7 changes mutual funds should make
By Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch Ways fund companies could better serve shareholders: a 2013 wish list Stories You Might Like Mutual fund executives owe their livelihoods to shareholders, but most treat investors like ordinary customers rather than partners or bosses. That’s…
JOB OPPORTUNITY
CAYMAN ISLANDS – DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELLING SERVICES, GEORGE TOWN – Counsellor The Department of Counselling Services, George Town, Cayman Islands is now accepting applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following Position: COUNSELLOR (Community-Based) Salary: $47,520 – $63,912…
UNHCR expresses concern over deaths at sea in the Caribbean
By Brian Hansford in Washington, DC., USA From Relief Web Report from UN High Commissioner for Refugees WASHINGTON, DC, United States, November 28 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has expressed concern at the recent deaths at sea following a…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force blacklists Belize; is banking sector in jeopardy
By DEAN BARROW from News5 Belize As you know by now, the European Union has blacklisted Belize for not doing enough to curb illegal fishing. That is bad, but even worse is the news of the blacklisting by the Caribbean…
Glasgow helicopter crash: Ninth body found
BBC A ninth body has been found in the wreckage of a Glasgow pub where a police helicopter crashed on Friday night, Police Scotland says. It earlier named three dead helicopter crew as pilot David Traill, 51, and Police Constables…
China is finally ready for real currency reform
By Allison Jackson From The Financialist The future of Hong Kong hangs in the balance. Just about an hour’s drive northwest of Hong Kong, in a corner of the bustling Chinese city of Shenzen, there’s a roughly 6-square-mile piece of…
Warner Park Stadium to outclass other regional cricket venues
By: Staff Reporter, SKNVibes.com BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – ONE of the smallest cricketing venues in the Caribbean is currently under an EC$10M renovation which will bring it up to par with and surpass other leading venues in the region. This…
Double the rate of methane release from Arctic seafloor
By Kukil Bora Double the rate of methane release from Arctic seafloor creates fear of new ‘climate-change-driven factor’ The Arctic seafloor off the coast of Northern Siberia is releasing more than double the amount of methane as previously estimated, a…
NOAA: Slow Atlantic hurricane season coming to a close
No major hurricanes formed in the Atlantic basin – first time since 1994 November 25, 2013 PHOTO: GOES East satellite tracks Subtropical Storm Melissa, the last storm of the season. (Credit: NOAA) The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ends…
