Applicants wanted for a one-way ticket to Mars
By Melissa Hogenboom, BBC News Want to go to Mars? Dutch organisation Mars One says it will open applications imminently. It would be a one-way trip, and the company hopes to build a community of settlers on the planet. Uncharted…
Siem Amethyst anchor handling tug supply vessel, Norway
From technology.com Siem Amethyst is a large-capacity anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel owned and managed by Siem Offshore, a supply and subsea shipping company headquartered on the Cayman Islands. Delivered in April 2011, Siem Amethyst was the last in…
Major earthquake strikes south-east Iran
Iran has been struck by its most powerful earthquake for more than 50 years, with tremors felt across Pakistan, India and the Middle East. The epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude quake was near the south-eastern city of Khash, close to Pakistan….
Harvard’s Reinhart: Central banks ‘Bending over backwards’ to help debt crises
By John Morgan Governments in Europe and the United States are incapable of reducing their debts, so central banks are stepping forward to reduce the global financial crisis themselves, according to Harvard economist Carmen Reinhart. The disturbing end result, Reinhart…
Three local runners are safe after Boston Marathon tragedy
Three Cayman Islands runners, Derek Larner, Tom Gammage and Beth Florek who participated in Monday’s (15) Boston Marathon are safe and well after the double bomb explosion near the run’s finish line. The three Caymanian runners had already completed the…
How to steal a billion in taxes [and a big chunk is hidden in USA]
Ned Resnikoff, msnbc This year, the U.S. government will again fail to collect billions of dollars in taxes from corporations and wealthy individuals who have moved their income into tax havens. And the United States won’t be alone; in fact,…
CONCACAF announces 2013 Hall of Fame inductees
Four contributors to the sport will be honored on Thursday, April 18, in Panama MIAMI (Tuesday, April 16, 2013) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that four notable contributors to the sport…
Wealth Briefing Exclusive: Top-ranking manager at Barclays in Asia leaves
By Tom Burroughes and Chrissy Coleman Barclays’ wealth and investment management division’s market head of Singapore and Malaysia has left the bank, this publication can confirm. Soh Chye Guan, managing director, resigned from Barclays to “pursue other opportunities”, according to…
Multiple award winner was a presenter at CTO Sustainable Tourism Conference in Trinidad & Tobago
Multiple award winning hotelier Ewald Biemans, whose properties enjoy average occupancies of over 90 per cent, shared his innovative and profitable environmental approaches with delegates attending the region’s premier sustainable tourism conference in Trinidad & Tobago that started on Monday…
Tethys Petroleum Limited: Deputy CFO appointed
By Marketwired, Marketwired.com CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN–(Marketwired – Apr 16, 2013) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL) today announced the appointment of Denise Lay as Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Deputy CFO) with immediate effect. Denise has been…
