2-Power project win for Malaysia’s 1MDB bolsters IPO prospects
By Yantoultra Ngui and Saeed Azhar KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A planned $2 billion IPO of Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) power assets got a major boost on Friday after the sovereign wealth fund won a closely contested government…
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Cayman’s first female Governor to be Cayman’s first female Chief Scout On Sunday March 2nd at Elmslie Memorial Church, Harbour Drive, George Town, Cayman’s first female Governor, H.E. Helen Kilpatrick, will become Cayman Islands first female Chief Scout. The special…
Margaritaville Caribbean eyes four more destinations
By Steven Jackson Business reporter From Jamaica Observer MARGARITAVILLE Caribbean expects to expand to four additional territories in the medium term led by St Thomas. The move would result in a seven-territory operation. “We see growth opportunities and have developments…
Motor neurone disease – two heartbreaking stories
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a progressive disease that attacks the motor neurones, or nerves, in the brain and spinal cord. This means messages gradually stop reaching muscles, which leads to weakness and wasting. MND can affect how you walk,…
Red Cross in Cayman to adopt the Red Crystal
Because the Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) can be identified with religious groups, the Red Cross have introduced a new emblem the Red Crystal (also called the Red Diamond). Danielle…
Believe It: Sexually suggestive street names hurt home values
By John Maxfield from The Motley Fool Do you live on Dutch Oven Avenue in Salem, Ore., and own a vacation house on One Hoe Lane in the Caribbean island of Saint Martin? If so, then I have bad news…
Why are some Canadian companies paying almost no tax?
By Duncan Hood From Canadian Business The government has been creating tax loopholes for business while clamping down on regular taxpayers How much income tax do you pay? Forty per cent? More? Lately the government has become obsessed with making…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Caribbean export urges private sector to take advantage of available funds
From Belize Invest Bridgetown, BARBADOS, February 28, 2014. Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) urges the regions private sector to take advantage of the funds made available under the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme facilitated by the Agency as part of…
Qunar reports fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 financial results
BEIJING, Feb 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) — Revenue Growth Accelerates in the Fourth Quarter Company Announces US$300 Million Revolving Credit Facility from Baidu Qunar Cayman Islands Limited QUNR -1.53% (“Qunar” or the “Company”), China’s leading search-based travel commerce…
