The Editor Speaks: Compromise and diplomacy do work
When one is confrontational it rarely succeeds. This has been the biggest problem with ex-premier McKeeva Bush and surprisingly he doesn’t seem to have ever owned up that confrontation is even part of his persona. Quite the contrary. He often…
CWA: Sprint buying T-Mobile would be even worse than AT&T buying T-Mobile
By Zach Epstein BGR – From Yahoo News Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and Sprint’s rumored upcoming T-Mobile takeover bid is a blazing inferno right now. Numerous reports have suggested that Sprint and its parent company, Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank,…
Cayman Finance lines up impressive list of speakers for timely tax seminar
(George Town, Grand Cayman) Anyone interested in finding out more about some of the multilateral initiatives proposed and confirmed with regard to international tax — such as BEPS and the effects of US and UK FATCA on the hedge funds,…
US War on Drugs is an abysmal failure
By Michael Kelley From Business Insider The ‘First Global Snapshot’ Of The Drug War Used Government Data To Prove That It’s An Abysmal Failure A new study used governmental data to prove that the war on drugs war has been…
Canned cocaine tampered with, says Trinidad company
By Rhondor Dowlat By Caribbean News Now contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — According to SM Jaleel & Co Ltd, which describes itself as Trinidad and Tobago’s number one exporter of non-petrochemical products, a 20-foot container of cans labeled as…
Cooperation with regulators improves reputation
By Colin MacKay The 2007/8 global financial crisis continues to influence the environment within which the Cayman investment funds industry operates. Global economic patterns, largely driven by factors emerging from that crisis, continue to shape cross-border political and regulatory developments….
Why heroin use is skyrocketing across the US
By Pamela Engel From Business Insider Heroin abuse has been getting more attention lately. Last week, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin spent his entire 34-minute State of the State address talking about the state’s “full-blown heroin crisis,” and law enforcement officials…
Selling Caribbean Citizenship
By David Jessop From Guyanese Online News Americas, LONDON, England: Governments in North America and Europe are beginning to look more closely at citizenship for investment schemes, after a small but growing number of incidents have raised concerns about who…
US court rejects banking associations challenge to Caribbean offshore tax compliance
From Caribbean360 The DOJ said that the Florida Bankers Association and Texas Bankers Association had challenged the 2012 amendments to the Department of the Treasury’s interest-reporting regulations. WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Thursday January 16, 2014, CMC – The United States…
Trinidad national on US “most wanted” list may be residing in Barbados
From Caribbean360 Andre Neverson has ties to Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Bahamas, Grenada, St. Vincent and Canada and US authorities are offering a US$25,000 reward for information leading directly to his arrest. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – United States law…
