FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a news conference after a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool/File Photo November 30, 2017 By Mark Bendeich and Parisa Hafezi ROME/ANKARA (Reuters) – China is financing billions of dollars […]
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Top model Ashley Graham calls the term “plus size” divisive to women
Ashley Graham, known throughout the world as a model who has gotten the industry to look at women’s bodies differently, says she doesn’t like the term “plus-size” to describe full-figured women, she tells CBS’ “Sunday Morning,” in an interview with “CBS This Morning” Co-Host Gayle King to be broadcast Dec. […]
Massage parlor sued over sexual assault allegation
Last Updated Nov 30, 2017 10:19 AM EST A massage parlor chain is facing a civil lawsuit from a client in Texas who says she was sexually assaulted by a masseuse in January 2016. Massage Heights, which has franchise locations across the country, is being sued by the alleged victim […]
Is Cisco a Buy?
Cisco‘s (NASDAQ: CSCO) earnings announcement shows a company that is slowing reinventing itself. In Cisco’s recently reported first fiscal quarter, the company modestly beat analyst expectations on the top and bottom lines with revenue at $12.14 billion versus $12.11 billion expected and adjusted EPS at $0.61 versus $0.60 expected, according […]
Markets Right Now: Stocks open broadly higher on Wall Street
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): Continue Reading Below 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street a day after a steep drop in technology shares weighed on the market. Banks and health care companies were among the biggest gainers early Thursday. JPMorgan Chase […]
Oil prices mixed as producers are poised to extend deal to cap output
Oil prices eased off earlier gains ahead of a critical meeting of two dozen oil producers on Thursday, reversing a three-day slide as uncertainty over an extension to the group’s deal to limit production weighed on the market. OPEC and other oil exporters led by Russia have kept 1.8 million […]
Better Buy: Ziopharm Oncology Inc. vs. Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.
The American Cancer Society expects 600,920 Americans to die from cancer this year, but Ziopharm Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: ZIOP) and Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDX) aim to lower that figure. Both of these clinical-stage biotechs are developing some exciting new treatment options, and success could lead to monstrous gains over the long run. Continue […]
Critics see State Department in disarray despite Tillerson’s defense
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered a forceful defense against reports that he is gutting the State Department, saying he was “offended” by them. He challenged the numbers, accused some reporters of sounding “like the sky was falling,” and argued the agency was “functioning very well from my perspective.” But […]
Trump angers UK with truculent tweet to May after sharing far-right videos
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform legislation during a visit to St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque November 30, 2017 By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump sparked outrage in Britain’s political establishment on Thursday with a sharp rebuke […]
WATCH: Tiger shark comes close to swimmers off Miami Beach
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