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Cayman Islands Fedex courier cleared by jury of stealing gold from packages Evon Robinson, a former courier with Fedex in the Cayman Islands, was cleared by a jury last Thursday (20) of stealing gold valued over $30,000 from packages sent…
In corruption debacle, FIFA satirizes itself while further besmirching the beautiful
By Sam Laird From Mashable It reads like something from a Monty Python sketch, but this is real life — or, at least, what passes for reality in the warped universe of FIFA Land. In sum: The ethics of FIFA’s…
Anti-Obama forces cloud global stability
By Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 13, 2014 – With just 2 years effectively left in Barack Obama’s Presidency of the United States, the world suddenly looks set to face even more danger than it does currently….
Economic sentiments and the reality of the market
By Melanius Alphonse From Caribbean360 CASTRIES, St Lucia,– It is difficult to predict without fail when and, for that matter, how the trends in the market will change. Recent spikes in stock market prices and market volatility suggest that a ‘bear…
Oil prices fall sharply: Will poor populations benefit?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday October 16, 2014 – To anyone living in a developing country that is not an oil-producer, the present drop in the price of oil is very welcome. Ever since the world’s…
There is an energy revolution under way which has implications for the Caribbean
By David Jessop From Stabroek news No one should be in any doubt: the world’s energy balance is changing rapidly with profound political and economic consequences for the way every country and region will in future relate to one another….
UN Human Rights Council backs Argentina on US debt row
From BBC The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution in Geneva condemning a group of American hedge funds that took Argentina to court. The investors are demanding payments worth more than $1.3bn (£766m) dollars on government bonds…
CAYMAN ISLANDS CHAPTER: Mergers and Acquisitions
By Marco Martins1 From “the Mergers & Acquisitions Review Eighth Edition I OVERVIEW OF M&A ACTIVITY The Cayman Islands experienced a significant increase in new company registrations in 2013 compared to 2012; 9,433 new companies were incorporated compared with 8,971…
Here’s where we think the world’s nukes are stored — and what it says about global security
By Armin Rosen from Business Insider Nuclear security scholars Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris published a study of the worldwide deployment of nuclear weapons on August 27th in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, their first such survey…
Indian scientists find a ‘wonder herb’ in the high Himalayas
From The Siasat Daily In the high hostile peaks of the Himalayas where sustaining life is a challenge in itself, Indian scientists say they have found a “wonder herb” which can regulate the immune system, help adapt to the mountain…
