Securing startups will be yet another gauntlet for Greece
By Elmira Bayrasli From TechCrunch Elmira Bayrasli is the co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted. Her book, From the Other Side of the World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlikely Places, hits book stands on September 8. Last Sunday Greeks overwhelmingly voted “no,” to…
Cayman Islands Government Boards payments announced
Following a number of requests from Caymanian lawyer Peter Polack re payments that members on the Cayman Islands Government boards receive he has received the following answers: 1.Department of Health Regulatory Services (DHRS) Health Insurance Commission (HIC) Health Practice commission…
funeral-themed wedding photos
Couple looks deathly in love in their funeral-themed wedding photos By Andrea Romano From Mashable Their vows say “’til death do us part,” and they mean it. Jenny Tay and Darren Cheng, both funeral directors at Direct Funeral Services Ltd….
Gadget of the week
Mobile wallets more popular in Sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else By Mariella Moon From engadget In Sub-Saharan Africa, mobile wallets are a huge deal. While it’s been that way for years, the World Bank’s latest Global Financial Inclusion database gives…
Boy Scouts of America moves to lift nationwide ban on gay adults
By Chris Morran From Consumerist Earlier this year, Robert Gates, current National President of the Boy Scouts of America and former head of the CIA, asked leadership to give some thought to the organization’s current standards. The Boy Scouts of…
Sonar-mapping ship looks for baby lobsters, finds dead volcanoes
By Mona Lalwani From Engadget You never know what you might find when you’re looking for lobster larvae. Iain Suthers, a marine biologist at the University of New South Wales, recently led a team of 28 scientists on board Australia’s…
Rapper 50 Cent says he’s broke after losing lawsuit
AFP From Business Insider New York (AFP) – He calls himself 50 Cent, but the hip-hop mogul says he may not be worth even that. The rapper known for the album and movie “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” filed for…
Dewey case comes into focus
By Julie Triedman, From The National Law Journal Yet to be heard is finance director Frank Canellas (UPDATE: See below). With testimony from roughly a third of the expected 79 prosecution witnesses in the criminal trial of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s…
Very soon, robotic drones will automatically follow you (or your kids) around
By Julie Bort From Business Insider By now, most of us have seen a remote-controlled camera drone flying around taking pictures from above. There’s about 1 million of them out there used by hobbyists, according to Helen Greiner, CEO of…
Greeks talk of betrayal and revenge after harsh bailout agreement
By Catarina Martins From Mashable Vassilis Tsimpidis, 52, works as a quality inspector in the shipbuilding industry of Perama, a small village in the region of Piraeus. For the last two days his life has been all politics. He he…
