Presidente da Turquia, Tayyip Erdogan, no Parlamento em Ancara 13/02/2018 Yasin Bulbul/Palácio Presidencial/Divulgação via REUTERS March 9, 2018 ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s military and its rebel allies have besieged the northern Syrian town of Afrin and were nearing its town center, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, in what would […]
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Potential Obama deal would be a ‘home run’ for Netflix, analyst says
A Netflix content deal with Former President Barack Obama would be a boon for the company, according to one Wall Street firm. The New York Times reported on Thursday Obama is in advanced talks with Netflix to produce a series of shows that would be exclusive to the streaming giant. […]
OpenTable employee fired after making 300 fake restaurant reservations
A rogue employee at online-reservation website OpenTable made hundreds of fake reservations at high-end Chicago restaurants in what a competing service suggests may be an act of revenge. Chicago’s restaurant scene was thrown into a tizzy the past few months, with dozens of restaurants who use bookings from Reserve, an […]
Fed’s Charles Evans goes out on a limb saying he would argue against a March rate hike
Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans told CNBC on Friday he’s still nervous about continued low inflation, and would prefer to “wait a little longer” before raising interest rates for the first time in 2018. The financial markets, however, view a March rate increase as a virtual lock. Central bankers […]
Global stocks rise on strong US jobs figures
article Global stock markets rose Friday on the back of strong U.S. jobs figures and investors digested President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. South Korea’s Kospi was a notable riser, jumping 1.1 percent on news that Trump plans to meet with North Korea’s leader. […]
U.S. warning over Mexican resort town draws mixed reaction
The State Department abruptly closed the U.S. Consulate in Playa del Carmen, Mexico and is prohibiting all U.S. government employees from traveling to the popular resort town. Government sources tell CBS News the measures were taken because of a “real crime threat” connected to warring drug cartels. A security alert […]
The New Economy: Technology Trends For 2018
Remember during the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, when pundits liked to talk about the “new economy”? Riding the wave of excitement, the information technology sector grew to well over 30% of the S&P 500, from under 10% less than a decade earlier. The mania ended as companies like […]
Hiring surge added 313K jobs in February, most in 1½ years
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UK home secretary visits city where ex-Russian spy poisoned
British police asked the military on Friday to help investigate the nerve-agent poisoning of a former spy, as investigators’ attention increasingly focused on the victim’s house in a quiet suburban street. Meanwhile, Russia’s foreign minister said his country might be willing to help with this investigation, but expressed resentment at […]
The economy added 313,000 jobs in February, beating forecasts
The American economy’s steady expansion stepped up in February as U.S. companies added to their head count at a surprisingly robust pace and the labor-force participation rate rose. The Labor Department on Friday reported the U.S. economy created 313,000 jobs last month, far exceeding Wall Street expectations for 200,000 new jobs. The unemployment […]