Zacks downgrades Cayman Islands’ Consolidated Water Co. to sell (CWCO)
From American Banking & Market News August 13th, 2015 Consolidated Water Co. was downgraded by Zacks from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report released on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. According to Zacks, “Consolidated Water Co….
MyMalls launches the fastest delivery website for the Caribbean & Latin America
MyMalls announces the launch of a new “24-hour delivery” retail shipping website for the Caribbean and Latin American online shoppers. MyMalls revolutionizes the way people shop in the Caribbean and Latin America by providing free US shipping address upon registration…
Latest inversion attempt illustrates USA. can’t compete with a 0 % corporate tax rate
By Matt Gardner, Executive Director at ITEP From Tax Justice Yet another American company has announced its intention to carry out a corporate inversion, a fancy term for buying a smaller company, completing some paper work and declaring its new…
Haiti will host the 12th edition of CARIFESTA, the Caribbean Festival of Arts, August 21 – 30, 2015
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti /PRNewswire/ – CARIFESTA, which is the largest cultural and artistic event in the Caribbean, has fused all forms of expression of Latin America and the Caribbean since 1972. As a result, it has become a major multicultural and…
Destination of the week
By Stephen Jardine From Daily record Stephen Jardine goes off the beaten track in Jamaica to discover the Caribbean islands hidden treasures. Think of a holiday in Jamaica and it’s big all-inclusive resorts with Bob Marley blasting from the sound…
Woman loses vision after mosquito bites
By Laura Geggel, Staff Writer From LiveScience A woman who caught chikungunya fever while vacationing in the Caribbean wound up losing some of the vision in her right eye permanently, according to a new report of her case. The findings…
IAAF accused of blocking report on doping cheats
AFP From Business Insider Researchers concluded that up to 34 percent of competitors at the 2011 world championships in Daegu had violated anti-doping rules in the previous 12 months London (AFP) – The world athletics governing body blocked the publication…
Butter can be bad for your health, concludes study paid for by dairy industry. Wait, what?
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist When an industry funds a scientific study of what they do or produce, you can roll your eyes and safely assume that the data will show that the phenomenon being studied is healthy or at…
Hack The Planet! (Before It’s Too Late)
By Jon Evans From Techcrunch Greetings from the gaudy hellscape of Las Vegas, and that overcrowded maelstrom of surly hackers known as DEF CON! What follows is a brief rundown of the talks here (and its big corporate sister Black…
Two Sigma Risk Premia Cayman Fund filing. Matthew B Siano Esq Released Aug 14 SEC Form
By OctaStaff From Octa Financing Two Sigma Risk Premia Cayman Fund Form D The Cayman Islands-based Two Sigma Risk Premia Cayman Fund, Ltd. had published SEC form D for $67.00 million offering. This is a new filing. The raised $67.00…
