Puerto Rico fails to transfer $94 million for a bond payment, putting ‘other payments in jeopardy’
By Megan Davies, Reuters From Business Insider Puerto Rico’s Public Finance Corporation (PFC) failed to transfer funds to pay the principal and interest on its bonds, according to the island’s bank and a filing on Wednesday, highlighting cash problems as…
Recipe of the week
Weekend assignment: How to brew your first batch of beer From The Kitchn’s Beer School Today’s assignment: Brew your beer! The Kitchn’s Beer School: 20 lessons, 7 assignments to brew your first 1-gallon batch of beer. Sign up & see…
Boeing workers fired for dressing in KKK garb lose appeal
By P.J. D’Annunzio, From The Legal Intelligencer The dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by two white men and one Native American man who were fired by Boeing after dressing like Ku Klux Klan members at work has been upheld…
Supreme court rejects plea to strike down death penalty
By Tony Mauro, From The National Law Journal Missouri death row appeal cited Breyer’s dissent in lethal-injection case. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday night turned away a full-scale challenge to capital punishment in the case of a convicted murderer…
6 tips for planning overseas travel
By Samuel Rosenberg From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 18, 2015 – It’s summer time and if you plan to travel abroad, it means it’s also time to plan. Your plan should include finding savings, wherever possible, so that you…
Suit against Wal-Mart follows marriage-equality ruling
By Sheri Qualters, From The National Law Journal Wal-Mart Stores Inc. faces the first purported class action demanding equal employment benefits for married same-sex couples since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized those marriages across the country last month. But it’s…
EU warning over Russia ‘land grab’ in South Ossetia border row
From BBC Russian troops have been installing barbed wire and fences along the de facto border between South Ossetia and Georgia since the 2008 war The EU has warned of increased tensions amid claims that Russia has redrawn a section…
sweat-proof beauty products
10 sweat-proof beauty products for your sweltering summer By Hayley Wilbur From Mashable As much as you might want to hide from scorching summer days, the Fourth of July is not meant to be spent indoors with air conditioning blasting…
Scotiabank official: T&T a great place to invest
By Sean Nero From The Guardian T&T The Caribbean remains a great place to invest, especially T&T, says Nick Chamie, chief investment officer for international wealth management at Scotiabank. In an interview with the T&T Guardian at a session on…
Surviving 42 minutes underwater …
By Elizabeth Palermo, Associate Editor From Live Science …how boy beat the odds A teenager in Italy recently beat some incredible odds when he survived for 42 minutes underwater, according to news reports. The 14-year-old boy, identified only as “Michael”…
