Fort Lauderdale trial aims to topple top level of secret bank accounts
By John Pacenti, From Daily Business Review The Justice Department cracked open Switzerland’s centuries-old custom of banking secrecy when it forced UBS AG to disclose the names of secret U.S. account holders on top of fining it $780 million. But…
Advantage Insurance acquires Southpac Life
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Advantage Insurance Holdings Ltd. (“Advantage”), a leader in providing customized insurance solutions for businesses and individuals, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Southpac Life Insurance Limited (“Southpac…
Plan won’t save Great Barrier Reef: Australian scientists
From Business Insider Sydney (AFP) – Australian government plans to protect the Great Barrier Reef are inadequate, short-sighted and will not prevent its decline, the country’s pre-eminent grouping of natural scientists said Tuesday. The draft plan, released for consultation last…
ACLU: Let wrongfully convicted man spend last days at home
By Stephanie Slifer CBS News NEW YORK – The clock is ticking for Max Soffar, a Texas man dying of liver cancer who is on death row for a crime he says he didn’t commit. “It’s your worst nightmare,” says…
Antigua reach highest ever FIFA ranking as T&T, Haiti also soar
From Jamaica Observer Jamaica slip 13 places to 113th in the world ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda are celebrating their highest ever FIFA World ranking after they jumped this week to 70th in the world. The Benna…
Concert & breakfast for Cayman Islands seniors
Older Person’s Month shone a spotlight on music and the spoken word this past weekend, as celebrations continued with a folksong concert and prayer breakfast. . Over 300 people turned out to the Harquail Theatre, on Friday, 24 October, for…
‘Aunt Jemima’ heirs sue Pepsi, Quaker Oats for $2 billion in royalties
By Tom Huddleston, Jr. From Fortune The great-grandchildren of the woman who once served as Aunt Jemima filed a class action suit seeking royalty back payments. The great-grandchildren of Anna Short Harrington, the woman whose likeness was used for the…
Caribbean dream is a true born survivor
By Richard Wright GARDENING I’m grateful to Don Prescott for highlighting a star of a plant, which does especially well down his southern Wight neck of the woods but will survive almost anywhere. It is one of the vast agave…
Overlooked among 50 million displaced worldwide, women and girls lose out
By Andrea Ó Súilleabháin From IPI Mass displacement has become a significant feature of recent conflicts, as the number of people forced to flee their homes has passed 50 million worldwide, a level not seen since World War II. This…
New commodity ETF reveals tax loophole
By Shelley Goldberg, Commodity Strategist From Wall Street Daily Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still hot investments. It seems a new ETF pops up almost daily. The total number of ETFs offered by the end of 2013 reached 1,294 and represented…
