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North America Halloween traditions

6 Halloween traditions that only exist in North America By Emily Nemchick From Matador Network Photo: John Althouse Cohen Most Americans know Halloween as the time for trick-or-treating, caramel apples, and crazy costumes. In Europe? Halloween is that night you…

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Offshore M&A deal flow calms after record 2015 says Appleby [Cayman Islands remained busiest location]

From FTSE GM Following record deal flow in 2015, the number and value of offshore M&A deals fell in the first half of 2016 says offshore law firm Appleby. The offshore region remains ranked sixth in the world by deal…

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Raise up Haiti from its knees

By Sir Ronald Sanders Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new President. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with category 4 force winds and a 190-mile outer band of powerful…

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Queen bee syndrome, dethroned

By Alice Gomstyn From The Financialist When it comes to professional advancement, women can be their own worst enemy, right? That’s pretty much an accepted fact at this point. But is it true? For years, feminists and workplace diversity proponents…

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Introducing the new FRS Caribbean High-Speed craft to Bimini

MIAMI, Sept. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — FRS Caribbean announces the launch of their brand new service to one of the most idyllic destinations of the Caribbean: Bimini, Bahamas. FRS Caribbean started their services last Friday, September 23rd, 2016, letting passengers…

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Caribbean leaders at UN warn of region’s ‘economic collapse’ under US, EU decision on banking

From UN News Given their size and limited choices for economic expansion, small island States like St Lucia have looked to the more advanced economies for innovative means of economic development, the tiny country’s Prime Minister told the United Nations…

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New CBI projects in Dominica to ‘transform economy’

From Caribbean News Now ROSEAU, Dominica — Earlier this month, the government of Dominica signed agreements for three additional major developments under the citizenship by investment (CBI) programme, which it said will “transform the economy”. At a signing ceremony on…

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UK overseas territories could be affected by EU tax crackdown

By Simon Bowers From The Guardian UK Jersey, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands among possible targets for economic sanctions after being included on low corporation tax scorecard Eight British overseas territories and crown dependencies, including Jersey, the British Virgin…

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Sanders: The US and the EU in harmful tax competition

By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Over the last few weeks, a trans-Atlantic war of words has been going on between the US Treasury and the European Union Commission (EC) over what amounts to ‘harmful tax competition’. That’s…

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Cayman Islands included on Italy’s “whitelist”

Cayman Finance CEO Mr Jude Scott has welcomed the positive news that the Cayman Islands had been included on Italy’s “whitelist”. Mr Scott said inclusion on the whitelist will, among other things, allow Cayman Islands funds to invest in Italian…