September 2023

POORAN PERFECTION LIGHTS UP QUEEN’S PARK OVAL

September 07, 2023 in Sports

Trinbago Knight Riders 208/6 (Pooran 102, Russell 39,; Holder 2/39, Ahmad 1/27) beat Barbados Royals 166/7 (Mayers 70, Evans 20, van der Merwe 20; Salamkheil 2/18, Hosein 2/21) by 42 runs Trinbago Knight Riders earned a valuable win as they defeated Barbados Royals by 42 runs...

China to fund construction of six schools in Dominica

September 07, 2023 in Regional

Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Wednesday expressed his country’s “profound gratitude to the People’s Republic of China” after Bejing agreed to fund the construction of six schools here totalling US$30 million. Speaking at the “symbolic” groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the schools, Skerrit said...

NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo spread his money across half a dozen bank accounts as a rookie because of the FDIC’s $250,000 limit. Billionaire team owner Marc Lasry told him to invest instead.

September 05, 2023 in Sports

The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this spring shone a spotlight on federal deposit insurance, which only extends to $250,000 of a customer's money at a single bank. When Giannis Antetokounmpo first learned of the limit, he opened half a dozen bank accounts to...