This chart shows how much of a head start white families have over black families
By Jordan Weissmann, Slate From Business Insider The yawning wealth gap between black and white families is one of the starkest legacies of America’s history of racist social policymaking. As far as simple statistical comparisons go, I can’t recall any…
Grant Thornton Cayman founding partner retires
By Becky Butcher From Captive Insurance Grant Thornton’s Terry Carson has retired, stepping down from his role as founding partner. Dara Keogh will be taking over from Carson as co-managing partner of the company. Keogh joins from Alesia Re, based…
Life-saving care in Cayman Islands
From New York Daily News Last year, Lakeisha Wilson desperately needed help for her two-year-old daughter Ala, who was diagnosed with Type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes. And, in December, she got that help and more from Health City Cayman Islands hospital,…
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Literally brilliant “Lighting Robot” brings sunlight to parts of your home that can’t get any
BY RAIN NOE From Core77 Get more light while using less electricity At certain times of year, the sun bounces off of a glass skyscraper outside my window and illuminates my apartment from an unusual angle. And the room then…
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Astronaut filmed elusive blue lightning aboard the ISS
By Mariella Moon From engadget And the video is quite mesmerizing. Some types of electrical discharge phenomena like blue jets and red sprites occur way above the altitudes where normal lightning occurs. That makes it tough to see them or…
Caribbean leaders urged to embrace ICT
From Caribbean News Now ST JOHN’S, Antigua — In keeping with the theme of ICT Week and Symposium Antigua and Barbuda; ICT – Driving 21st Century Intelligent Services, Melford Nicholas, minister of information, broadcasting, telecommunications and information technology stated, “ICT…
These are the tiny drones that could save us if bees go extinct
By Mike Wehner From BGR As has been well documented in recent years, the population of many species of bees are in serious peril. The Trump administration is dragging its feet in adding some of the hardest-hit bees on the…
Here’s how much it costs both Saudi Arabia and the US to produce oil
By Matthew DiLallo, The Motley Fool From Business Insider When crude oil prices crashed into the $20 range early last year, it had most oil-producing nations quaking in their boots. That’s because few countries can make much — if any…
Meet Hitler-obsessed drug smuggler
Meet the cocaine-addled, Hitler-obsessed drug smuggler who tried to take down Pablo Escobar By Christopher Woody From Business Insider Pablo Escobar is remembered as the face of the Medellin cartel, the Colombian criminal organization that flooded the world with cocaine…
