Allstate named official protector of the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Trophy
Gold Cup Trophy to be Shared with Fans and Protected by Allstate as it Visits Matches Across the Country Miami (Tuesday, July 7, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today named Allstate Insurance…
Some CEOs are being paid too much simply by accident
By Noah Smith By Newsmax Why are chief executive officers paid so much? Although skyrocketing CEO pay is not a substantial factor behind the increase in income inequality, it is certainly startling. The average U.S. CEO now makes about 350…
Cayman Islands Education Ministry not in agreement with all Aud Gen findings
Statement by the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs on the Auditor General’s Report “Major Capital Projects – Building Schools” The Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs acknowledges the report by the Auditor General’s Office entitled “Major Capital Projects…
Demand for Caribbean real estate doubles in first half of 2015
Enquiries for Caribbean property have surged in 2015, according to recent data from 7th Heaven Properties (www.7thHeavenProperties.com) 7 July 2015: Demand for Caribbean real estate has doubled during the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period last…
This man created the ice cube’s multimillion-dollar industry
By Joy H. Lin From MUNCHIES The year is 1833 and you’re sweating your balls off in Calcutta, India. Being sweat-drenched is a fact of life here, much like your diet of mostly saffron-hued curries and rice. In fact, the…
Wireless carriers could become the next important mobile payments provider
By John Heggestuen From Business Insider The biggest question app developers are facing today is how to get paid for their apps and content. In particular they face two challenges: how to make purchasing on mobile easy enough so that…
Hoax phone call costs hedge fund $1.2 million and CFO’s job
From Newsmax The finance chief at Fortelus Capital Management LLP got an alarming phone call just as he was getting ready to leave work on a Friday. The caller said he was from Coutts, the London-based hedge fund’s bank, and…
Cayman Islands Aud. Gen gives 2 scathing reports on CIG’s construction projects and social assistant programmes
From Office of the Auditor General Cayman Islands #1 Poor management of construction projects significantly increased the Government’s costs Projects to construct high schools and build additions at four primary schools were badly managed by the Ministry of Education, significantly…
The Editor Speaks: “I don’t believe it?”
How many times have we said that? How many times have we heard other people say it? “A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.” – Tennessee Williams. “What’s more…
Now Webb swiped by Cayman Islands card allegations
By Paul Nicholson from Inside World Football July 6 – FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb (pictured), currently being held in a Zurich jail awaiting an extradition hearing to the US on charges of corruption, has been hit by…