Banks Fined Billions for Rigging Currency Markets
Traders with nicknames like the "Three Musketeers" and the "A-Team" plotted over Internet chat rooms to manipulate currency markets for years, profiting at the expense of clients—and then congratulating themselves for their brilliance—regulators said Wednesday, as they fined five banks $3.4 billion.
‘Everything Will Be Alright’ for Weezer
The first time I heard Weezer, the band was a musical guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."
Let's Get Ethical ... Ethical
Operation Shoestring, a Jackson-based nonprofit that supports children and families, will highlight the meaning of ethical leadership at its annual Conversation About Community luncheon on Monday, Nov. 17.
2014 JFP College Football Poll: Week 11
Teams eliminated from the playoff were Kansas State, Michigan State and Notre Dame in games against other teams in the playoff race. Auburn finally ran out of luck, and Texas A&M was able to reap the rewards.
The Slate
A SWAC team from Mississippi will play in the championship game for the third straight year. Alcorn State wrapped up the east division and now awaits to see who it plays out of the west.
Art for Everyone
When I read in the St. Andrew's Cathedral newsletter about local artist William Goodman's four-week art and faith course on Wednesday evenings, I decided to give it a shot.
Ye Olde Pub Meeting Place
Upon hearing the name The Bulldog, you may picture a loud sports bar with team signage everywhere. Maybe you even picture a bar dedicated to Mississippi State University. But The Bulldog may surprise you.
Have a Fashionable Winter
With a whole new season comes the constant question of the day: What am I going to wear?
Thrifty Finds
In this day and age, it can be hard to stay on top of trends while staying within your budget. One way to combat that is shopping at thrift stores. Here are some cool items JFP staffers have found at local (and nonlocal) thrift stores.
10 Little Masterpieces
The Jackson Free Press talked to stylist Adrienne Williams of Fondren Nails to for nail tips and the latest trends.
Beauty Sans Chemicals
Making your own beauty products can be cheaper than the price tag at the organic-food store and healthier than buying chemical-laden goods at a conventional grocery or drug store.
Jackson’s Next Top Modeling Career
Jackson is not typically considered a mecca for models or the modeling industry in general, but with the work of people like Chanelle Renee', the creator of the Chanelle Renee' Project, and Funmi "Queen" Franklin, the founder of Thick and Proud Sisters, known as TAPS, it may become one in the near future.
‘This Is All A Big Game’
What a gathering it was two years ago when Terry McAuliffe got together with his buddies Bill Clinton and Haley Barbour in Horn Lake to celebrate the plant opening of GreenTech, a then-McAuliffe-led producer of battery-charged automobiles.
Ban-the-Box a Good Step
For decades, employers from fast-food joints to mall boutiques and financial-services firms to news organizations have been asking prospective employees about their criminal histories.
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Literary'
If anyone is aware of the multiple, offensive meanings of the term tar-baby, it's the former governor and Yazoo City native with a history of landing in hot water over racist comments.
... The People Are Screwed
Boneqweesha Jones: "Welcome to Ghetto Science Public Television's Post-Midterm Election Wrap-Up News Brief. I'm your on-the-scene reporter and host here to discuss the recent November 2014 Midterm Election Massacre."
MDOC Scandal Highlights Privatization Problems
With the nation's largest private prison operators earning more than $3 billion in revenue, private-prison and government watchdogs say the opportunity for the brand of corruption alleged against Epps and McCrory is great.
Charles Barbour: On Kooks, Black Families and His Wife
Charles Barbour, 52, studied criminal justice at the University of Mississippi. As a city councilman, he would like to see the Jackson Police Department adequately funded but given financial oversight.
Janis Jordan
Creativity flows through Janis Jordan, the founder of Bk2natur, a company that makes natural handmade soaps.