Coutts bolsters Middle East office
Sophie Baker, Financial News UK private bank Coutts has made five hires – including three from Deutsche Bank – to its team serving clients in the Middle East, where it recently obtained enhanced authorised status. Michael Dismorr has joined as…
Casinos: The Effects of Casinos – Domestic Problems
From libraryindex.com In its final report the NGISC briefly addresses the relationship between casino gambling and domestic problems, such as abuse and neglect. The NGISC relied on the report Gambling Impact and Behavior Study: Report to the National Gambling Impact…
Cost of Cyprus bailout ‘rises to 23bn euros’
The cost of the bailout for Cyprus has increased to 23bn euros ($30bn; £19.5bn), according to a draft document prepared by the country’s creditors. The original cost of the bailout was put at 17.5bn euros. But the new total, disclosed…
UK Policewoman in Norfolk sues petrol station owner over alleged injuries she got during a call-out
James Legge The Independent Leading MP says eventual ruling could have ‘huge implications for every citizen’ A police officer will sue a petrol station owner on whose property she tripped and – she claims- injured herself. WPC Kelly Jones was…
HBO announces its May movie lineup in the Caribbean
Marvel’s The Avengers (Walt Disney Studios) – When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the…
European Countries Move to Toughen Stance on Tax Evasion
By STEVEN ERLANGER and DAVID JOLLY, New York Times PARIS — Buffeted by a political scandal, a stagnant economy and angry public reaction to a report about secret offshore bank accounts, President François Hollande of France announced the creation of…
Economic Policy Failures: We should listen to David Stockman more carefully
by Adam Lent It’s not easy to agree with everything David Stockman says in his lengthy New York Times essay that has kicked off a big row in the US. The sweeping criticisms levelled by this former Republican Congressman and…
Carne Group appoints Jean de Courrèges as director
By: Jonathan Boyd, Investment Europe Jean de Courrèges has been appointed director in the international team of Carne Group, and will be able to sit on boards of both Luxembourg and Cayman Islands funds as an independent director. De Courrèges…
China’s Tingyi Q4 profit tumbles amid anti-Japan sentiment
CNBC HONG KONG, China’s Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp , a maker of drinks and instant noodles, said fourth-quarter profit slid 75 percent as consumers shied away from its Japanese-style packaging and marketing amid a territorial row between the two…
Study: ‘Wake-up’ Cigarette Particularly Deadly
From Newsmax People who smoke a cigarette as soon as they wake up in the morning are more likely to develop lung and oral cancer than other smokers, a new study reveals. Penn State researchers analyzed data from nearly 2,000…
