Donald Trump branded Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” at Monday night’s debate, prompting Clinton’s female supporters to adopt the label as their own. Trump made the comment after Clinton, while discussing her Social Security plan, took a shot at him for avoiding taxes.“We need to put more money into the Social Security trust fund. That’s part of my commitment to raise taxes on the wealthy,” Clinton said. “My Social Security payroll contribution will go up, as will Donald’s — assuming he can’t figure out how to get out of it.”Trump interjected and snapped, “Such a nasty woman.”(Nydailynews.com)...[+]

The mysterious, unseen Planet Nine could be causing the sun to tilt and adding a “wobble” to the solar system, according to a new study. Caltech researchers announced the findings at the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences meeting Wednesday — nine months after the group initially reported about the massive planet lurking at the outer reaches of our solar system.

The planet is believed to have a mass about 10 times that of Earth and takes about 15,000 years to orbit the sun. Its existence has fueled speculation about Planet X or Nibiru, a mythical rogue planet that doomsayers believe will collide or pass near Earth.”Because Planet Nine is so massive and has an orbit tilted compared to the other planets, the solar system has no choice but to slowly twist out of alignment,” Elizabeth Bailey, the study’s lead author, said in a statement.

While the planets in our solar system orbit the sun in a flat plane, the plane itself rotates at a six-degree tilt — making it appear that the sun is cocked at an angle, according to the study.(Nydailynews.com)…[+]

BRIDGETOWN-  The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing Jamaica with a technical assistance (TA) grant to strengthen the capacity of the country’s Ministry of Finance. The funding will help to support Jamaica in the ongoing implementation of their Economic Reform Programme, under which critical macroeconomic and structural reforms are being undertaken with the objective of stabilizing the economy and setting the stage for inclusive economic growth.
The Government of Jamaica has identified a need to bolster the Ministry of Finance’s technical expertise in fiscal and macroeconomic policy that supports the country’s reforms under its homegrown structural adjustment programme. The programme is aided and assisted by the IMF and other development partners including CDB, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the European Union.

The TA grant of USD400,000, approved by CDB’s Board of Directors last week, will help to: strengthen the MOF management team’s capabilities to guide the implementation of critical reforms to support the achievement of key medium-term macroeconomic results; provide technical advice to the Minister of Finance and, by extension, the Cabinet on macroeconomic policy issues in general and, specifically, on how best to achieve the goals and objectives of GOJ’s reform programme; and enhance relevant skills of technical staff within MOF through training and transfer of expertise and knowledge. (CDB)…[+]