The explosive popularity of Initial Coin Offerings raises more questions than answers
From Business Insider Australia If you’re trying to wrap your head around Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), you’re not alone. While debate rages around whether major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are in a bubble, there are also new ICOs…
A $6.5 million loan fund threw FICO scores out the window, and the results show a way forward for America’s struggling cities
By Matt Turner From Business Insider The $6.5 million Entrepreneurs of Color Fund in Detroit has backed more than 40 businesses, creating 420 jobs in the city. The fund does away with a focus on FICO scores, helps prep companies…
EPA blasts Associated Press journalist over report about Houston superfund sites
By Maxwell Tani From Business Insider The Environmental Protection Agency on Sunday released a lengthy statement condemning a recent Associated Press report that said the regulator was nowhere to be found at dangerous, potentially toxic sites submerged by flooding in…
CDS latest production is “Sistahs”
Colin Wilson I was invited along with other members of the media last Thursday to a rehearsal of the Caribbean play “Sistahs” at The Prospect Playhouse. Billed by the Cayman Drama Society as a comedy ,“You’ll laugh until you cry”,…
Real news of fake reviews
By Jon Evans Goodhart’s Law, as phrased by Mary Strathern: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Honored more in the breach than the observance, alas. Our algorithmic world has turned so many measures…
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Cayman Islands prepares coordinated response to Hurricane Irma
Her Excellency the Governor Helen Kilpatrick and Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin held a disaster management meeting with key personnel today (Wednesday, 6 September) regarding the unfolding destruction caused by Hurricane Irma in the region. Senior officials and members of Hazard…
Hurricane Irma Prompts States of Emergency, Evacuations in Caribbean
By Sean Breslin From the Weather Channel Major Damage as Irma Slams Leeward Islands Small islands suffer under Irma’s blast. Story Highlights Islands in the Caribbean made final preparations for the storm Tuesday as Hurricane Irma closed in. Bahamas Prime…
FURTHER UPDATED: 6 Sep Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 3 H-canes
Sep 6 Wed 2017 Tropical Report Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Wed Sep 6 2017 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on…
Cayman Islands’ teens earn “Passports to Success”
A celebration of achievements, and of the potential of eight young people, took place last week at graduation of the National Workplace Development Agency’s (NWDA) latest “Passport2Success” (P2S) cohort. Held on Friday (1st September 2017), this was the 23rd successful…
