Wright Electric unveils its commercial electric plane business
By Josh Constine From TechCrunch Gas is the biggest cost for airlines. The easiest way to reduce these costs? Don’t use gas at all. That was the pitch from Wright Electric, a startup building a commercial passenger plane that runs…
The Cayman Islands: A very convenient truth in financial oversight
By Mary Barzee-Flores and Read McCaffrey, From Daily Business Review The Cayman Islands suffers from an undeserved bum rap. Many people automatically associate the Caymans with a haven for tax cheats and financial scams. However, the notion that the Cayman…
Coal ash: ‘Why in the world would we be importing it?’
By The Associated Press From Caribbean Business RICHMOND, Va. – Shipping containers full of coal ash from China, Poland and India have come into the U.S. through the Port of Virginia as foreign companies find a market for the same…
EUR 24 M in support to the Caribbean’s private sector
From the European Union Bridgetown, BARBADOS, March 23rd, 2017. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the European Union (EU) have signed the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) agreement worth EUR 24 Million to support regional private sector development….
The world’s deepest oil well is over 40,000 feet deep
By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist In the world’s deepest gold mine, workers will venture 2.5 miles (4 km) below the Earth’s surface to extract from a 30-inch (0.8m) wide vein of gold-rich ore. While these depths are impressive, mining is…
U.S. probes banking of ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort
By Jack Gillum, Menelaos Hadjicostis, Eric Tucker Associated Press From Chicago Tribune The U.S. government investigation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, crossed the Atlantic earlier this year to the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, once known…
Aspirin taken to thin the blood to prevent strokes ‘can double risk of suffering a heart attack’
By Ben Spencer Medical Correspondent For The Daily Mail From This Is Money Study of 30,000 NHS patients with atrial fibrillation found they were at higher risk if they took aspirin Patients were 1.9 times as likely to have an…
Tethys Petroleum Press Release: Tethys Petroleum Limited to cancel listing in the United Kingdom
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, Mar 24, 2017 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS–(Marketwired – March 24, 2017) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TPL)(TPL) today announces that it has applied to the United Kingdom Listing Authority…
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NASA reminds us that space is gorgeous with breathtaking new Hubble snapshot
By Mike Wehner From BGR While you were sitting in your office this morning, sipping your half-milk soy latte, space was out there being awesome. It was there when you grabbed lunch at Chipotle, too, and again when you got…
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The top 10 casinos in the world: Guide to the world’s best casinos
By Hosier Jennas From WN Most people of all races, ages, color, and gender worldwide have that insatiable desire to visit a casino as it is one of the best places known to relieve stress and make them forget about…
