UK credit rating cut: Economists’ reaction
Howard Archer, IHS Global Insight The UK has had its credit rating cut, losing its top AAA status. Leading economists have been giving their reaction. This will come as little surprise, and as such may actually mean that there is…
11 Ways to Boost Your Lymphatic System for Great Health
Michelle Schoffro Cook, Care2 The lymphatic system, or lymph system as it is also called, is a system made up of glands, lymph nodes, the spleen, thymus gland and tonsils. It bathes our body’s cells and carries the body’s cellular…
Small Dominica is Caribbean’s best-kept secret
By Larissa Liepins, Postmedia News Island’s name is often confused with the Dominican Republic The sun beats down on my sweaty top half while my legs go numb underwater. At the far end of the shallow turquoise pool I’m standing…
Loyal to the US or the Cayman Islands?
By Bernie Sanders From Bennington Banner After Wall Street drove this country into recession, the top financial institutions in the United States took every advantage of being American. They just loved their country and Americans’ willingness to provide them with…
Exoplanet Kepler 37b is tiniest yet – smaller than Mercury
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Astronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet beyond our Solar System – finding one only slightly larger than our Moon. To spot the tiny, probably rocky planet, they first…
Inspiration Island: Design ideas are the souvenirs from a trip to Grand Cayman
Amsin Khachi, Special to National Post As a designer, my inspiration for interiors comes from everyday life, whether it’s a visit to a local restaurant or a drive across a Caribbean island. I recently visited the Cayman Islands to meet…
World’s most extreme deep-sea vents revealed [in the Cayman Trough]
Released by University of Southampton Scientists have revealed details of the world’s most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, 5 kilometres down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor. The undersea hot springs, which lie 0.8 kilometres deeper than any seen before,…
Now Is the Time for All Good Bankers to Bash the Caymans
By Jonathan Weil Bloomberg A brief follow-up to my column today on Jack Lew, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Treasury Department: One of the subjects Lew took heat over during his Senate confirmation hearing last week was his…
Corruption, extortion and money laundering: Time for the G20 to act
From Oxfam.org Corruption, extortion and money laundering will be on the agenda this week (Feb 25-26) when the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group meets in Moscow. They will have to act decisively and strongly to stem the flood of dirty money…
belVita biscuits recalled in Cayman Islands
Mondelez Global LLC Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of belVita Breakfast Biscuit Apple Cinnamon and Chocolate Varieties in the U.S., Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico Mondelez Global LLC announced today a nationwide voluntary recall in the United States, including Cayman islands,…
