Caribbean and Latin America improve environment for infrastructure investment PPPs
From Curacao Chronicle PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay — The climate for private investment in infrastructure through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has improved in the Caribbean and Latin America in the last few years, with Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and Colombia topping…
Greece on a knife edge
By Isidoros Karderinis It is exactly five years since Greece joined the European Support Mechanism with the close cooperation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At that time, the key and critical financial data were the following: GDP amounted to 222.151…
Amazon files first lawsuit to block companies from selling fraudulent positive reviews
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist For the first time in the 20 years that Amazon has allowed users to review products, the company is taking legal action against businesses it claims sells fake reviews to third-party sellers. The Seattle Times…
Opinion: Two winners and one loser at the Summit of the Americas
By Joaquín Roy From Inter Press Service In this column Joaquín Roy, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Director of the European Union Centre at the University of Miami, argues that U.S. President Barack Obama earned a place in…
New bill to create financial rogues’ register makes perfect sense US Outlook
By Andrew Dewson from the Independent UK Some might say that American justice is a little skewed in favour of white-collar criminals. Compare the fate of your average rogue Wall Street trader with that of Junior Allen, a North Carolina…
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As Caribbean immigration rises, Miami’s black population becomes more foreign
By Franco Ordoñez from McClatchy DC WASHINGTON — One in three black residents in Miami is now an immigrant, a reflection of a nationwide trend that shows immigrants making up a rising share of the country’s black population, according to…
SEI rolls out global framework for managing compliance across products & jurisdictions
Marketwired ‘SEI Firm Compliance’ Centralizes Asset Managers’ Internal and Outsourced Compliance Functions, Helping Them Manage Increasingly Complex Regulation April 13, 2015: 09:00 AM ET SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) today introduced SEI Firm Compliance, a new global regulatory management framework that equips…
U.S. seizes on Venezuelan weakness to regain Caribbean energy foothold
By James Stafford From Oil Price The collapse of oil prices is opening up a new diplomatic opportunity for the United States in the western hemisphere. The U.S. has a spotty and turbulent history intervening in Latin America and the…
Cayman Islands college student receives prize from Cayman Finance
UCCI student receives prize from Cayman Finance Cayman Finance recently presented the winning prize of an iPad Air to University College of the Cayman Islands student, Kendra Rankin after she correctly answered and submitted a quiz at Cayman Finance’s booth…
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Jamaica right to roll out red carpet for Obama
By Dexter Wharton, From Barbados Nation News Martin and Haywood rule Read More Jamaica right to roll out red carpet for Obama So United States President Barack Obama had a swell time in Jamaica last week. Let me start by…
