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…
Caribbean FLNG plant will weather the oil price storm
By Chris Noon From Interfax The world’s first floating LNG liquefaction plant will begin operations in Q2 2015 as scheduled off Colombia’s northern coast – and will be economically viable despite the oil price rout, its developer has told Interfax….
[Jamaica] Gov’t prepared to facilitate investors’ interest in Cuba
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Arnaldo Brown, says the Government is prepared to assist, in whatever way possible, in facilitating local investors interested in exploring and tapping into business opportunities anticipated…
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Cayman Islands tennis tournament to become ATP-sanctioned event? The organisers of the Cayman Open annual tennis tournament are applying to have it sanctioned by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). On Monday (19) Cayman Islands Tennis Club Teaching Professional Dale…
Agenda launch: OffshoreAlert Conference – Miami Beach, May 3-5, 2015
OffshoreAlert today released the agenda for our 13th Annual North American Conference on ‘Financial Intelligence & Investigations’, which will take place at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida on May 3-5, 2015. A limited number of Pre-Sale Tickets…
Qunar to hold AGM /New partnership Caribbean food & beverage
Qunar to hold Annual General Meeting on February 12, 2015 BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (Nasdaq:QUNR) (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading search-based travel commerce platform, today announced that it will hold an annual…
Haiti: Five years after devastating earthquake tens of thousands still homeless and desperate
From Amnesty International Five years on from a devastating earthquake in Haiti, tens of thousands of people remain homeless as government policy failures, forced evictions and short-term solutions have failed many who lost everything in the disaster, said Amnesty International…
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Several dead, missing after minibus plunges into sea in St. Vincent By SNO Staff – Monday, January 12th, 2015 at 10:38 AM Three people are reported missing after a minibus carrying several passengers, including students, plunged into the sea in…





