiting Judge Malcolm Swift handed down a seven and a half year sentence last Friday (6) to Michael Levitt (57), a South African national who stole over US$846,000 from local legal firm Solomon Harris. Levitt had been employed there as…
