San Juan News
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Puerto Rico has 3.7 million residents, a storied capital, more than 300 miles of stunning coastline, an average temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit -- and, in 2011, a homicide rate more than five times that of the mainland U.S. and higher than that of Mexico.
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Three mine workers are missing after a mudslide buried buildings at a mine in Peru’s northern Andes, Andina reported.
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The Texas Department of Agriculture said a case of citrus greening was confirmed in a commercial orange grove in San Juan.
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A 10-digit lottery number on a crumpled Church’s Chicken receipt is Governor Luis Fortuno ’s solution for pulling Puerto Rico from its “lost decade” and may salvage his popularity.
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Orange-juice futures rose the most in a week on mounting concern that production will decline in the U.S. while a government probe slows imports. Cotton prices dropped.
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Orange-juice futures rose the most in a week, heading for the biggest monthly gain in more than two years, on mounting concern that U.S. supplies will be limited by a government probe of imports. Cotton also rallied.
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President Barack Obama goes to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Christine Lagarde is strengthening her lead in the race for the International Monetary Fund’s top job.
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Pfizer Inc. must pay $1.5 million in damages to a pharmacist who developed breast cancer after taking one of the company’s menopause drugs, a jury in Puerto Rico ruled.
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Minera Alumbrera Ltd, a joint venture between Xstrata Plc, Goldcorp Inc. and Yamana Gold Inc. expects to spend about $4 billion on its El Pachon project in Argentina’s San Juan province, said Julian Rooney, vice president of Xstrata Copper.
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GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the U.K.’s biggest drugmaker, plans to appeal fines levied by Argentina’s government over a lack of documentation in a company-funded study of the Synflorix vaccine against pneumococcal disease.
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