Daily Archives: 10/31/2018


Cuba Says Investor Interest Up Despite US Hostility

Cuba’s foreign trade and investment minister said on Wednesday the country had signed nearly 200 investment projects worth $5.5 billion since it slashed taxes and made other adjustments to its investment law in 2014. Cuba began a major effort to …


Fitch Shifts Mexico Debt Outlook From Stable to Negative

Fitch Ratings changed its outlook on Mexico’s long-term foreign-currency debt issues Wednesday from “stable” to “negative,” citing the potential policies of President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The leftist Lopez Obrador has tried to smooth anxieties in the business community, but …


Pistol Annies Tackle Divorce, Complicated Women with Humor

The Pistol Annies’ sassy new song about reclaiming singlehood called “Got My Name Changed Back” has raised some eyebrows for its lyrics about a husband who cheats while on the road and prompted speculation about who might have inspired it. …


Kepler Telescope Kaput After ‘Stunningly Successful’ Mission

NASA’s elite planet-hunting spacecraft has been declared dead, just a few months shy of its 10th anniversary.  Officials announced the Kepler Space Telescope’s demise Tuesday.  Already well past its expected lifetime, the 9½-year-old Kepler had been running low on fuel …