Swedes named in ICIJ offshore banking report
From Ice News Several high profile Swedish nationals have been named in the scandalous report released recently by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), including the name of one aristocrat. In an explosive expose due on newsstands this week…
CIECA April “Teaching and Teaching Matter” events
The Cayman Islands Early Childhood Association (CIECA) are holding a series of events from April 21st – April 27th, 2013 under the title, “Teachers and Teaching Matter”. Events Apr 21 WOYC Church Service Red Bay Church of God Holiness 4:00…
Mac gambles his political career
It has come as no surprise to learn that the Cayman Islands ex premier, McKeeva Bush, liked to gamble. A lot of my friends like to gamble. Just because I don’t and find gambling exceedingly boring has nothing to do…
Horse or Beef? Why we should know who owns companies, and what the G-8 can do
By Alex Cobham, Center for Global development Last week saw a series of news stories break around the world, in what may have been the largest ever cross-border journalistic collaboration. The stories, coordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists…
Goldman Sachs USA Given Green Light For UK Branch
Natasha Taghavi, Reporter in London, Wealth Briefing Goldman Sachs Bank USA has confirmed it has won approval to operate a private bank in the UK, following its expansion plans announced in October 2012, making the move after the Goldman Sachs…
RE/MAX gives a second child sponsorship to Purple Dragon
10 months after the RE/MAX launched the Purple Dragon Martial Arts sponsorship programme, they have generously decided to sponsor a second child. The Purple Dragon scholarship programme was developed to provide children in the Cayman community a chance to participate…
Can You Really Patent A Gene?
The Financialist The question of whether genetic material can or should be patented by pharmaceutical companies is being tested in courts both in the U.S. and overseas. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard an appeal by the American Civil…
llinois PIRG takes on Bank of America’s Cayman Islands PO Box
From Illinois Review Stacks-of-Cash-psd60499CHICAGO – The Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) really is irritated with the Bank of America. Along with other Occupy Wall Street like minded folks, they’re out to get more $$ from B of A because…
Cayman has nothing to fear from FATCA
by Phillip Morton, Investors Offshore.com The Chief Executive Officer of Cayman Finance, the promotional agency for the islands’ financial services industry, Gonzalo Jalles has discussed the ramifications for the Cayman Islands’ banking sector of the United States’ Foreign Account Tax…
US Senate rejects amendment to expand gun-sale checks
BBC A bipartisan plan to expand background checks on gun buyers has failed in the US Senate, a blow to gun control plans. The plan was blocked on a 54-46 vote, six votes short of the 60-vote hurdle needed to…
