(Bloomberg) — Paul Fernandes, a 50-year-old waiter in India, last year took out a loan using his gold as collateral to pay for his children’s education after losing his job on a cruise liner. This year, he is selling his gold jewelry to meet expenses, after failed attempts at starting a home business and finding … Read more
Léon Charles. Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP via Getty Images Haitian National Police Chief Léon Charles announced on Sunday that 63-year-old Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a doctor based in Florida, is suspected of playing a major role in last week’s assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, and has been arrested. Moïse was shot and killed by gunmen who entered his … Read more
Kumar Rocker up close shot Nashville isn’t noted for its similarities to New York. Mets director of amateur scouting Mark Tramuta said Sunday, though, that Nashville is the “New York City of college baseball,” which would make Vanderbilt a big-market team at the college level. That’s part of why the Mets, and the player himself, … Read more
Text size A new Google Store opened in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood in May. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg A quirk in the relationship between the two publicly traded classes of Alphabet stock has resulted in the nonvoting shares trading at a premium of 3.1% to the voting shares. For investors bullish on the outlook for the search … Read more
A woman cools off at DryTown Water Park in Palmdale, where the temperature reached 107 degrees by 3 p.m. Sunday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Anthony Wainscott has known his share of hardship, living the last two years on the streets of the Antelope Valley. But his personal misery index reached a new plateau … Read more