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...Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Team took first place at a national competition held in Puerto Rico by triumphing in the six-hour final round...
Team members are not resting on their laurels. Their victory in Puerto Rico qualified them for an upcoming national competition in Chicago, according to Quinn. “We’re extremely excited about it and very confident,” he said...
...company isn't waiting to see if Mexicans and Kuwaitis like its food - it's already negotiating a deal to expand to the Philippines, and it's exploring options in Canada, Puerto Rico, India and Singapore. As for China itself, "Time will tell," says DeAngelis. But there's at least one food-industry model that suggests that the company may stand a chance at selling Americanized Chinese food to Chinese in China. After pulling out of the Mexican market in 1992, Taco Bell relaunched in the country two years ago and now has plans to expand to 300 outlets...
Paul Crist, the owner of a Puerto Vallarta resort who once worked as an aide to former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, says that paying for medical treatment in Mexico could save Medicare almost a quarter of the average cost for most procedures. "My research, as well as the research of others, shows that health care in Mexico costs less than a third of that in the U.S.," Crist says. (See a guide to what health-care reform really means...
...costs, has become attractive. Seeing potential profits, he adds, "the developers and operators of senior housing, which runs the spectrum from independent-living communities through nursing-care facilities, are certainly betting on a substantial influx in the coming years." Developments aimed at attracting seniors have been built near Puerto Vallarta and in the northern Baja peninsula, and independent-living projects are planned for San Miguel de Allende, already a popular expat center north of Mexico City, Warner notes. (See the top 10 health-care-reform players...