Three J’cans among seven nabbed in US drug bust
From Jamaica Observer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC) – Seven Caribbean nationals have been apprehended following two massive drug seizures by the United States Coast Guard in the region. On Friday, the Coast Guard said it seized contraband – with…
Zurich Supreme Court rules on bank secrecy violations and whistleblowing by former banker [in Cayman Islands]
By Thomas Rihm Contributed by Rihm Rechtsanwälte From ILO On August 19 2016 the Zurich Supreme Court rendered a long-awaited decision regarding a former Swiss banker who between 1994 and 2002 worked as head of accounting and later as general…
Technology is finally changing the apartment rental experience
By Omri Barzilay Techcrunch The real estate rental market is a highly localized, relationship-based industry driven largely by individuals living and working in their own cities, causing many to acknowledge the longstanding difficulty of streamlining disruption to this market. In…
Body implants
10 of the craziest things people have implanted in their bodies By Kristen V. Brown, Fusion From Business Insider Cyborgs are not science future; sophisticated chips and sensor implants that merge man with machine are already here. There are people…
What to make of the Japanese market
By: Ashley Kindergan From The Financialist What’s next for Japanese corporate earnings? Well, that depends. Consider the April-to-June Japanese earnings season, which can be considered a pleasant surprise or a bleak portend based on which numbers you choose to accentuate….
As long as robots look adorable and make us coffee, we’ll be eating out of their robotic hands
By Brian Heater From Techcrunch It doesn’t take much. For all the bluster around the conversation about Skynet and robotic overlords, we still melt when a diminutive robot flashes the slightest hint of humanity through a small set of…
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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…
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…
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,…
