(United States Seventh Circuit) - In a dispute that arose out of the sale of a manufacturing plant, held that the district judge was correct to withhold any remedy that would transfer the value of certain promissory notes from the secured lenders to the seller. Affirmed a judgment after a bench trial.

(United States Seventh Circuit) - Held that a state law fraud lawsuit against an investment adviser was precluded by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act. The statute's definition of a "covered class action" includes any class action brought by a named plaintiff on a representative basis, regardless of the proposed class size. Affirmed a dismissal.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed a real estate business's Chapter 11 reorganization plan. Held that the plan was lawfully proposed even though a lessee illegally grew marijuana. Rejected a challenge brought by the United States Trustee.

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated & remanded. Finding the circumstances of these plaintiffs to be materially different from those in In re Aluminum Warehousing Antitrust Litig., the panel held that the district court erred in concluding the plaintiffs failed to establish antitrust standing.

(United States Second Circuit) - Vacated & remanded. Finding the circumstances of these plaintiffs to be materially different from those in In re Aluminum Warehousing Antitrust Litig., the panel held that the district court erred in concluding the plaintiffs failed to establish antitrust standing.

(United States First Circuit) - Held that a Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority bondholder did not hold a statutory lien on certain toll revenues. The bondholder contended that, in response to Puerto Rico's financial crisis, the Puerto Rican government was diverting toll revenues to which the bondholder was entitled under a lien and using them for purposes other than paying the bonds. However, the First Circuit concluded that the bondholder held no statutory lien on the toll revenues.

The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office filed a first-degree murder charge against a 36-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a man in Westminster.

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RUBiS Energy Bermuda has provided information about their opening hours for their various locations during the upcoming Christmas season; Tuesday, December 24; Wednesday, December 25; Thursday, December 26; Tuesday, December 31, and Wednesday, January 1. The RUBiS Service Station Christmas Holiday Hours follow below [PDF here] Related Stories Gas Stations: Opening Hours Over The Holiday Oil Casualty […] (Click to read the full article)

The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, in collaboration with the St. George’s Rotary and the Corporation of St. George, announced the winners of the annual St. George’s Window Display Contest, which began on November 30th during the Lighting of the Town Event. According to BEDC Micro Small & Medium Enterprise Officer, Dennis Carter, “The window competition is […] (Click to read the full article)

The Pembroke Rotary Club has announced the winners of its Christmas essay competition, along with those who received honourable mentions. A spokesperson said, “For the past four years, the Pembroke Rotary club has sponsored a Christmas essay competition, open to students of all schools in elementary, middle and senior levels. “The chairperson for this even, […] (Click to read the full article)

Bermudian Joanne Ball-Burgess, also known as Jo-1, who rose to fame through East African dance show Sakata, has released a new video for her latest song, a holiday-themed track titled “No Ordinary Christmas.” The song was written and arranged by Joanne Ball-Burgess and produced by AgelessMuzik Studios by producer Dominic Khaemba. Keyboards are by Emery […] (Click to read the full article)

As the island prepares to start getting into the Christmas spirit, you can e-join in by using these Bermuda-themed Christmas Facebook and Twitter covers, as well as mobile phone wallpapers that turn your social media profile and mobile device into a showcase of both Christmas cheer and island pride! Part of the Bernews network, BermudaCovers.com […] (Click to read the full article)

The Choir of St. Paul A.M.E. Church is holding their annual Christmas Concert this evening [Dec 15], and you can tune in and watch live below. According to the event poster, the event will feature Mr. Jarrett O’Neal, Tislam Swift, Hanan Davis, Khadijah Davis, Tyler Hill, Marvin Allen, Joshua Troutman, Daniel McRath and Bermuda School […] (Click to read the full article)

Bermudian actor Daren A. Herbert is playing a character named “Vaughn” in a new holiday-themed film featuring musical group En Vogue, titled “An En Vogue Christmas.” The made-for-television film debuted last month, and is set to air on the Lifetime LMN network twice more before Christmas Day, including tonight at 9.00pm and December 13 at 1.00am. […] (Click to read the full article)

Fostering Multimodal Connectivity Newsletter for April 2020 , released by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration

Although general aviation airports have historically been funded by federal, state, and local entities, the private sector is increasingly playing a larger role. This involvement has ranged on a continuum from service and management contracts to singular projects at airports that involve leasing mechanisms to long-term leases and the whole-scale private development of general aviation airports. In an era of declining resources and increasingly scrutinized public expenditures, private-sector involvement i...

My Subterranean Press collection, The Postmodern Adventuers of Darger and Surplus,  has received quite a splendid review for Locus by Gary K. Wolfe, which has now been posted on Locus Online. Darger and Surplus are, as you probably know, gentlemen grifters in the future civilization that rises from the ashes of our own, after a failed revolution by the Artificial Intelligences we are currently hard at work creating. Humanity mostly won that war and the demons and mad gods were banished to a subterranean infrastructure too widespread and well-defended to be rooted out. But, as a result, the mechanical sciences have languished while the biological ones thrive.

All this is spelled out in the review more entertainingly than I have put it here. I encourage you to read it.

Meanwhile, here's the pull-quote I'd grab from the review if I were the sort of person who did that sort of thing:

As those Hugo voters apparently recognized nearly 20 years ago, Darger and Surplus not only join the small company of SF’s classic rogues, but the world they occupy is as complex, detailed, and morally chaotic as we’ve come to expect from the best of Swanwick’s fiction.

You can find the review in its glorious entirety here. Or you can just go to locusmag.com and poke around. Bot Locus and Locus Online make for informative, enjoyable reading


And as long as you're there . . .

Like everything else, Locus is feeling the financial stress of the lockdown. If you can afford it, and if you, like me, value the publication, consider contributing a little toward its survival.

Divestment is “more urgent” in Toronto than NYC

A growing list of large institutional investors around the world – state and provincial pension funds, university endowments, and most recently, New York City itself, have been aggressively divesting from fossil fuel investments so as to do their part in mitigating against climate change. Here in Toronto, it’s been a different story. Prominent institutional investors, […]

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Embed from Getty Images One long standing Christmas tradition at Fox news is perpetuating the mythological war on Christmas. While it is not a self-evident truth that Christmas is safe in the United States, the idea that there is such …

May this Christmas be a fitting ending to a successful year for you. May the New Year bring fresh hopes and bright beginnings!

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Dodgers utilityman Kiké Hernández made adjustments to his swing during the offseason that he believes will produce more power.

Sports agent Scott Boras let Major League Baseball know about his idea for how baseball can maintain the integrity of its 162-game schedule and playoff system.

On Thursday, the female-focused, basic cable channel announced that the 98-year-old Hollywood legend will star in an untitled film where her character helps ready would-be Santas for the holidays.

The following is former Times columnist Mike Downey's story on the improvisations coach Jim Harrick made during the Bruins' 1995 NCAA title victory.

Top safety tips to help everyone step into Christmas safely

Crews across London have been getting into the Christmas spirit by holding festive lunches and parties for elderly and vulnerable people who live nearby.

As Broadway actor Nick Cordero suffers a health setback, his former "Waitress" and "Rock of Ages" costars have united for tributes to help support him.

For a while now many European governments have resorted to austerity measures to deal with the recession and financial crises affecting them. This may have either been by choice, or pressured from the outside.

However, as has been warned countless times, excessive austerity rarely works. Furthermore, focusing on debts and deficits appears to miss the point that the economic problems were caused by a collapse in markets and banking sector in particular, resulting in less revenues for governments; not necessarily an excessive overspend by governments.

Some of the policies being forced through even when evidence appears to show they do not work lead many to think that austerity and structural adjustment policies are being ideologically pushed for — just as they were on most of the developing countries for almost 2 decades with devastating results.

Indeed, in the US, investigations have found billionaires pouring hundreds of millions of dollars on campaigns to fix the debt making it appear as a grassroots movement. Fixing the debt of course happens to leave the elite less affected, so it works to their advantage to push for something like that.

Without more focus on appropriate economic growth, there is a real risk in going backwards, and even undermining democracy.

The global financial crisis page on this web site has been updated with new sections and videos on this issue.

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BUYING this type of vehicle now will be the "best investment"' for motorists hoping to later sell a model on the used car market, according to car sales experts at Motorway.co.uk.

SECOND thoughts about putting all of his £20,000 of savings into an investment he didn't really understand started giving a pensioner sleepless nights.

These are the Christmas movies we have to watch every year.