July 2018 – Page 160

3 Top Dividend Stocks With Yields Over 3%

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

Investors can reduce risk but still earn high yields when the underlying business is fundamentally sound. …read more […]

PSA to launch electric car-sharing scheme in Paris by year-end

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

PARIS (Reuters) – PSA will launch during the last quarter of 2018 a “free floating” car-sharing scheme in Paris, allowing drivers to pick up an electric vehicle at one location and leave it elsewhere in the city, the carmaker said in a statement.

…read more […]

Wall Street opens higher as energy stocks gain

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes opened higher on Tuesday as shares of energy companies rose on the back of rising oil prices, aiding Wall Street in a shortened trading day ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

…read more […]

Firing fake pineapples, Pernod uses ‘influencers’ to drive sales

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

LONDON/CANNES, France (Reuters) – This spring, Pernod Ricard’s Malibu Rum paid American singer Nick Jonas to host a competition in Vietnam that began with 33 Instagram stars battling to catch fake pineapples while flying off a giant waterslide into the sea.

…read more […]

Facebook shares slip on report of widened probe on data scandal

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

(Reuters) – Shares of Facebook Inc fell more than 1 percent in premarket trade on Tuesday, after a report said that a federal probe on the data breach linked to Cambridge Analytica was broadened and will include more government agencies.

…read more […]

Ford’s U.S. auto sales rise about 1.2 percent in June

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co on Tuesday reported an about 1.2 percent rise in U.S. auto sales in June, helped by a new record for sport utility vehicles for the month.

…read more […]

Exclusive: China presses Europe for anti-U.S. alliance on trade

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump’s trade policies at a summit later this month but is facing resistance, European officials said.

…read more […]

Wall Street set to open higher as oil prices rise

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

(Reuters) – Wall Street was set to open higher on Tuesday on the back of gains in oil prices and shares of big technology companies.

…read more […]

Qatar to buy New York’s Plaza Hotel for $600 million: source

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

LONDON (Reuters) – The tiny but ultra-rich Gulf state of Qatar has agreed to buy one of New York’s most iconic buildings, the Plaza Hotel, for around $600 million, adding a development that was once owned by U.S. President Donald Trump to its luxury property portfolio.

…read more […]

4 High Dividend Stocks in the S&P 500 to Buy for Income

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

In a world of low interest rates, investors look for yield wherever they can find it. In the previous century, dividends did not compare well to bank interest rates. As a result, REITs pay an average dividend yield of 4.3%. …read more […]

Stock futures higher as oil prices rise

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, boosted by a jump in oil prices and early gains in big technology stocks.

…read more […]

Should You Buy Facebook (FB) Stock with Q2 Earnings In View?

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

Facebook (FB) saw its stock price climb over 1.5% on Monday, despite an announcement that some 800,000 users might have been affected by a bug that unblocked users people had previously blocked. So let’s see what has investors excited about Facebook stock even with negativity still swirling around the social media powerhouse. …read more […]

Glencore gets U.S. subpoena on compliance with money-laundering laws

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have demanded the U.S. arm of Glencore Plc hand over documents relating to its business in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela, sending shares in the parent company down more than 10 percent.

…read more […]

Thai official: Boys may have to dive from cave despite peril

July 3, 2018 admin Comments Off

A top Thai official said Tuesday that heavy rains forecast for the coming days could worsen floods in the mountain cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were located after being missing for more than a week, forcing authorities to speed up their extraction. Officials said Tuesday that the boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach were mostly in stable medical condition and have received high-protein liquid food. …read more […]