Asian stocks extend gains after mixed US data
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher on Thursday after Wall Street logged modest gains on solid labor market data, despite weakness in U.S. manufacturing.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher on Thursday after Wall Street logged modest gains on solid labor market data, despite weakness in U.S. manufacturing.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher on Thursday after Wall Street logged modest gains on solid labor market data, despite weakness in U.S. manufacturing. ANALYST'S TAKE: "While this rally will inevitably have a pullback at some point, the forthcoming U.S. non-farms payroll, China's National Party Congress, ECB and BOJ meetings could all help support this rally in the near term," Angus Nicholson of IG said in a commentary. ADP, a payroll processing company, said private U.S. Читать дальше...
U.S. attorney's office civil rights unit will look into concerns about racial harassment and discrimination at Boston Latin
Africa’s biggest mobile network MTN Group has recorded a 51% drop in full year profit as the company has set aside R9.29 billion for its record multi-billion Nigerian fine.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Jaysean Paige contributed 15 points and five assists on Senior Night.
The U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance says it’s teamed up with 13 companies, including Google, eBay and JetBlue, to tackle illegal trafficking of wildlife.Each of the companies will go after trafficking in different ways, depending on their particular areas of expertise and zones of influence in the business world. Other companies in the new alliance include Tiffany & Co., Ralph Lauren and Discovery Communications, the alliance says.Sophia Mendelsohn, head of sustainability ...
A ship carrying military personnel and search and rescue officials was dispatched Thursday to check on remote island communities in western Indonesia a day after a powerful earthquake, as strong aftershocks rattled the region.
HOUSTON - Nearing the end of one of the worst 3-point shooting performances in NBA history, the Houston Rockets tried again.
The refugee crisis is a "manifestation of the disintegration of the European Union," Greece's controversial former finance minister told CNBC on Thursday.
Wassila Hachchi hangt een royement van haar partij D66 boven het hoofd. Dat meldt De Telegraaf.
Refugees would not be stopped from crossing Channel if Britain opts to leave Europe, economy minister says
Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq says the cricket authorities must seek help of former greats to find solutions for the batting woes, afflicting the national team.
By Everett Merrill, The Sports Xchange
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo hopes his No. 2 Spartans do not have to rely on the 3-point shot to make a deep run in the NCAA tournament.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Barack Obama is visiting Milwaukee on Thursday to congratulate city and county leaders on winning an Affordable Care Act enrollment competition.
A white Alabama police officer was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of a black man who, a family lawyer says, was walking home when he was ...
Former cricketers castigated the miserable batting performance by the Pakistan team, which was knocked out of Asia Cup after defeat against hosts Bangladesh.
Yuvraj Singh's 18-ball 35 against Sri Lanka saw the left-hander roll back the years and offer a glimpse of the damage he is still capable on inflicting on bowling attacks.
Robert John Robertson, now in his 60s, was a teacher at a Richmond high school in 1976 when he engaged in sexual activities with three girls who were 15 and 16 years old, according to a decision released this week by the B.C. Teacher Regulation Branch.
By Eric Hansen, The Sports Xchange
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Miami had no answer for surging Notre Dame center Zach Auguste.
Samarco Mineração SA, the Brazilian iron ore mine responsible for the deadly dam burst in the country last November, will pay $6.2 billion in damages for the tragedy, the company announced Wednesday. The sum will be paid out over 15 years as social and environmental compensation. Of the agreed amount, Samarco will pay $1.1 billion over next three years and the remaining $5.1 billion will go to the clean-up costs and damages following the disaster, the company’s Australian co-owner BHP Billiton Ltd. Читать дальше...
– Unit Commander orders boys to flog, shoot women – Soldiers batter about 500 women protesting unruly sale of their land to an oil company – Commander calls journalist idiot and madman Reports say some soldiers, numbering about 10, have used their boots on hundreds of women protesting at Ovre-Eku (Iwevbo) community between Edo and […]
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Katy Perry rocks a “Hillary Clinton is a badass” t-shirt while heading to her concert at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night (March 2) in New York City. The 31-year-old entertainer’s new beau Orlando Bloom was spotted arriving at the show, which is called “Hillary Victory Fund: I’m With Her Concert with Katy Perry [...]
With the practice of carrying school children in overloaded vehicles continuing unabated, the state government on Wednesday placed its plan to curb the unsafe practice before the Gujarat high court .
