AT&T Drive Studio and Ericsson release global study on connected car buyers
Nearly 80 percent of car buyers globally would delay new car purchase by one year to get connected feature Wi-Fi hotspots most sought after feature in new car DALLAS, OCT. 13, 2015 — Three out of every four consumers said…
Cayman Islands General Shopping Finance announces tender offer to purchase part of its Perpetual Note
GENERAL SHOPPING FINANCE LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS) U.S.$250,000,000 10.00% PERPETUAL NOTES (CUSIP: 370835AB6/G3812BAB6; ISIN: US370835AB62/USG3812BAB65) UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY GENERAL SHOPPING BRASIL S.A. AND SUBSTANTIALLY Posted on: September 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm, by admin SAO PAULO, Sept. 16,…
Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago pursue cooperation
By Azad Ali from Caribbean Life Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed to pursue a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the near future. The two countries recently discussed five areas for development: agriculture, education, energy, infrastructure for partnership and…
UPDATE: “Brazil’s national team sold off by CBF” [front company registered in the Cayman Islands]
From The News Hub São Paulo-based newspaper Estadão uncovers major evidence that points to national team selection being influenced by outside forces São Paulo-based newspaper Estadão has uncovered damning evidence that could have far-reaching implications for the Brazilian game. Documents…
The Editor Speaks: What we are told is not always 100% the truth
The stunning news yesterday of the terrible things the CIA carried out under the George W. Bush administration, called then the “Enhanced Interrogation” programme and now finally called “torture”, is another example of what we are first told is not…
“Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean: Confronting the new climate normal”
By Jorge Familiar Washington, D.C., United States from The World Bank Climate change is a clear and dire threat to Latin America and the Caribbean. A threat in which the region has had little or no role in the making,…
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Genetically modified mosquitoes to battle disease-carrying bugs closer to approval
By William Axford From KeysInfoNet Genetically modified mosquitoes created to decrease the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes in the Lower Keys could be released by the spring, officials say. Scientists from Oxitec, a British company that has released genetically modified mosquitoes…
UC Merced professor highlights racial profiling
MERCED — In a book due out next year, a UC Merced professor says a lack of judicial discretion leads to a disproportionate number of deportations to Latin America and the Caribbean. Tanya Golash-Boza, a sociology professor, said 98 percent…
Healthcare conference sets delegates onto a healthy path for life/ DMS Hosts 4th Annual Offshore Investment Funds Summit in Brazil
Healthcare conference sets delegates onto a healthy path for life With the fifth annual Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference just around the corner, delegates from last year’s conference have confirmed that the healthy messages imparted at the event have made a…
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Cayman Islands minister raises $3000 for Breast Cancer Awareness From Loop News Service The Health Minister Osbourne Bodden raised $3000 in just 1 week for Lions Club of Tropical Gardens breast cancer awareness effort. The event was held at Eclipze…
