Cayman Hedge Funds are under the spotlight at OffshoreAlert Conference
From OffshoreAlert How many hedge fund directorships are too many, should the number and name of each person’s directorships be transparent or concealed from investors, and to what extent are they regulated? Those are some of the questions that will…
India orders Italy ambassador Mancini not to leave
India’s Supreme Court has ordered the Italian ambassador not to leave the country after Rome’s refusal to return two marines charged with the murder of two fishermen in Kerala last year. The court had allowed the marines to go home…
Green Beers for St. Patrick’s Day
by Jana Ballinger Care2 Beer and the color green–two great things that are NOT great together. St. Patrick’s Day is known for lots of cool things, but putting food coloring into a glass of foamy, delicious brew is one thing…
Striking right on Budget
PS News Almost 250,000 Public Servants in the United Kingdom are expected to take part in a strike on Budget Day, 20 March. Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union have organised a three-month program of strikes and…
Restrained wage deal in sight
PS News The Jamaican Government is set to sign a new wage agreement for the 2012-15 contract period with the Public Service, with limited prospects for wage increases. The agreement follows an announcement by the union representing public sector workers…
Letter to the Editor from Anon
Do some political candidates understand that advertising is not for free? I was driving on my way to town this morning listening to Cayman Cross Talk, as I was passing through the Red Bay area, I heard something that was…
South Korea Is More Worried About Short Skirts Than Pyongyang
Paul Szoldra Business Insider There’s plenty of trouble on the Korean peninsula, but the latest battle isn’t over borders, or contested islands — it’s over skirts. On Mar. 11, a decree was passed at a South Korean cabinet meeting that…
UK Sec of State hits back at TCI Premier
The following is a reply to Dr Rufus Ewing Premier Turks and Caicos Islands from William Hague, Secretary of State, to his open letter dated 10 February to Hague. Please see iNews Cayman story published Feb 17 Feb 2013 at…
The 10 Most Controversial Things Sheryl Sandberg Just Said About Women
By Julie Bort Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg appeared on “60 Minutes” last Sunday (10) to explain her controversial views on women in the workplace. Sandberg insists that one reason there are fewer woman in top leadership roles than men is…
UBS reports bonus payments equal to net loss
From swissinfo.ch UBS handed out CHF2.5 billion ($2.6 billion) in bonuses to top employees last year, the same amount as its annual losses recorded in 2012. The bank’s newest executive received a soon-to-be-banned “golden hello” bonus worth CHF25 million. The…
