White House budget targets lawyers, lobbyists
By Todd Ruger, Legal Times The new White House budget calls for closing a long-controversial tax loophole that gives some high-income professionals like lawyers and lobbyists a way to avoid income and payroll taxes. President Barack Obama sent his proposed…
Obama’s golf rarely idled by world events
From Newsmax At this month’s NATO meeting in Wales, President Barack Obama spent two days tantalizingly close to one of the planet’s great golf courses. The president could only gaze through the windows of conference rooms, limousines and helicopters at…
US Congress passed a cell-phone unlocking bill. But it won’t do much. It’s a popular cause, but the legislation is mostly symbolic
By Brendan Sasso Legislation to allow people to “unlock” their cell phones won unanimous support on Capitol Hill and is about to become law. But the bill won’t have much practical effect for most people. Cell-phone carriers already agreed to…
WSJ slams Obama: ‘Most provincial’ President, tells world ‘Drop dead’
By Melanie BatleyFrom Newsmax President Barack Obama is the “most provincial U.S. president in at least a century” and despite being the leader of the free world he is ignoring major international crises that will only escalate further in the…
iNews Briefs
Jamaican taxi operator gets life sentence for murder of Trinidad teacher From Caribbean360 CMC – A Jamaican taxi operator, Ivan Taylor was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Trinidadian teacher Michelle Coudray Greaves. Taylor, 46, who was…
US should be ready if Petro Caribe tightens credit terms, study says
By Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor from Oil & Gas Journal The possibility that Venezuela’s financial support for energy imports in the region could erode quickly makes it imperative for the Obama administration to adopt a wide range of policies…
Obama retreating on ‘Economic Inequality’
By Sandy Fitzgerald From Newsmax President Barack Obama and many Democrats are backing away from the subject of economic inequality, instead focusing more on economic “opportunity” and lifting the fortunes of the middle class. The shift is a marked shift…
Trust litigation/Immigration aid
Beware of the ‘Blue Vase’ syndrome: Trends in trust litigation By Shân Warnock-Smith QC, ICT Chambers, Cayman Islands, and 5 Stone Buildings, London From IFC Review Rows about family trusts and estates have always been with us and always will…
Bergdahl declared himself warrior for Islam says FOX
By Greg Richter From Newsmax Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl converted to Islam during his captivity by the Haqqani network in Afghanistan and even declared himself a “mujahid,” or warrior for Islam, Fox News reports. Fox News obtained secret documents based…
Caribbean immigrant Emmelin Marcina King is still ‘carrying on’ at 100 years old
From New York Daily News Youthful in mind and body, the St. Vincent-born great-grandmother celebrates her big birthday with plenty of laughter – and dancing – at a Bronx affair Ordinary “form letter” congratulations came from the White House, but…
