State Farm® teams up with CONCACAF for the 2013 Gold Cup
Sponsorship makes State Farm exclusive Auto and Home Insurance Provider Miami (Tuesday, June 11, 2013) — The Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and its commercial agency, Traffic Sports, today announced a sponsorship agreement with…
‘Ice hovercraft’ tracks seen on Mars
BBC Long thin grooves – called gullies – on the surface of Mars may have been made not by water but by blocks of frozen carbon dioxide – dry ice. These blocks seem to have flowed down Martian sand dunes…
Smithfield Foods – Shuanghui International: Where’s the beef?
By Peter Fuhrman, Seeking Alpha It is, if voluminous press reports are to be believed, the biggest story, the biggest deal, ever in China-U.S. business history. I’m talking about the announced takeover of America’s largest pork company, Smithfield Foods (SFD),…
Simply Science: Saving Little Cayman from the lionfish
By Laura Betker From KARE11 STILLWATER, Minn. – The emerald ash borer and zebra mussels are invasive species here in Minnesota. But in the Caribbean, it’s the red lionfish. In this week’s Simply Science we meet a group of local…
The new rules for sunscreen
By Roni Caryn Rabin From New York Times There is no question most skin cancers are related to sun exposure, yet even with sunscreen sales approaching $1 billion a year, skin cancer rates continue to climb. Melanoma diagnoses have risen…
France air traffic control strike hits Europe flights
BBC European travellers are facing further disruption because of an ongoing strike by French air traffic controllers. More than a quarter of flights from France’s busiest airports had to be cancelled on Wednesday amid protests at plans for a single…
Snowden threatens to reveal more ‘Explosive’ NSA secrets
From Newsmax Former U.S. spy Edward Snowden on Wednesday vowed to fight any bid to extradite him from Hong Kong and promised “explosive” new revelations about Washington’s surveillance targets, The South China Morning Post reported. Specifically, Snowden reportedly showed the…
Greenville researcher opens clinic in Cayman Islands
By Bill Poovey GSA Business A Greenville biomedical researcher who has worked for years developing a radiation- and chemotherapy-free cancer treatment has opened a clinic in the Cayman Islands. Thomas Wagner, Ph.D., said the offshore location is the best available…
FCO Simmonds at Caribbean Council event
RLB Caribbean sponsors Caribbean Council House of Lords event On 20th May 2013 RLB Chairman, Martyn Bould MBE and Managing Director, Mark Williamson hosted a number of Caribbean clients at Caribbean Council’s Networking event at the House of Lord, London….
Cayman Islands bankers defend rules ahead of trade nominee vote
By Tim Devaney From Washington Times A day before President Obama’s pick to be the nation’s top trade negotiator faces a Senate committee vote, Cayman Islands officials defended their banking system and the kinds of offshore investments that have gotten…
