Wall Street opens lower as Saudi tensions add to concerns
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks dropped at open on Monday as rising tensions between Western powers and Saudi Arabia added to worries over rising borrowing costs and the impact of tariffs…
John McCain: a fighter in war and politics
John McCain was a fighter in life, war and politics, who earned an immense amount of respect even from his opponents… READ MORE … source
Machines take the blame as U.S. stock market sells off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors searching for perpetrators and victims in this week’s U.S. stock market selloff pointed to a familiar source: number-crunching fund managers and machines. Traders work on…
50 year anniversary of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
Fifty years ago on August 28 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech at the foot… euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe … source
Strong U.S. job growth expected in September; wages seen rising
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely created jobs at a brisk clip in September, with the unemployment rate probably falling to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent, signaling a…
Powell: U.S. outlook ‘remarkably positive’ with low unemployment, tame inflation
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday hailed a “remarkably positive outlook” for the U.S. economy that he feels is on the verge of a “historically…
CrossTalk: Annihilating Yemen
Getting scant media coverage in the West, Yemen as a state and society is being destroyed. The Arab world’s poorest country is being systemically annihilated … source
Facebook’s slide stalls Intel-led advance on Wall Street
(Reuters) – Wall Street ended flat on Friday as gains by Intel, real estate companies and utilities offset a drop in Facebook after the social media network disclosed a security…
U.S. new home sales rebound in August, but trend softening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rebounded in August after two straight monthly declines, but the underlying trend still pointed to a weakening housing market against the…
Fed likely to lift rates, possibly end ‘accommodative’ policy era
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the Federal Reserve widely expected to raise interest rates on Wednesday, financial markets are focused on whether signs of an acceleration in U.S. economic growth will…