Winners of the Regional Investor of the Year Awards
INNOVATIVE INVESTORS RECOGNISED AT THE 3rd REGIONAL INVESTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2016 Miami, FLORIDA, May 24, 2016. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) are pleased to announce the winners…
A Peruvian Amazon Community Is Putting Up a Fight Against the Expansion of Oil Palm
Written by Juan Arellano Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan From Global Voices This post is a version of an article originally published on Juan Arellano’s Globalizado blog. Santa Clara of Uchunya is a small community in the Peruvian Amazon, located…
K9s grab attention
Cayman Islands K-9 officers grab attention at Prospect Primary Fair Sniffer dogs from the Customs and Agriculture Departments captured young hearts and minds when they participated, along with their handlers, in the Prospect Primary School Careers Fair on Friday, 20…
Five firms plant themselves on Bayer’s mega Monsanto bid
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily Eight months after seed leader Monsanto Co. abandoned its $45.2 billion saga to acquire Switzerland’s Syngenta AG, the St. Louis-based agribusiness giant found itself the target of a mammoth takeover bid by…
BNP Paribas to close Cayman Islands business – Attac website
Reuters From euronews PARIS (Reuters) – French bank BNP Paribas plans to close its remaining business in the Cayman Islands, campaign group Attac reported on its website on Tuesday, in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations about tax havens….
WTF Launches New Collaborative Bidding Process for 2017-2021
“It is not just a contract but a partnership.” SEOUL, Korea (May 23, 2016) – The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) today [Mon] announced an innovative bidding process for all its WTF events between 2017 and 2021 as it looks to…
The British pound is on fire — here’s what’s happening in FX
By Elena Holodny From Business Insider Good afternoon! The British pound is stronger by 1.0% at 1.4622 against the dollar at 12:03 p.m. ET. This follows a new poll conducted by the ORB for the Daily Telegraph, which suggests that…
Japan to go to the moon
Japan is planning an unmanned moon mission for 2019 By Christopher Klimovski From engadget Japan’s space program announced last December that it wants to become the fourth country to successfully land an unmanned vessel on the moon. The scheduled launch…
Animal shelter vet ends her life after online attacks over euthanasia, reports say
BY VICTORIA HO From Mashable The director of an animal shelter in Taiwan reportedly ended her life after she received heavy criticism online for having to put dogs to sleep at work. Jian Zhicheng, a veterinary doctor who worked at…
Can women be required to wear high heels to work?
By Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, From Corporate Counsel Can dress codes require women to wear heels to work? Some U.K. employers seem to think so judging by a recent report that went viral about a London receptionist who was sent home after…
