Cayman Islands Enterprise City seeking young entrepreneurs for Summer Internship Programme
“Summer in the City” initiative enters its third year as CEC and zone companies welcome young Caymanians into the tech zone for experience and opportunities Cayman Enterprise City is inviting young Caymanians to apply for several internships available in the…
Maples continues support for Cayman Islands’ Feed Our Future
On Friday, 29 May more than 160 staff from Maples and Calder and MaplesFS participated in the island-wide dress down day in support of Feed Our Future. Each donning this year’s red T-Shirt, the participants raised more than US$8,000 for…
Deutsche Bank appoints new Chief Operating Officer in Cayman
Sophie Ebanks has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Deutsche Bank in the Cayman Islands. In her new role, Sophie will assume responsibility for an extended range of operational activities and services within Cayman, including the management and oversight…
Kolkata Knight Riders go west: Shah Rukh Khan buys CPL team
By K Shriniwas Rao, From The Times of India MUMBAI: Bollywood royalty is now set to rub shoulders with Hollywood glamour, following the purchase of the Trinidad & Tobago franchise in the Caribbean Premier League by star actor and Kolkata…
HP agrees to pay $100 Million in suit over botched autonomy deal
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay $100 million to end a shareholder class action over the company’s ill-fated 2011 acquisition of British software firm Autonomy. If approved, the proposed settlement would…
Biotech worker, stockbrokers hit with insider-trading charges
By David Ruiz, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday announced insider-trading charges against the former information-technology director of a San Diego biotech firm, alleging he tipped his brother-in-law stockbroker to significant advances…
Visitor numbers up for the Caribbean region
By Gay Nagle Myers From Travel Weekly Based on first-quarter air arrivals, the Caribbean region is in a good place right now. And tourism officials predict a 6% rise in overall arrival numbers this year compared with 2014, when 26.3…
Mauritius regains top slot as source of FDI in India
From The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Mauritius has regained the position as top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India by pushing Singapore to the second slot in 2014-15. Mauritius accounted for about 29 per cent of the country’s…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Cayman Islands Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 April – 30 June 2015 session are now to report on Tuesday, 16…
The M&A strategies of 10 tech giants: A founder’s guide to selling your startup
By Conner Forrest From Tech Republic For startups shopping for VC money, targeting an acquisition is one of the primary options for an exit. To help pick your targets, TechRepublic has broken down how the top 10 tech giants approach…