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House Natural Resources Committee Announces Hearing on Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Report
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July 13, 2025
The House Committee on Natural Resources has announced an oversight hearing on Wednesday, July 16 to examine “Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Recovery Under PROMESA and the Road Ahead.” The hearing may be viewed live here starting at 10 am. The names of...
The Premier League breaks the bank... and there's more to come!
MARCA
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July 23, 2025
RAÚL RAMAS | MARIO JIMÉNEZ Actualizado 23/07/2025 - 14:01 CDT The big teams spend millions to put together their squads for the upcoming campaign. Exorbitant figures that break the transfer market. Who would have thought at the beginning of the...
Risk assets bid and havens hit on US/Japan deal and touted EU deal - Newsquawk US Market Wrap
Zero Hedge
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SNAPSHOT: Equities up, Treasuries down, Crude flat, Dollar down REAR VIEW: US & Japan reach trade deal, US tariff on Japan lowered to 15% from 25%; US & EU reportedly closing in on 15% tariff deal; EU member states to vote counter tariffs on US...
Dade City childcare reopens nearly a year after Hurricane Milton
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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August 2, 2025
DADE CITY, Fla. — Nearly a year after Hurricane Milton struck Florida’s Gulf Coast, a Dade City business has reopened. Rosa Reyes, owner of Four Roses Child Care, says it’s all thanks to the help of volunteers, friends — and community members —...
Puerto Rico stocks up 15% as investors bet on financial, fintech strength
News is My Business
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July 7, 2025
Puerto Rico’s “Golden Mile” banking district is home to institutions such as Popular, FirstBank and OFG Bancorp.(Credit: Eduardo San Miguel) Despite six consecutive months of decline in Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index (EAI), the island’s...
Business Briefs: New retail, workshops and award-winners
Rough Draft Atlanta - Georgia
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July 18, 2025
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Gov’t sues private power company as chronic outages damage appliances
The Gleaner
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July 23, 2025
SAN JUAN (AP): Puerto Rico’s government filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a private power company, claiming it is responsible for damages to customers’ appliances caused by chronic power outages in the US territory. The civil lawsuit by the consumer...
‘No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí’: Bad Bunny Brings Pride, Power & Puerto Rican Excellence to Historic Residency Premiere at Coliseo
Billboard
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July 12, 2025
It feels undeniable at this point: the first half of the decade belongs to Bad Bunny. Over the past five years, the Puerto Rican superstar has reigned as the most-streamed artist on the planet, his music serving as the soundtrack to millions...
Experts react: What Trump’s new AI Action Plan means for tech, energy, the economy, and more
Atlantic Council
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July 23, 2025
“An industrial revolution, an information revolution, and a renaissance—all at once.” That’s how the Trump administration describes artificial intelligence (AI) in its new “AI Action Plan.” Released on Wednesday, the plan calls for cutting...
Bad Bunny’s residency is expected to be a financial boon for Puerto Rico
CNN
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July 11, 2025
New York CNN — Bad Bunny’s two-month residency is expected to be good business for the once-bankrupt Puerto Rico. On Friday, the musician kicks off a 30-date concert run in what’s a normally slow time for tourism on the island. However, the Puerto...
“Bad Bunny Mania” Hits Puerto Rico
News Central TV
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July 12, 2025
A wave of excitement has swept across Puerto Rico as global music sensation Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, commenced his highly anticipated 30-concert residency on Friday. The island is experiencing “Bad Bunny mania,” with local...
Antitrust – ‘Business of baseball’ exemption
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
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July 23, 2025
Where a U.S. District Court judge dismissed Sherman Act claims concerning a professional baseball league in Puerto Rico, the judge acted properly under the “business of baseball” exemption. “More than a century ago, the Supreme Court of the United...
Capital, Clarity, Competitiveness: Birling Bank Index Outpaces the World in 2025
The Weekly Journal
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Global Banks at a Crossroads with Regulatory Divergence and Strategic Repositioning The second quarter of 2025 revealed a deepening divide between U.S. financial institutions and their global counterparts, a divide shaped not only by earnings but,...
Progressives Have No Business Celebrating MAGA’s Epstein Revolt
New Lines Magazine
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July 23, 2025
The MAGA world is abuzz with fresh demands that the Donald Trump administration declassify federal records regarding the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the serial pedophile and sex trafficker who was imprisoned in 2019 and died in prison under...
Homeland Security Targets Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
Art in America
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July 11, 2025
Agents from the Department of Homeland Security descended upon the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago on Tuesday, with at least 15 DHS vehicles arriving in the museum’s parking lot, according to the Chicago Sun Times, which...
Indian-origin man to fly to edge of space with Jeff Bezos' venture
Madhyamam
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August 2, 2025
New Delhi: Indian-origin Arvinder Singh Bahal, a real estate investor, is all set to fly to the edge of space on Jeff Bezos’s space venture Blue Origin’s next space tourist flight, reports IANS. Born in Agra Bahal, who has become a US citizen by...
Bad Bunny fans ready for Puerto Rico residency as Yale offers course on the artist
NBC 4 - New York
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July 11, 2025
Bad Bunny has reached international stardom, but this summer he’s focused on his home of Puerto Rico. “This album means so much and it means so much to all of us, every Puerto Rican, whether we are on the island or whether in the diaspora,” said...
Bad Bunny and the Political Status of Puerto Rico
PR51st
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July 11, 2025
Bad Bunny, the megastar musician born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and currently beginning an extended residency in Puerto Rico, has also made a name for himself as a political provocateur. In the video above, George Laws Garcia says that Bad...
Black-Owned Businesses To Support In Atlanta, Georgia
Blavity
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July 22, 2025
Few cities celebrate Black Excellence like Atlanta—and the numbers back it up. According to 2023 data from the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 33N initiative, metro Atlanta is home to more than 13,700 Black-owned employer businesses, making up 11.3%...
Bad Bunny's record smashing moments before his Puerto Rico residency
Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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Bad Bunny, Benito, El Conejo Malo – no matter what you call him, the Puerto Rican musician is an undeniable force. Since his 2018 debut album, he’s used his singular songs, bold fashion and social activism to amass a worldwide fandom and set...