Wall Street’s main indexes extended declines on Thursday after a report that the United States was unlikely to extend a temporary waiver over Huawei’s blacklisting, adding to worries related to an inquiry into the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
U.S. business investment contracted more sharply than previously estimated in the second quarter and corporate profit growth was tepid, casting a shadow on an economy that is being stalked by financial market fears of a recession.
The fallout from the vaping health crisis continues to grow.
Massachusetts has banned all e-cigarette and cannabis vape pens for the next four months.
Altria (NYSE: MO) and Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) have abandoned their merger talks.
The CEO of nicotine vaping giant Juul has stepped down.
And already, two states have banned the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.
At the moment, there are more than 500 cases of the vaping-related lung illness across 38 states. And at least 10 people have died.
So for today’s episode, I reached out to our go-to medical cannabis professional, Dr. Jordan Tishler, president of the Association of Cannabis Specialists and …read more […]
Wall Street’s main indexes extended declines on Thursday after a report that the United States was unlikely to extend a temporary waiver over Huawei’s blacklisting, adding to worries related to an inquiry into the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
General Motors Co said on Thursday it will pay for the health insurance of its striking hourly workers, reversing a decision to push the costs onto the United Auto Workers union.
Facebook Inc and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday won dismissal of an investor lawsuit accusing them of deceiving investors about the likely impact of a privacy breach on its stock price, though the investors will be have a chance to refile their case.
A series of cyber attacks on Airbus in the past few months was conducted via the computer systems of its suppliers and security sources suspect a link to China, AFP news agency reported on Thursday.
The economics profession has worked hard to make its insights inaccessible to even the most highly educated layman.
Today, Nicholas Vardy explains why you should ignore Nobel-Prize winning economists despite recent attempts to make financial economics relevant again.
“A man is always a teller of tales, he lives surrounded by his stories and the stories of others, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his life as if he were recounting it.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher
Stories are important. They drive our lives.
As toddlers, we come to understand the world through bedtime stories. As students, we …read more […]
Saudi Aramco has chosen SMBC Nikko Securities as a bookrunner for its initial public offering (IPO), the first Japanese financial firm to grab a role in the mega deal, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Scores of local government officials from 31 U.S. states pressured McDonald’s Corp’s on Thursday to do a better job of protecting workers from groping, obscene comments and other forms of sexual harassment, adding their voices to an employee-led campaign that has seen walkouts at several stores.
U.S. stocks and government debt yields fell on Thursday after the release of a whistleblower complaint that accused President Donald Trump of pressing Ukraine to investigate one of his main political rivals in next year’s U.S. presidential election.
Apple Inc supplier Japan Display Inc said on Thursday that Chinese investment firm Harvest Group would withdraw from a bailout of the cash-strapped smartphone screen maker, increasing the chance of the 80 billion yen ($743 million) deal collapsing.
The United States has been granted approval to impose tariffs on European Union goods with an annual trade value around $7.5 billion over illegal government support for European planemaker Airbus , people familiar with the matter said.
Global commodities trader Cargill Inc [CARG.UL] reported a 3% increase in adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday, citing strong consumer demand for meat and eggs in North America and growth in its animal nutrition businesses.
Euro zone governments must reform their economies and use appropriate fiscal policies to ensure that the European Central Bank is not overburdened, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
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