China buys more GM cars than US; Best States for 2014 job growth
From newsmax Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. U.S. Fertility Rate Hits All-Time Low 2. North Dakota, Arizona Best for Job Growth in ’14 3. Christian Pastor Freed in Iran After Christmas Arrest 4. Israel Naming Anti-Missile Facility for…
Goldman Sachs tweeted out this awesome photo of its view of the frozen Hudson River [Jan 9 2014]
By Linette Lopez From Business Insider The polar vortex has only one upside — all the gorgeous pictures people have taken of our frozen landscape. Goldman Sachs tweeted this picture of their view from downtown New York City. Goldman’s building…
Bermuda to use “Integrated Casino Resort” model for gaming
By the Caribbean Journal staff Casino gaming will be coming to Bermuda as announced late last year, the government said this week. The island’s government said it had decided to “proceed with the establishment of legalized casino gaming through the…
Axewomen keeper Grant hopes to play in World Cup
By John Decoste From King County News An Acadia soccer player is getting the chance to play on an international stage – and hopes to compete at the highest level. Taylor Grant, a second-year keeper with the Axewomen soccer team,…
Caribbean RoundUp From Caribbean Life
By Azad Ali Caribbean The United Nations says growth in the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will pick up pace in 2014 on an improved global outlook that will help increase demand for exports. The UN’s regional economic…
A new Fed study destroys one of the central tenets of monetary policy
By Matthew Boesler From Business Insider New research by Federal Reserve staff economists Steve Sharpe and Gustavo Suarez suggests that the outlook for business investment — a notably lacking aspect of this economic recovery — has little to do with…
Bulldozer crushes marine sleeping in foxhole
By Amanda Macias From Business Insider The details of how a 20-year-old Marine died during a training accident back in March were recently released by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, reports the Marine Corps Times. Private First Class Casey James…
Update: Body Found in the East End Area was a police officer
From RCIPS Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:31 PM East End death – Update The RCIPS can now confirm that the body found in the East End area yesterday, Sunday 12 January 2014, was that of a 45-year-old RCIPS officer. The…
Strong earthquake strikes north of Puerto Rico
(CNN) — A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit north of Puerto Rico just after midnight early Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter for the quake was in the Atlantic about 60 miles (96 km) northwest of San…
