Amazon (AMZN) is set to announce its Q4 2019 earnings on Thursday, with much of the focus on how one-day Prime shipping has affected the online retailer’s profits. …read more […]
World Health Organization meets amid growing travel bans over coronavirus. …read more […]
Rates are the lowest ever for this time of year, according to a popular survey. …read more […]
A cruise in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy has been locked down and quarantined. The 7,000 passengers and crew members on board are not allowed off the ship yet due to a possible coronavirus case on board. …read more […]
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Facebook Inc has reached a $550 million settlement of claims it collected and stored millions of users’ biometric data without their consent, as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pledged better protections for users to address privacy concerns that have dogged the social media company.
(Bloomberg) — A key slice of the U.S. yield curve inverted on Thursday for the first time since October, reviving memories of growth fears that plagued investors last year and signaling doubts that the Federal Reserve will succeed in reviving inflation.The gap between the yield on three-month and 10-year Treasuries at one point slipped to as low as minus 2 basis points on Thursday. The spread — seen by some as a warning signal because it has inverted before each of the past seven U.S. recessions — last reached those levels as economic conditions deteriorated at the height of the …read more […]
Oil prices fell 3% on Thursday to the lowest in three months on concerns over the potential economic impact of the coronavirus that continues to spread worldwide, while the market also considered the possibility of an early OPEC meeting.
For some shopkeepers in Paris, home to prestigious stores where Chinese tourists love to splurge, an abrupt drop-off in visitors as China tries to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus health crisis is hitting hard.
U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday as the coronavirus epidemic raised fears of a further hit to China’s economy, with weak earnings from Facebook and others adding to the gloom.
Fresh battle lines are being drawn that could lead to farm trade restrictions between the United States and Mexico, a letter from a top Mexican trade official seen by Reuters shows, despite the goodwill generated by the newly-signed USMCA trade pact.
These 5 tax hikes will help Americans pay down those $1 trillion annual deficits. And they’re coming, sooner or later. …read more […]
China has restarted talks with U.S. liquefied natural gas marketers to buy more LNG, several industry executives told Reuters, but they are worried that any purchases may come too late to keep natural gas prices from falling further due to a glut of global supply.
Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc said on Thursday its plan to sell nearly all capacity on the Mainline oil network for the long term is fair to shippers of all types and would benefit the western Canadian industry.
The U.S. cannabis market enters 2020 with plenty of catalysts for higher sales and better profits for industry participants. One of the primary ways to benefit from immediate growth in the sector is via state level approval of medical or recreational cannabis sales while the Federal government slowly pushes towards eventual Federal approval.The recent start of recreational cannabis in Illinois and Michigan are prime examples of how U.S. multi-state operators (MSOs) can immediately benefit from having existing cannabis operations in a particular state. The state had an estimated $200 million in medical marijuana sales with research predicting sales surging to …read more […]
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