Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish
By Hazel Sheffield From Independent UK Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of Swedish household waste was sent…
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Free Vegetable Seedlings Offered to Cayman Islands residents Residents with green thumbs are invited to obtain free seedlings, as a limited stock of cabbage, cucumber, bok choy (Chinese cabbage), cauliflower, broccoli and other plants are offered to the public by…
AthenaHealth CEO: Here’s what everyone gets wrong in the debate over drug prices
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Drug companies are everyone’s favorite punching bag. Some of this — like when the price of a 60-year-old drug is hiked by 5,000% — is arguably deserved. Of course, drug makers are easier to blame for…
A tiny version of Hell on Earth exists in Cleveland, Ohio
By Dave Mosher From Business Insider Inside a windowless concrete room in Cleveland, Ohio, scientists have built a tiny version of Hell on Earth. Called the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), the 14-ton steel chamber can faithfully recreate the toxic,…
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Scientists find bacteria resistant to last-ditch drug treatments
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s a warning that medicine needs to find an alternative to current antibiotics. If there wasn’t already a reason to develop a solution to drug-resistant “superbugs,” there is now. Scientists have found bacteria on an…
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Microsoft offers grants to businesses for Internet access
Microsoft offers grants to organisations working to improve affordable internet access. Microsoft Corp. has renewed its Affordable Access Initiative grant fund for a second year. The fund assists companies working to bring internet access and new technologies, services and models…
Cayman Islands bank implements AMLtrac from iFinancial
By Tanya Andreasyan From banking Technology Global Fidelity Bank implements AMLtrac from iFinancial UK-based core banking and anti-money laundering (AML) software vendor International Financial Systems (iFinancial) is implementing its AMLtrac solution at Global Fidelity Bank. The bank, based in the…
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Cayman Dive Operators shore up 2017 tourism season at DEMA
Cayman Islands (November 30, 2016) – A successful trip to the annual Dive Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA) show in Las Vegas November 16 – 19 helped Cayman’s dive operators get a jump on 2017. More than 10,000 dive industry…
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Inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Luncheon celebrates Cayman Islands’ women
The Cayman Islands celebrated Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) for the first time on Wednesday, November 30. The event was run by the partnership of the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs; Cayman Islands Small Business Association; Ministry of Financial…
Here’s the anti-drone gun of your Rambo fantasies
BY ARIEL BOGLE AUSTRALIA From Mashable The Australian-listed company DroneShield has given the internet a closer look at its new portable anti-drone gun or “tactical drone jammer.” If you want to look like a real “Dude” as you knock pesky…
