What if the USA Presidential Election had finished in a tie?
This very interesting article from CNN by Peter Hamby was written on July 30th 2012 and explains what would have happened. Washington (CNN) — An Electoral College tie. It’s the white whale of American elections: elusive, mythical and never realized….
Mitt Romney Haunted By Missing Tax Returns As Campaign Draws To Close
WASHINGTON — As the GOP presidential candidate faced pressure over the past year to release more financial information, it was widely presumed that at some point he would buckle and follow a tradition started by his father, who released 12…
David Einhorn Hedges Greenlight Re’s Portfolio as Fiscal Cliff Looms
Greenlight RE recently announced third quarter results. Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (Greenlight Capital Re), is a holding company. Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (NASDAQ:GLRE) is a casualty reinsurer and global specialist property. The Company conducts its reinsurance operations through two entities: Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland, Ltd….
Branson’s blogs favour Cayman Islands Turtle Farm
The Cayman Islands By Richard Branson Some time ago I wrote to the Cayman Islands Government asking questions about its turtle farm and how it was being run. There had been a lot of criticism about its practices and its…
Suspension of Axiom Legal Financing – 2 stories and a comment
Axiom Legal Financing Fund suspended, CEO of investment manager quits BY: Helen Burggraf , Contributing Editor , International Adviser The Axiom Legal Financing Fund – a specialist Cayman-domiciled fund run by Tangerine Investment Management – has suspended redemptions and announced…
Mac climbs down – Premier speech in full
Breaking news on CITN-Cayman27 News at 6pm tonight (6) Cayman Islands Premier has bowed to mounting pressure from the UK and locally. He has announced that the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) cruise ship berthing terminal negotiations have been called…
Implementation Day Message from His Excellency the Governor
6 November, 2012 is a very important day in the history of the Cayman Islands. This is Implementation Day, the day on which Part I of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 – the Bill of Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities…
Cayman Island’s Bill of Rights comes into effect today (6)
Statement by the Attorney General, the Hon. Samuel Bulgin, QC, JP Coming into Effect of Bill of Rights On Tuesday, 6 November 2012, the Bill of Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities, as mandated by the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009, comes…
International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame honours local pioneers
Capt. Marvin Ebanks and James Ebanks are to be honoured for their outstanding contributions to the Cayman Islands dive industry at the prestigious Scuba Diving Hall of Fame awards ceremony which is to be hosted by the Premier, Hon. W….
Go Man, go
By Joanne Harris Business is booming in the Isle of Man, a small jurisdiction that thinks big. Appleby’s 2009 merger with Isle of Man (IoM) firm Dickinson Cruickshank was seen by some as just another stage in the offshore giant’s…
