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Puerto Rico lawmakers mull bill to prevent water utility default

  Bloomberg Puerto Rico lawmakers may vote as soon as Monday on a bill intended to help the island’s main water utility avoid a July 1 bond default by selling new debt with stronger repayment pledges. A conference committee approved the measure, said Rep. Rafael ‘Tatito’ Hernandez, sponsor of the legislation and chair of the House Treasury Committee. It would ...

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Panama tests expanded canal with bigger cargo ship

  Agua Clara / AFP Panama has sent a giant, Neopanamax-class cargo ship through its canal to test expansion work costing billions of dollars and whose official opening is to be marked with a ceremony late this month. “The tests are going very, very well. We’re pleased,” Giuseppe Quarta, head of the Grupos Unidos por el Canal (GUPC) consortium behind ...

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Macho trends rule the ramp

  AFP Suits worn over fishnet tops, tiny tailored shorts, loafers and sunburnt noses — Topman Design went to the British seaside for its latest collection on Friday, kicking off four days of men’s fashion in London. J.W. Anderson, Christopher Kane, Barbour and some of Savile Row’s top tailors are among those showing at this season’s London Collections: Men, the ...

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