From offshore to onshore, law firm merger boom continues
By Brian Baxter, From the Am Law Daily Bingham McCutchen and Edwards Wildman Palmer aren’t the only two big firms with strong New England roots making merger-type moves. Maine-based Verrill Dana, which made it onto sibling publication The National Law…
A popular Irish corporate tax loophole is now dead — here are three other loopholes
By Shane Ferro From Business Insider The Irish have officially killed the much-loved corporate tax loophole known as the “Double Irish.” Irish finance minister, Michael Noonan, announced today that the government is closing the loophole in the Irish budget starting…
Dozens of French tourists hurt in Cuba road accident
From Channel NewsAsia The accident occurred on Monday afternoon as the tour bus was returning to Varadero from an outing in Santa Clara to visit a monument to Argentine-Cuban guerrilla fighter Che Guevara. HAVANA: Forty-one French tourists and two locals…
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Drop in fuel prices benefits airlines, not passengers
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday December 4, 2014 – Oil prices have hit a five-year low of US$67.50 a barrel. This should have been a godsend for the global tourism industry because the cost of air…
Barbados is least corrupt country in the Caribbean
By Hayden Boyce -Turks and Caicos SUN Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Barbados is the least corrupt country in the Caribbean and among the top-20 cleanest countries in the world, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2014 which was released…
Internet retailers press their claims in High Court
By Jamie Schuman, From Supreme Court Brief ’Tis the season for online gift-buying, and a fitting time for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl, a case involving the rights of Internet retailers. At issue is…
Oil baron has to pay ex-wife nearly $1 billion — and he’s thrilled
By Linette Lopez From Business Insider An Oklahoma Judge has handed down the ruling in the most expensive divorce in US history — between billionaire energy magnate Harold Hamm and his ex-wife Sue Ann. CNBC reports that she’ll be given…
Hydro Nano Gas could be the answer for neutralizing carbon fuel emissions
By Michelle Bennett Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT), a Swedish clean tech company based in Stockholm, has developed an innovative patent pending approach for neutralizing carbon fuel emissions by generating a novel gas called Hydro Nano Gas (HNG). In spite of…
What about those Cayman Islands assets?
By Don Bauder From San Diego Reader Attorney J. Douglass Jennings Jr. boasts on his law firm’s website that “we are proudly recognized as one of the leading estate and tax planning law firms not only in California but in…
37 cases of Chikungunya confirmed in Cayman Islands from latest report
Chikungunya/Dengue Update as of 1 December 2014 Chikungunya update: Another patient without travel history has tested positive for chikungunya, the Caribbean Public Health Agency informed the Cayman Islands during the week of 25 November – 1 December 2014. This brings…
