STATE — Governor Rick Perry is probably going to decide next May on whether he’ll run for president. He tells “The Dallas Morning News” it isn’t surprising ex-Florida governor Jeb Bush wants to be president, but says he didn’t pay attention to Bush’s announcement about exploring a 2016 run. Perry says America will get a positive vision for the country if he decides to run. Perry is going to host GOP activists from New Hampshire on Wednesday in Austin.
NATIONAL — President Obama says the embargo set on Cuba more than 50 years ago is outdated and it’s time to start normalizing relations with the communist island nation. Speaking from the White House, Obama announced the U.S. will start easing some travel and trade restrictions and re-establishing embassies in Havana and Washington, DC. The President insisted the U.S. will continue pushing Cuba to institute democracy and acknowledge basic human rights.
FOR YOUR HEALTH! — A new study confirms that you are only as old as you feel. Research from the University of London and the International Longevity Centre shows that adults who felt at least one year older than their actual age were more likely to die within eight years than those who felt at least three years younger than their age. The researchers studied 65-hundred adults at the average age of 65 and asked them, “how old do you feel you are?” Almost 70-percent of the participants said they felt three years younger. The eight-year study found the risk of death was over 40-percent higher for those felt older than for those who felt younger. The researchers took into account the health issues of the participants and the results were the same, that those who feel younger live longer.
MONEY MATTERS — Compuware CEO Bob Paul will step down from his position at the end of the year. Paul announced his intentions on Tuesday, just one day after the company completed a buyout that made it private. The computing services company recently closed on a purchase deal worth two-point-four-billion dollars with Thoma Bravo LLC out of Chicago. Two companies will emerge under the deal: Compuware, a mainframe software business and Dynatrace, a real-time software management and maintenance company. The mainframe business is expected to remain headquartered in Detroit.
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