Cayman Islands ICTA’s new Managing Director named
Mr. Alee Fa’amoe, the Information and Communications Technology Authority’s (ICTA) recently-appointed Managing Director, brings to that office more than two decades of leadership in the telecommunications and professional service industries, as well as a unique blend of management and technical…
Caribbean Export Hosts the 9th Meeting of the CARIFORUM/FCOR/OCT Task Force on Trade and Investment
Venue: THE WESTIN SEVEN MILE BEACH RESORT & SPA Date: THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2014 Opening ceremony: 08:30am – 09:30am The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) will be hosting the 9th Meeting of the CARIFORUM, the French Caribbean Outermost regions…
This Android smartphone already ships with dangerous malware preinstalled
By Chris Smith From BGR Android’s malware problem has taken a new twist, as such apps now come bundled with certain phones. Instead of creating apps that can pack hidden, malicious capabilities, some device makers in China are apparently ready…
Experts: $120 Is the danger point for oil returning as economic threat
From Moneymax The global economy faces a new threat from an old enemy: oil. A spike in the price of crude foreshadowed economic slumps in each of the last four decades and economists are worrying anew after Brent touched its…
Pay with Bitcoin: 10 of the most interesting places to spend it
By Lyndsey Gilpin From Tech Republic Bitcoin continues to gain popularity as a digital currency, but what businesses actually accept them? Here are 10 prominent online and brick-and-mortar retailers. It still takes some searching to find places to spend your…
Seagate Technology announces successful completion of cash tender offers for outstanding 7.000% senior notes due 2021 and 6.875% senior notes due 2020
CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 18, 2014– Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) gave notice of the completion of the cash tender offers by its wholly owned subsidiary, Seagate HDD Cayman (“HDD Cayman”), previously announced on May 20, 2014 (the “Tender Offers”), to…
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Cayman Islands serves up ice cream in NYC From Travel Weekly The timing could not be better. With temperatures soaring into the high 80s this week, turning New York into a true melting pot, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism…
DMS Offshore Investment Services – Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm – joint winner
From hedgeweek Download the special report Hedgeweek USA Awards 2014 at: http://www.hedgeweek.com/sites/default/files/HW_US_Awards_14.pdf DMS Offshore Investment Services (‘DMS’) was established in the Cayman Islands by Don Seymour in 2000. Over the past 14 years it has grown into one of the…
OTs Comment on Schengen Visa Change
Nearly a year of negotiations with the European Union Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) preceded the recent change to EU Regulation 539/2001, which allowed British Overseas Territories Citizens and all other categories of British Nationals visa-free…
Cayman Islands Deputy Governor reports travel loopholes are being closed
The Deputy Governor endorses the Auditor General’s recommendations arising from the recent audit on travel expenditures. The audit contains some eleven distinct recommendations aimed at increasing accountability and transparency, many of which have either already been implemented or are in…
