Wall Street rises with healthcare rally after Trump’s speech
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 rose on Friday, helped by healthcare stocks after President Donald Trump blasted high drug prices but avoided taking aggressive measures to cut them. Johnson &…
Reframing art history | Pamela Joyner | TEDxJohannesburgSalon
Pamela Joyner and her husband Fred Giuffrida are on a mission to find and tell the stories of artists of African American descent whose contribution to the development of their…
Wall Street opens little changed, tech drags
(Reuters) – Wall Street indexes opened little changed on Friday as losses in Symantec and Nvidia offset gains in healthcare and telecom sectors. Trader Michael Capolino shouts out a bid…
Framework of Otherness | Jonell Logan | TEDxCharlotte
I want people to reconsider our notions of culture – who it belongs to; who we regard as outsiders; and why there is no singular definition of ownership. I also…
Wall St lower, Trump’s Iran decision awaited
(Reuters) – Wall Street edged lower on Tuesday, weighed down by technology and consumer discretionary stocks, while investors awaited President Donald Trump’s decision on the Iran nuclear deal. People walk…
Wall Street climbs on oil rally, tech gains
(Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Monday as energy stocks were boosted by U.S. crude hitting $70 per barrel for the first time since late 2014, while technology shares were…
Hague: Kenyan’s accused lawyers question ICC on jurisdiction
Defence lawyer for Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto and his co-accused, broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang, want judges to throw out the crimes against … source
Origins of African-American English
Melvyn Bragg explains how slaves developed their own version of the English language. source
OPEC April oil output hits year low on Venezuela slide: Reuters survey
LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC oil output fell in April to a one-year low due to declining production in Venezuela and lower shipments from African producers, a Reuters survey found, sending…
Canadian exchange operator TMX blames hardware failure for outage
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s largest stock exchange operator said on Saturday that the failure of data storage equipment caused an outage that shut down the world’s sixth-largest stock market for…