U.S. services sector activity slowed in November as lingering concerns about trade tensions and worker shortages pushed production to its lowest level in a decade, which could heighten fears about the economy’s health.
U.S. energy dominance is giving OPEC members a chill. …read more […]
Wall Street’s main indexes looked set to break a three-day losing streak on Wednesday, following a report that the United States and China were moving closer to signing a “phase one” trade deal.
Exercise bike and treadmill maker Peloton Interactive Inc’s latest Christmas advertisement has been widely criticized on social media as being “sexist” and “dystopian”. The advertisement, called “The Gift That Gives Back”, shows a woman receiving a Peloton bike as a gift from her husband following which she records her workouts over a year and shares them with him through a video blog. Some said the husband was “controlling” and “manipulative” as buying his wife an exercise bike suggested that the she needed to lose weight. …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is developing a new plan to bolster biofuel-blending requirements after ethanol allies in politically important farm states complained the current proposal doesn’t do enough to compensate for waivers exempting some small refineries from the mandates.Kudlow’s involvement was described by five people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named discussing the administration’s private deliberations. The effort comes after biofuel producers, corn farmers and Midwest politicians blasted the Environmental Protection Agency’s current approach as inadequate, saying it flouted the terms of an Oct. 1 agreement to raise biofuel-blending requirements enough to …read more […]
Today we are going to look at International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) to see whether it might be an… …read more […]
The perception of cannabis has changed significantly over the last decade. While in the not too distant past, weed was associated with an alternative lifestyle, the ancient herb’s medicinal benefits have finally been recognized by the establishment, to the extent that cannabis companies are listed publicly, and in some cases have former republican congressmen and conservative prime ministers as board members. The times, they have a-changed.Accompanied by bursts of volatility, the industry exhibited massive growth between 2014 and 2018, with worldwide cannabis sales more than tripling to $10.9 billion. 2019, however, has been a rough one for the fledgling market, …read more […]
Government debt yields and a gauge of global equity markets rose on Wednesday as sentiment improved after U.S. President Donald Trump said trade talks with China were going “very well” and a news report suggested key differences were being ironed out.
A successful career is a key aspect of achieving a rich life, and this method can help you achieve greater success.
Today, Mark Ford shares five steps to help you connect with other people and learn from them.
If you could be on a first-name basis with anyone in your trade or industry, who would it be?
Whose power – or position – would you most like to gain access to?
Who, among all the people you know, could have the most positive impact on your future?
Imagine having an address book full of people like this – people you could turn to for help …read more […]
WeWork China has set out ambitious revenue goals for 2020 even though it faces staff cutbacks and weak occupancy numbers at its properties across China, sources familiar with the matter said, citing targets announced by the division’s general manager at an internal meeting in Shanghai on Wednesday.
Chinese startup AutoX, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has applied to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in California, the first challenger to Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving venture Waymo to say it has done so.
Oil prices surged 4% on Wednesday on expectations that OPEC and allied producers would extend production curbs, and as U.S. government data showed a large drop in domestic crude stockpiles.
Many investors are still learning about the various metrics that can be useful when analysing a stock. This article is… …read more […]
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary on Wednesday dismissed accusations that he bullied and forced out his former operations chief Peter Bellew, telling a court he was a highly paid professional who had failed to deliver.
Low-cost airline Ryanair trimmed its passenger traffic forecast on Wednesday, saying it would cut summer capacity and an unspecified number of jobs as a result of further delays in returning Boeing’s grounded 737 Max aircraft to service. Ryanair has scrapped planned summer operations from bases in Nuremberg and Stockholm Skavsta, as well as some flights from other bases, “solely due to delivery delays” to MAX jets on order from Boeing, the company said in a statement. “We are continuing to work with Boeing, our people, our unions and our affected airports to minimise these capacity cuts and job …read more […]
Copyright 1997-2019 Wall Street Reporter / Octagon Media Corp.
