Newspapers are always being criticised for sensationalising banal news stories.  And what better way to add a dash of spice than to invoke a timeless folksy exclamation. 

Personally I'm hoping this is the start of a trend that catches on all across the western hemisphere.  Here's a selection of newspaper headlines from around the world I've taken the liberty of adapting.  I think you'll agree, folksiness is the new Hamburger Helper of headline journalism.

Cripes!  Brown on course to win el...

 Friends and Family

I have mixed emotions about the arrival of my family in the Cayman Islands this week to visit me. On one hand it’ll be great to spend time with them enjoying all of what Cayman has to offer, but on the other I feel unsure of how things will pan out, living on top of each other for 2 weeks solid. Having left home some 12yrs ago I am now more than able to control the going’s on in my own home. If I want a cup of Tea I’ll make myself one, if I want a Sandwich I’m more than able to butter two slices of bread, if I want a shirt ironed….. well, OK you can do that for me if you want to.

Living on the other side of the pond presents lots of wonderful opportuni...

According to a very experienced captive insurance manager in Cayman, the outlook for the industry for 2010 in comparison to 2009 is “fair to good”.

Cayman Indoor Football World Cup 2010

This coming weekend marks the Annual Cayman Indoor Football World Cup at Kings Sports centre. Consisting of 16 Teams across 4 Groups, the Tournament is fantastic weekend of hotly contested indoor football and showcases some of the Islands brightest talent and in some cases, one’s inability to keep up with some of those 10yrs younger than them. Countries represented in the Tournament include England, Scotland, Ireland, Cayman, Jamaica, India, USA, Canada and a mixed Brazil / Portugal team. This is just another example of what Cayman has to offer in terms of competitive sporting activities throughout the year. The Tournament is screened live over t...

2009 was a difficult year in the recruitment world, but it was a great year for CML. February saw the launch of our Hong Kong office and since then we have fought against the Asian economy stagnating, law firms and financial services institutions going through not one, not two but in some cases three rounds of redundancies and a region wide recruitment freeze that is only now just starting to thaw.

Our first year saw us slowly pick up new clients that trusted us with the one or two roles they hired last year, from there we started with a handful of interview requests which turned into placements at the start of Q3. Since then we haven’t looked back.

I'm looking for a number of derivatives lawyers on both the equities and fixed income/credit side for some of the global investment banks based in Hong Kong and Singapore. They need to be very strong and around the 4-6 PQE mark.

To paraphrase the now famous words of Mikhail Gorbachev, “if not you, then who? And if not now, then when?”

If you’ve ever wondered what type of people are brave enough to uproot their lives and move thousands of miles away from what they know, then the simple answer is people like you.