Upper Crust feud involves false claims for trips to Cayman Islands
The embattled Upper Crust pizza chain, already under federal investigation for its labour practices, is now riven by a nasty battle for control of the company among its co-owners, who are accusing each other of misusing corporate funds for personal…
Trio investors demand release of documents in $176 million fraud that ended up in Cayman Islands
Investors who lost their savings in the Trio Capital fraud have called for the release of documents, which they hope will expose the associates of the criminal mastermind Jack Flader. Flader was the architect of Australia’s largest superannuation fraud in…
Inovio Pharmaceuticals to Participate in BIO Vaccine Panel and Present at Marcum Investor Conference
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (nyse mkt:INO) announced today that Dr. Niranjan Sardesai, COO, will participate on a panel of senior vaccine experts at the 2012 BIO International Convention,the largest global event for the biotechnology industry. Dr. J. Joseph Kim, President and…
Huge wildfires hit Colorado and New Mexico
Hundreds of firefighters have joined efforts to tackle two of the biggest wildfires ever seen in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico. The Colorado blaze shrouded the state capital, Denver, 60 miles (100km) away, in smoke, hampering rescue…
Be energy patient. Barbados is. Power restored there after Tomas in 16 days. Grand Cayman took 77 days after Ivan.
…in aftermath of a hurricane In the aftermath of the passage of Tomas, 30 000 customers of the Barbados Light & Power were affected. It took 16 days to restore 99 percent of the island and 30 days for full…
Iraq: Amnesty International condemns killings of pilgrims during Shi’a festival
A wave of bombings and other attacks in several Iraqi provinces including a number of locations in Baghdad that reportedly killed at least 55 people and wounded dozens during a major Shi’a religious festival has been condemned by Amnesty International….
Cayman Islands all set for Audi Sardinia Cup
A fleet of TP52 and Soto 40 racing yachts representing six nations – Cayman Islands, France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden and the USA – is ready for the start of racing in the Audi Sardinia Cup, scheduled to commence tomorrow…
Cayman Participates in the World’s Biggest Assembly
More than one billion children attend school – and the BBC wanted to hear from each and every one of them. On Tuesday, 8 May 2012, The Biggest Assembly was broadcast on the BBC. This event — the World’s Biggest…
Missing Farmington tourism funds top $500k and included trips to Cayman Islands
Final tallies of the missing-dollar amount from Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau indicate the former executive director embezzled more than half a million dollars from the center, police reported. Debbie Dusenbery, 41, committed suicide nearly three weeks following revelations she…
US Southport Lane acquires Cayman Islands reinsurer
Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Redwood Reinsurance SPC, Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based reinsurer that provides treaty reinsurance for workers compensation and general liability insurance in the United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed….
