Early November should prove interesting for followers of both Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX) and semiconductor industry darling NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA). Both will announce quarterly earnings on Nov. 9, but investors will be grading them on decidedly different curves. Continue Reading Below Himax’s numbers will help investors determine if CEO Jordan Wu’s […]
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Official says Puerto Rico needs ‘unprecedented’ US help
Puerto Rico has suffered such extensive devastation from Hurricane Maria that its recovery will fail unless the island gets more U.S. help. That’s the word from Natalie Jaresko, executive director of a federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances. Jaresko tells Congress that the U.S. territory needs emergency and […]
How assault rifles have played a prominent role in US mass shootings
Americans are grappling with yet another massacre after a Texas church’s Sunday morning services were interrupted by a masked gunman who sprayed parishioners with bullets shot from an AR-15 platform rifle. Former Air Force veteran Devin Kelley killed 26 people — many of them children — and also left 20 […]
OPEC seeking to reach consensus on output cut extension: OPEC Secretary General
OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo listens during a news conference in Vienna, Austria, November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader November 7, 2017 VIENNA (Reuters) – Countries that are part of the OPEC and non-OPEC cut agreement are in talks on the continuation of pact beyond March 2018, OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo […]
Priceline shares tumble as profit forecast misses Street view
The logo of online accommodation booking website Booking.com is pictured at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB) in Berlin, Germany, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch November 7, 2017 (Reuters) – Shares of Priceline Group Inc <PCLN.O> fell 10 percent in early trading on Tuesday after the U.S. online travel service […]
NATO to send more troops to Afghanistan after U.S. shift
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail November 7, 2017 By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is set to agree on Thursday to increase its Afghanistan training mission by some 3,000 troops, alliance officials said, after the United States switched […]
WATCH: Americans in S. Korea sound off on nuclear tensions
Now Playing: New Delhi’s air pollution called a ‘public health emergency’ Now Playing: Americans in S. Korea sound off on nuclear tensions Now Playing: Hundreds in Seoul protest ‘warmongering Trump’ over stance on North Korea Now Playing: Waterspout forms off Mexican beach Now Playing: Trump wraps up visit to Japan […]
Trump not invited to Paris climate summit next month
French authorities say U.S. President Donald Trump is not among more than 100 world leaders invited to Paris for a climate summit next month. French President Emmanuel Macron plans a summit to push his “Make our Planet Great Again” agenda on Dec. 12, the anniversary of the 2015 Paris climate […]
Dow hits record high at market open
Nov 7 (Reuters) – The Dow hit a record high at the open on Tuesday while the S&P and the Nasdaq were hovering near record levels, as earnings season winds down and investor expectations shift to a much-awaited cut in corporate taxes. Continue Reading Below The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
China plans easing foreign holding, partner choice for securities ventures: Sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China plans to allow global banks to take a stake of up to 51 percent in their onshore securities ventures for the first time and tie up with local non-financial firms, people familiar with the matter said. Continue Reading Below The move, if implemented, would form […]