Bad electric cigarette
One of the world’s largest tobacco companies has launched an electric cigarette that might be just as bad for you as a normal one By Edith Hancock and Erin Brodwin from Business Insider Marlboro-producer and tobacco giant Philip Morris International…
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Saxon introduces drones to Cayman Islands property insurance market
In another first innovation in the Cayman Islands insurance market, local insurer Saxon has employed the use of drones for data gathering, imaging and surveying purposes of residential properties that the company insures. The drone is deployed to locate a…
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…
