Cayman Island Tourism stakeholders divided on new pier
By Brian Major From Travel Pulse Cayman Islands tourism stakeholders are choosing sides in a widening debate over the construction of a $150 million cruise ship facility viewed by some as key to the country’s economic future. The debate follows…
Special Economic Zone in the Cayman Islands creates new Maritime Services Park
By Jonathan R. McLean, Gene A. DaCosta From Conyers Dill & Pearman The Cayman Islands is the global leader for mega-yacht registrations. With its sight now firmly set on bringing shipping companies and maritime service providers to Cayman, the Special…
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Community Events TUE 7 JULY National Gallery Summer Cine Club for Kids National Gallery Summer Cine Club for Kids is back with an all new selection of neat movies to enjoy! Screenings will be every Tuesday afternoon starting at 2:00…
Digicel pushes the growth story as stock market flotation looms
By Nick Webb From Independent IE Denis O’Brien must persuade investors he can turn Digicel from a regional mobile operator into a full service telecoms and media behemoth Denis O’Brien’s timing is good. The wider telecoms, broadband and media IPO…
Cayman Islands swimming official in charge at Olympics/CWC-Columbus deal examined
Cayman swimming official in charge at Olympic Qualifying Competition CIASA, Grand Cayman, 30 June 2015: Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA) Referee Adam Roberts has been selected to officiate as a Referee in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (14-18…
Africa: Caribbean alliance eyes new era for youth entrepreneurship
From All Africa Young people hoping to transform their business ideas into successful enterprises are set to benefit from the creation of a new Commonwealth alliance to promote youth entrepreneurship across the Caribbean and Americas. The Commonwealth Alliance of Young…
It’s a ‘scary’ post-‘Alice’ world for software patents
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal In the year since the seminal U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alice v. CLS Bank International, courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office increasingly have nullified inventions involving computers or the…
Gadget of the week: Volo
Rocket Internet acquires restaurant delivery service Volo By Steve O’Hear From Techcrunch Well, what do we have here? Just a couple of days after participating in European restaurant delivery service Take Eat Easy’s €6 million Series A funding round, ‘startup…
In the future, employees won’t exist
By Tad Milbourn From Techcrunch Tad Milbourn is CEO and co-founder of Tiempo. Contract work is becoming the new normal. Consider Uber: The ride-sharing startup has 160,000 contractors, but just 2,000 employees. That’s an astonishing ratio of 80 to 1….
Sony fails to shake data-breach suit
By Marisa Kendall, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled Monday that employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. whose personal information was exposed in last year’s data breach have standing to sue even if they can’t prove…