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Corals survived Caribbean climate change
SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Half of all coral species in the Caribbean went extinct between 1 and 2 million years ago, probably due to drastic environmental changes. Which ones survived? Scientists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) think…
Driverless air taxis are the future
By Michal McDonald. OilPrice.com Ford is the latest major company to jump on the driverless vehicles bandwagon announcing that it intends to develop fully autonomous vehicles. That announcement is just the latest in the long string of big companies interested…
A hedge fund wrote a letter to investors explaining why they should read a classic book about cognitive biases
By Tina Wadhwa From Business Insider Texas-based hedge fund Voss Capital didn’t pontificate on Fed rate hikes or the future of global markets in its quarterly letter to investors. Instead, the fund’s managers looked internally, and wrote a nine page…
There’s a marijuana-infused wine on the market
By Penn Collins, The Cheat Sheet From Business Insider In California, where a doctor’s note will get you all the legal weed you could ever want, companies are always looking for new products to capitalize on the growing trend of…
Internet Gaming: The US-Antigua and Barbuda contention
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now For over 12 years, the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the United States have been involved in a contention over an award by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in favour of…
US: House couple was buying to tear down over fire hazard concerns catches fire while they sign deed
By Mary Beth Quirk From Consumerist Sometimes, bad things happen pretty much exactly when you’d expect them to, in a bit of unfortunate happenstance. Does it make you mad? Yes, maybe, but it was just meant to be. To wit:…
Cayman Islands Conch and Whelk Season now open
The Department of Environment (DoE) reminds the public that persons can legally fish for conchs and whelks from Tuesday, 1 November 2016 to Sunday, 30 April 2017. Only queen conch (Strombus gigas) can be taken. The catch limit is either…
3 hurricanes from space
This is what three hurricanes look like from space BY MIRIAM KRAMER A new video from NASA shows all three powerful hurricanes currently churning waters on Earth as seen by the International Space Station in one day. Two hurricanes in…
Thailand’s late king had a $30 billion fortune
By Christopher Cameron, The Real Deal From Business Insider The king of Thailand, the world’s longest ruling monarch, died this week. He also died one of the world’s richest monarchs, and a nice chunk of his billions came from…guess where?…
Negative news hurts Caribbean Banks, creditworthiness — Bank Exec
By Neville Graham From The Jamaica Gleaner Jean-Pierre Saint Victor, an executive at BNY Mellon, is warning that a proliferation of negative news has consequences for a country’s creditworthiness and correspondent banking relationships. He says such information accumulates against the…
