Qatar’s purchase of billions of US weaponry — and support for Hamas — shows how awkward foreign policy can be
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider Qatar recently cemented an enormous weapons deal with the United States. But this week, the tiny, resource-rich Gulf kingdom with outsized geopolitical ambitions — and a seemingly bottomless pocketbook — might be setting itself…
EIB Caribbean office set to move to the Dominican Republic
From EIB The regional representation of the European Investment Bank in the Caribbean will move to the Dominican Republic. The regional representation of the European Investment Bank in the Caribbean will move to the Dominican Republic. The host country agreement…
August Events at Camana Bay
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman (July 28, 2014): From camps to keep the final days of summer as exciting as the first to a monthly dinner inspired by sunny destinations and a new workshop encouraging local writers to moonlit movies for…
Chinese Capital Markets: A $98 Trillion Opportunity
By: Ashley Kindergan From The Financialist When it comes to the size of their capital markets, emerging countries have long punched below their economic weight. While they make up 39 percent of global GDP, their share of global equity market…
Barclays Moves to Dismiss AG’s Suit Over ‘Dark Pools’
By Suevon Lee, New York Law Journal Barclays is challenging the authority of New York’s top lawyer to sue the bank for fraud over allegedly deceptive statements it made to investors concerning high frequency trading in its “dark pool,” or…
Herbalife: A look ahead to the company’s second quarter earnings/see 2nd 1/4 results
EDITOR: See following story – “Herbalife second-quarter profit drops 17 percent, misses estimate” By Heather Ingrassia From Seeking Alpha Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72…
Stronger minimum wage elusive in Caribbean – ECLAC forum told
From Guyana Times Work is the master key for advancing towards greater equality in Latin American and Caribbean countries, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Antonio Prado said last week at an…
OECS opposition parties urged to reject CCJ
From Caribbean News Now CASTRIES, St Lucia — The recent announcement by the incoming chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica, that he intends to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)…
Breaking down financial jargon
By Samuel Rosenberg From Caribbean360 NEW YORK United States, Friday July 25, 2014 – You would have met people that try to use the longest and most complicated sentences to make them sound superior in your company, while not wishing…
Cayman Islands funds lawyer returns from Hong Kong secondment
Caymanian Investment Funds lawyer, Stephen Watler, has recently returned home following a four and a half year secondment in Maples and Calder’s Hong Kong office. Initially planned as a short term opportunity, it was a move of which he was…
