Americans are starting to get worried about the ‘new housing crisis’
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider Americans are catching on to the rise in home prices. The gap between the demand for new homes and the supply coming onto the market, which we’ve dubbed “the new housing crisis,” has caused prices to…
Caribbean workers played vital role in the construction of Panama Canal
From Guyana Chronicle – UNESCO The extraordinary history and heritage associated with the construction of the Panama Canal has been recorded since the 19th century, through a magnificent collection of stamps, archival records and photographs, which have been inscribed on…
Spain proposes to leave $4B treasure on Caribbean seafloor to avoid conflict with Colombia
By Adriaan Alsema From Colombia Reports In order to avoid conflict with Colombia over who owns the $4 to $7 billion treasure inside the galleon San Jose, Spain proposed Monday to leave the treasure on the Caribbean seafloor where it…
Gilead opens trial over $20 billion drug
By Scott Graham, From The Recorder Gilead Sciences Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. went to trial Monday in San Jose over the IP rights to Gilead’s $20 billion hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir. Lawyers for each company lauded the other’s…
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Official draw confirmed for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016
Draw to take place March 16 in San Jose Miami (Tuesday, March 8, 2016) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) confirmed today the programming for the official draw for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa…
Colombia, Spain at odds over $3 billion sunken treasure trove
From Straits Times BOGOTA (AFP) – Billions of dollars in gold and silver from an 18th century shipwreck have left Spain and former colony Colombia at odds over who rightfully owns the loot. The disagreement is over the “San Jose,”…
Why US investors claim half the treasure found in Colombia’s Caribbean
From Colombia Reports The gold inside the sunken galleon San Jose, found off the Caribbean coast of Colombia on Friday, is worth between a staggering $4B and $17B but is disputed by a US investor group that claims half of…
Colombia says treasure-laden San Jose galleon found
From BBC The wreck of a Spanish ship laden with treasure that was sunk by the British more than 300 years ago has been found off the Colombian coast, says President Juan Manuel Santos. “Great news! We have found the…
Autistic boy’s parents sued by neighbors for lowering property values
By Jenna Greene, from The Litigation Daily Under the heading “You’ve got to be kidding me,” the parents of an 11-year-old autistic boy in California are fighting a lawsuit by neighbors who say that their son is a public nuisance…
Emails show Google secretly met with the NSA
By Karyne Levy From Business Insider Google executives Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt met with the NSA, according to leaked email exchanges obtained by Al Jazeera. The emails, which were obtained by Al Jazeera under the Freedom of Information Act,…
