Beijing delegation for Invest Caribbean Now 2014
From Travel and Tour World A top level delegation comprising of officials from the Beijing government, the World Tourism Cities Federation, as well as the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development and China Daily, will travel to New York this…
Caribbean security concerns heightened following Chinese Cyber-Espionage case
By Tracy From Atlanta Black An announcement on Monday[19] that a grand jury in the United States has indicted five Chinese hackers for cyber espionage and other offenses directed at the U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products industries has…
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Bolt left out of powerful Jamaican IAAF World Relay’s squad From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday May 15, 2014,, CMC – The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has not been included in a powerful Jamaican squad to the first ever IAAF…
WuXi PharmaTech Announces First-Quarter 2014 Results
SHANGHAI, May 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. WX -6.32% , a leading research and development services company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, with operations in China and the United States, today announced its financial…
Caribbean chikungunya originated recently in Asia
From croftsblogs Via Emerging Infectious Diseases, a remarkable report: Transcontinental Movement of Asian Genotype Chikungunya Virus. Excerpt: In agreement with findings in a recent report characterizing the 2013 CHIKV detected on St. Martin Island (6), the phylogenetic tree generated from…
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Cayman Prep is top in KPMG Brain Bowl The students from Cayman Prep came out top after winning every round of the Jeopardy-style KPMG Brain Bowl. Teams of four youngsters from nine schools faced off in an elimination competition this…
LDK Solar Subsidiary signs Wafer Supply Agreement with Gintech Energy Corporation
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 29, 2014 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — LDK Solar Co., Ltd. in provisional liquidation (“LDK Solar” or the “Company”)…
Shanghai to be 2nd Tingyi headquarters
From Ecns.cn Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp, the company that owns instant noodle brand Master Kong and specializes in beverages and instant food, intends to establish an operations headquarters in Shanghai. Tingyi’s spokesman Chen Gongru said the move is part…
FATCA Update – Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Caribbean
By Lisa Smithfrom iexpats As the inexorable countdown towards FATCA starting on July 1, 2014 continues, every few days see more nations signing up to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). FATCA is an international network of tax…
Russia Controls 40% Of This Critical Industrial Metal
By Rob Wile From Business Insider Below is an interview with Frank Holmes, chief investment officer at U.S. Global Investors. This Q&A went out to subscribers of our “10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell” newsletter on…
