LinkedIn to spend $6M to compensate employees for violating labor laws
By Avaneesh Pandey From International Business Times LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE:LNKD) agreed to pay nearly $6 million in back wages, overtime and damages to a “small subset” of its staff in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York, according to reports published…
Cayman Axiom Fund fraud: Lawyer struck off as solicitor in UK
British attorney Tim Schools struck off for ‘serious misconduct’ From OffshoreAlert Timothy Schools, who masterminded the £100 million-plus, Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraud, was struck off as a solicitor in England and Wales on June 27th for professional…
Synagogue a spiritual respite on St. Thomas
By Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – In this tropical climate, it doesn’t seem particularly strange to walk inside a building and find sand beneath your feet, as you do when passing through the…
CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 Information/CONCACAF Girls’ U15 Match Schedule
CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 Information Match: Alpha United FC (GUY) vs. Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON) Trainings: Alpha United FC: 7:00pm Local Time @ Guyana National Stadium Club Deportivo Olimpia: TBD Match: Cruz Azul FC (MEX) vs. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC)…
‘Insider attack’ at Afghan base kills US General
From Newsmax A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said on…
Turned turtle
By Alastair Savage The gales had turned the Caribbean grey. Aboard the launch, the scientists huddled under an awning. Gusts swept through the sides. Drops beat down on the canvas. Water swirled around its aluminium poles. Dr Murdoch shivered as…
Hummingbird pudding cake
By Carrie Vasios Mullins From Serious Eats When I bake on the weekend, it’s often as a way to relax. Yes, believe it or not, I find making a twenty-step, multi-rise, or multi-layer dessert shenanigan to be relaxing. Well, with…
From inflatable ‘bubble’ airports to Hobbit-style Caribbean hotels…
From inflatable ‘bubble’ airports to Hobbit-style Caribbean hotels… the eco-designs that show how we will travel in the future From Daily Mail UK These unusual, domed buildings could be the hotels and airports of the future. Designs have been released…
Cayman Islands cyclist Smith, eases off the pedal
By Matthew Yates Michele Smith let caution guide him through the winds and rains of Scotland. Smith, 44, wrapped up the XX Commonwealth Games for the Cayman Islands by pulling out of the Men’s Road Race event on Sunday. Smith…
This is what the most secure email in the world could look like
By Karyne Levy From Business Insider Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Raytheon BBN Technologies have created a way to make your email correspondence so secure (PDF), that even the NSA would have a hard time getting…
