Central bank governor: Caricom trade policy ‘nonsense’
CSME problems: Dr DeLisle Worrell Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLisle Worrell has made it clear he is not a fan of the wholesale free movement of people in Caricom. Worrell, one of the region’s leading economists,…
Iconic InterContinental San Juan completes US $22.25M renovation
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico–(BUSINESS WIRE)– InterContinental(R) Hotels Group (IHG) (LON:IHG), (NYSE:IHG), (ADRs), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today announced the completion of a US $22.25 million renovation of the iconic, Morris Lapidus-designed InterContinental San Juan, one of the…
Chinese Consumers: Doing It Their Way
The Economist From Business Insider The market is growing furiously, but getting tougher for foreign firms In the heart of old Shanghai is a magnificent villa that serves as the workplace of Guo Jingming, a provocative young film-maker. “Tiny Times”,…
Get ready to buy emerging markets [after vacationing in Grand Cayman]
By StreetAuthority From Nasdaq As I write this I’m sailing across the sky, 35,000 feet in the air in a Boeing 777, heading home from a great vacation in Grand Cayman. It’s one of the most beautiful islands in the…
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,…
New CEO details goals for Caribbean hotel and tourism group
By Aldeth Lewin From Virgin Islands Daily News ST. THOMAS – The USVI Hotel and Tourism Association hosted its annual meeting Friday, and members got to hear from the new head of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Jeff Vasser….
[Cayman] Caribbean-based advisers charged in money-laundering sting
By David Voreacos and Tom Schoenberg From Bloomberg Three Caribbean-based men who helped Americans hide assets from U.S. tax authorities were charged in a sting operation with laundering what they were told was dirty money. The U.S. indicted Eric St-Cyr,…
Copyright holders look for an antipiracy DMCA upgrade
By Andrew Ramonas, Corporate Counsel As policymakers in Washington, D.C., consider ways to better combat online piracy, NBCUniversal Inc. and other copyright holders gathered on Thursday to discuss the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and called for flexible solutions to protect…
Caribbean urged to ban sale of high salt foods, high sugar beverages to children
From Caribbean360 According to a recent report, no CARICOM country has national policies or major initiatives aimed at reducing salt intake of the population which has been shown to reduce blood pressure which is a major problem among Caribbean people….
Automatic texts from Yahoo don’t violate ‘Do-Not-Call’ protection
By Saranac Hale Spencer, The Legal Intelligencer Yahoo’s system for automatically texting its users when their email accounts have received a new message doesn’t violate the federal law that protects consumers from unsolicited calls, a federal judge has ruled. U.S….
