Cayman Islands government officials tour airport to view expansion project progress
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (21 January 2015) Minister for Tourism Hon. Moses Kirkconnell and Airports Authority CEO Albert Anderson hosted H.E the Governor and Government Ministers on Wednesday 21st January, for a site visit of the Owen Roberts International Airport…
2015 might be the year we start to get online identity right
By Alex Howard From Tech Republic Alex Howard thinks 2015 will be a big year for digital government services and identity in the US. He also profiles the startup ID.me, which will provide identity software for Connect.gov. We’re on the…
Court sides with Costco in ‘Gray Market’ fight with Omega
By Amanda Bronstad, From The National Law Journal In a closely watched case about the copyright rights of foreign companies, a federal appeals court has struck down Swiss watchmaker Omega S.A.’s attempt to use U.S. copyright law to block Costco…
What happened to England’s forgotten railway stations?
By Chris Ellis BBC News Online Manchester Central in 2010 Conferences and exhibitions are now held at the former Manchester Central station In living memory, hundreds of railway stations have closed across the country and have since been abandoned, demolished…
Cayman Islands readies for airport expansion amid tourism surge
From Travel Pulse The Cayman Islands government is continuing its efforts to renovate and expand Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA) amidst surging tourist arrivals. The country’s Central Tenders Committee this week announced an agreement with a U.S. firm to provide…
Here Are Some Of The Many Chinese Elites Who Use Offshore Tax Havens
By THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY From Business Insider While Chinese officials aren’t required to disclose their assets publicly, citizens have remained largely in the dark about the parallel economy that can allow the powerful and well-connected to avoid taxes…
America is exhibiting a symptom of a dying free-enterprise system
By Tony Sagami, Mauldin Economics From Business Insider “For the first time in 35 years, American business deaths now outnumber business births.” —Jim Clifton, CEO, Gallup Polls I’ve been self-employed since 1998, and let me tell you, the life of…
A hard landing in China: who feels it worst?
By Jens Erik Gould From The Financialist What’s the greatest risk to the global economy in 2015? Europe’s stuttering economy is a big one. Ever-present geopolitical risk is another. But the possibility of a hard landing in China looms largest….
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Cayman Islands petrol prices down to $4.38 (average) but only on Grand Cayman There has been a gradual/trickle and then a more rapid drop of prices for Cayman Islands petrol of around CI$1.20 since October last year, but only on…
CBA President’s Address at the opening of the Cayman Islands Grand Court 14 January 2015
My Lords, Honourable Chief Justice, Honourable Justices of the Grand Court and Magistrates of the Summary Court, I rise on behalf of the Caymanian Bar Association (CBA) to second the motion of the Honourable Attorney General to open the Grand…
