The Tell: BlackRock’s Larry Fink sees ‘dark shadows’ in markets
Rising consumer confidence in a time of record stock prices and deflationary pressures are just some of the scary things BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink sees on the horizon.
Rising consumer confidence in a time of record stock prices and deflationary pressures are just some of the scary things BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink sees on the horizon.
Utilities, real estate and other big-dividend-paying companies led U.S. stocks mostly higher Wednesday, pushing the Nasdaq composite to a new record for the second day in a row.
Utilities, real estate and other big-dividend-paying companies led U.S. stocks mostly higher Wednesday, pushing the Nasdaq composite to a new record for the second day in a row.
The New Zealand dollar tumbled after the Reserve Bank adopted a bias for holding interest rates steady through mid 2019.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed yesterday’s launch of formal peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Ecuador’s capital, Quito, his spokesperson said today in a statement.
Wales are sweating on the fitness of fly-half Dan Biggar and winger George North for Saturday's Six Nations home clash against England in Cardiff.
How can investors gauge whether a rise in confidence is translating into growth and profit?
Whole Foods' first quarter sales came in lower than expected, sending the stock for a slide in late Wednesday trading.
Andrew S. Erickson
Security, Asia
The United States needs to reengineer a naval shipbuilding “sweet spot.”
China has parlayed the world’s second-largest economy and second-largest defense budget into the world’s largest ongoing comprehensive naval buildup, which has already yielded the world’s second-largest navy. All that is only part of an extraordinary maritime transformation—modern history’s sole example of a land power becoming a hybrid land-sea power on a sustained basis. Читать дальше...
The Bengals have claimed wide receiver Chris Brown via waivers from the Cowboys, ESPN’s Field Yates reported Wednesday. Brown went undrafted last spring out of Notre Dame, then signed with the Cowboys. Brown got off to a strong start in training camp before suffering a broken foot. He was eventually waived-injured, then landed on the…
The Minneapolis software downshifts from hyperfast growth.
Is President Trump in the process of imploding? Some see reason to think so. Given the major fallout over his travel ban, ranging from the spontaneous protests that have broken out worldwide to a federal judge ruling that the ban needed to be stopped, it seems as though Trump is struggling.
The latest hot item taking over the street style scene is an interesting pair of cropped denim jeans. Frame’s $449 two-toned cropped jeans have been spotted on a number of notable models and actresses in their everyday looks. From being dressed up with high heels to being styled more casually with sneakers, the pants are a huge hit with the Instagram-famous crowd. Check out which It-girls are incorporating the cropped denim into their wardrobe.
The latest hot item taking over the street style scene is an interesting pair of cropped denim jeans. Frame’s $449 two-toned cropped jeans have been spotted on a number of notable models and actresses in their everyday looks. From being dressed up with high heels to being styled more casually with sneakers, the pants are a huge hit with the Instagram-famous crowd. Check out which It-girls are incorporating the cropped denim into their wardrobe.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian governor said Wednesday that he needs more soldiers to help cope with a police crisis that has led to a wave of violence and at least 80 deaths in his southeastern state.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland police and other city officials went to a cluttered warehouse converted into an illegal residence dozens of times in the several years before 36 people died in a late-night fire, according to documents released by the city Wednesday. The records, requested by The Associated Press and other media outlets more than two months ago, detail complaints from neighbors, residents and visitors of the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse about safety problems, loud parties and other... Читать дальше...
Pastor Femi Aribisala has criticised acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo for claiming he spoke with President Buhari on phone and that he is hale.
The advancement of algorithms may result in the loss of human judgment, a new report says. Experts on the subject weigh the pros and cons of computer code that aims to make our lives easier.
WASHINGTON — Pondering new restrictions on how the Environmental Protection Agency can use scientific data, congressional Republicans are seeking advice from the chemical and fossil fuel industries. House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith this week accused the Obama administration of relying on faulty and falsified data to justify new regulations, such as limiting carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. At a hearing Tuesday called “Making EPA Great Again,” Smith’s... Читать дальше...
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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, launched in September 2016 and run by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, set out with the ambitious goal "to cure, prevent or manage all disease during our children’s lifetime."
As part of the $3 billion initiative, the organization created an independent nonprofit Biohub, which on Wednesday said it committed $50 million to 47 scientists, technologists, and engineers working at UCSF, Stanford, and UC-Berkeley. Читать дальше...
The seminal pop-rock quartet returns to Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.
Whole Foods said it would close nine of its stores and lowered its financial projections for the year, moves made as the natural-foods company struggles with increased competition and slowing sales growth.
The Indian government has severed all financial ties between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) The ‘gate’ was shut to the foundation on an immunization mission and a likely conflict of interest due to the foundations close ties with pharmaceutical companies according to a report by the Economic Times The NTAGI, which had been funded by the Gates Foundation-backed Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU) at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)... Читать дальше...
US Department of Defense spokesperson Capt. Jeff Davis said that US military airstrikes near Syria’s Idlib have eliminated 11 al-Qaeda members last week.
