investors should think twice before blindly throwing their money into a target date fund
By Mamta Badkar From Business Insider FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. The Great Fallacy Of Target Date Funds (CFA Institute) Investors should look at more than…
Cayman’s District post offices to close
District post offices at Hell, Bodden Town, North Side and East End will no longer be opened on Saturdays, as of 15 February. As North Side and East End postal customers are aware, those post offices have been closed on…
Suriname’s bid for Chinese funding gets Guyana government support
From Caribbean360 Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said “Guyana, at the request of Suriname, we have informed the Chinese Government that we are supportive of the bridge across the Corentyne River”. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday February 6, 2014, CMC – Guyana…
The Smartphone has effectively replaced all the technology offered in this 1991 Radio Shack Ad
By Mary Beth Quirk From The Consumerist Should a time traveler visiting from 1991 show up here in 2014 at Radio Shack clutching this ad showcasing calculators, devices to play music and other electronic gizmos and gadgets, we’re sure they’d…
Royal Caribbean appoints John F. Brock to board of directors
MIAMI, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced the appointment of John F. Brock, chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. “John’s demonstrated leadership skills and his…
Suntech appoints new board member
Brings Total Board Members to Five; Adds Deep Restructuring Experience GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (OTC: STPFQ) (the “Company” or “Suntech”) today announced that it has added a fifth member to…
Japanese patent office grants O2Micro patent for synchronized data sampling systems and methodology
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Feb 06, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — O2Micro International Limited OIIM +0.46% , a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today announced a patent grant for its…
Robert Wood, Elliot Lake mall inspector, charged with criminal negligence
From The Canadian Press 2012 mall collapse killed Doloris Perizzolo, 74, and Lucie Aylwin, 37 A discredited engineer who declared a northern Ontario mall structurally sound just weeks before its roof caved in killing two women was charged Friday in…
Burdensome debt and elusive solutions
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 Average public debt levels for Caribbean small states now amount to about 84% of GDP with five countries experiencing debt-to-GDP ratios of close to 100% and higher. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday February 6, 2014 –…
US, Canada sign agreement to halt offshore tax evasion in the Caribbean
From Caribbean360: The US Congress enacted the FATCA in 2010 to “target non-compliance by US taxpayers using foreign accounts,” including those in the Caribbean. WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Thursday February 6, 2014, CMC – The United States Department of the…
