WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. import prices rose less than expected in April as a rebound in the cost of petroleum products was tempered by a drop in food prices, the latest indication that inflation pressures were increasing moderately.
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc on Friday ousted its top lobbyist, and the No. 2 wireless carrier’s chief executive officer said in a memo it was “big mistake” to hire Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, for advice on working with the Trump administration.
Ant Financial is rumored to be closing a $10 billion funding round that would value the Chinese payments firm at an eye-popping $150 billion. …read more […]
Two months ago, a friend invited me to a weekend social event at his ranch near Austin, Texas.
There I met a journalist who had spent years researching the health, diet and lifestyles of the world’s longest-lived people.
“Wait a minute,” I interjected. “Are you that Blue Zones guy?”
He was.
I was talking to Dan Buettner, the National Geographic fellow and best-selling author of several books, including The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People.
The conversation later turned to the financial markets and the search for practical investment solutions.
After a few minutes, Dan said, “Hold on. Are you that …read more […]
(Reuters) – General Motors Co’s South Korean unit reiterated on Friday that it should return to profitability by 2019 and that it will invest $2.8 billion in a new, small SUV as well as a crossover vehicle for the local market and for export.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mexico will not be rushed into revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) just to get a deal, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday ahead of trilateral talks with his U.S. and Canadian counterparts.
(Reuters) – Symantec Corp’s shares sank by more than a third on Friday after the cyber-security firm said it was investigating concerns raised by a former employee but gave little other detail, spooking investors and Wall Street analysts.
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): …read more […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks posted slight gains on Friday as a rise in healthcare shares ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech on drug pricing more than made up for losses in Symantec and Nvidia.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Friday that there will be a trilateral NAFTA meeting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time with his U.S. and Canadian counterparts, even as he warned against rushing a new deal.
Geron (GERN) beats earnings but on lower sales in Q1. Operating expenses were lower year over year. …read more […]
Today, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson admitted that hiring notorious Trump …read more […]
Oil prices steadied near 3-1/2 year highs on Friday as the prospect of new U.S. sanctions on Iran tightened the outlook for Middle East supply at a time when global crude production is only just keeping pace with rising demand. The United States plans to reintroduce sanctions against Iran, which pumps about 4 percent of the world’s oil, after abandoning a deal reached in late 2015 that limited Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for the removal of U.S. and European sanctions. The global oil market is finely balanced, with top exporter Saudi Arabia and No.1 producer Russia having …read more […]
(Reuters) – Wall Street indexes opened little changed on Friday as losses in Symantec and Nvidia offset gains in healthcare and telecom sectors.
(Reuters) – Hiring President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, was a “big mistake,” AT&T Inc Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said in an employee memo, reviewed by Reuters, that went out Friday morning.
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