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Op-Ed: A new accord to conserve and sustainably use the seas
By Patricia Scotland – Commonwealth Secretary-General LONDON, Jun 21 2017 – The United Nations Ocean Conference underlined the need for an integrated approach to the blue economy, one which supports jobs and livelihoods while conserving the environment. A new Blue Charter of…
Estera wins at major brand management awards
Estera, a leading provider of offshore fiduciary and administration services, has won three prizes for its outstanding brand management at a major industry awards ceremony. Estera was presented ‘Best Marketing and Business Development Team’, ‘Best Rebranding Campaign’ and ‘Brand of…
Robert the Bruce
Researchers digitally reconstruct the face of a legendary Scottish king By Andrew Tarantola From engadget It’s Robert the Bruce as you’ve never seen him before. Robert the Bruce, a medieval warrior and hero-king of the Scottish people, is something of…
Facebook teaches machines to negotiate with humans
By John Mannes From TechCrunch Though Facebook is rarely mentioned alongside Apple, Microsoft and Amazon in discussions about conversational AI, the company has published a hoard of papers that underscore a deep interest in dialog systems. As has become clear…
(Cayman) Statutory Mergers – Loan Financing
From Walkers Privatisations by way of a Cayman Islands statutory merger are often financed by secured loans from banks. The merger process is frequently used to “take private” international Chinese businesses listed in the United States through a Cayman Islands…
New tech can wirelessly charge electric cars and smartphones
From DNA India Stanford scientists have developed a way to wirelessly deliver electricity to moving objects, an advance that could charge electric vehicles, smartphones and medical implants on the go. If electric cars could recharge while driving down a highway,…
Angola: Rafael Marques de Morais – A one-legged man in an ass kicking competition
A one -legged man in an ass kicking competition By Peter Polack I first came into contact with Rafael Marques when I began research on my book Last Hot Battle of the Cold War which was originally entitled Black Stalingrad…
ILO and CDB hold policy dialogue on social protection and youth employment
Members of the ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean met with representatives of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for a policy dialogue on social protection and youth empowerment and employment — two key areas of work for…
Designing design right protection in the Cayman Islands
From IPCOPY Background Design registration will go live in the Cayman Islands on 1st of August this year and here is how it all started. Just a few days before the INTA Annual Meeting in Orlando in 2016 our friend…
Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce concerned about recent crime spree
The Chamber Council is concerned about the recent crime spree in our community, with a series of robberies targeting small businesses and charitable organisations. “We are extremely concerned about these recent crimes and the impact they have had not only…
