India’s ecommerce rules hit Amazon and Walmart
By Chandra Mohan From fDi Magazine New FDI guidelines for online marketplaces will mean drastic changes for the Indian operations of two US powerhouses. Chandra Mohan reports. India’s new FDI guidelines for ecommerce add fresh uncertainty to the ambitious local…
The digital drug: Internet addiction spawns US treatment programs
From Newsmax When Danny Reagan was 13, he began exhibiting signs of what doctors usually associate with drug addiction. He became agitated, secretive and withdrew from friends. He had quit baseball and Boy Scouts, and he stopped doing homework and…
2018 marks solid year for Cayman International Insurance
George Town, Grand Cayman, January 18, 2019 – Cayman’s international insurance industry enjoyed a strong 2018; with final quarter figures recently published by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). 33 new licenses were issued in 2018, bringing the total number…
RCIPS K-9 Unit
Cayman Islands: RCIPS K-9 Unit completes 3-week intensive training From RCIPS On Wednesday 22 January, RCIPS K-9 officers and police dogs received official certification after having completed a three-week intensive training course focusing on general purpose and narcotics work. While…
Nurse arrested over US care home patient pregnancy
From BBC Police in Arizona say they have arrested a nurse after a patient at a care facility gave birth. The suspect has been named as Nathan Sutherland, 36, who worked at the Hacienda Healthcare clinic. He is being charged…
Category 5 Certified hurricane resistant growhouse systems launched
Alquimi Renewables and its technology group Island AgTech, together with its strategic engineering partner Sprung Structures, based in Calgary, Alberta, have finalized development of the first fully certified Category 5 hurricane resistant greenhouse and blackhouse applications. Greenhouse project in the…
Ogier in Cayman acts on emerging Chinese real estate company’s IPO on Nasdaq
Ogier’s Cayman Islands team led by partner Bradley Kruger with senior associate Tommy Tuohy advised on the Cayman law elements of MDJM Ltd’s initial public offering on Nasdaq. MDJM Ltd is an emerging, integrated real estate services company in China…
US: 25 percent of antibiotic prescriptions not needed
From Newsmax Nearly 25 percent of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are given for conditions they aren’t meant to treat, a new study finds. Antibiotics are miracle drugs that can cure deadly bacterial infections. But too often they are…
CariCRIS upgrades Barbados
Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has upgraded the Regional Scale Local Currency rating of the Government of Barbados (GOB) from CariD (Default) to CariBB, with a stable outlook. We however maintain the Regional Scale Foreign Currency rating of CariD (Default) on the country’s foreign…
More coal-fired power plants were retired during Trump’s first 2 years than all of Obama’s first term, report says
By Scott DiSavino, Reuters From Business Insider More US coal-fired power plants were shut in President Donald Trump’s first two years than were retired in the whole of Barack Obama’s first term, despite the Republican’s efforts to prop up the industry…
