Apple, Amazon.com and Netflix were among the top gainers as stocks rebounded Monday from multi-month lows hit Friday. Semiconductor stocks Micron, Lam Research and Advanced Micro Devices also led advancers, as did MercadoLibre, a Latin American e-commerce company. Some stocks were moving on company-specific news. CSRA soared 31 percent Monday […]
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Facebook suggesting security app that’s actually owned by Facebook and tracks mobile usage
Facebook is now offering some mobile app users a wireless-networking app without first disclosing that it’s owned by Facebook, or that it collects information for the social networking company. The app, Onavo Protect, provides users with a virtual private network, or VPN. Typically, a VPN cloaks the user’s identity and […]
Barnes & Noble cuts staff after dismal holiday season
Barnes & Noble is trimming its staff, laying off lead cashiers, digital leads and other experienced workers in a company-wide clearing, CNBC has learned from sources familiar with the matter. The news came abruptly for many workers who showed up Monday morning at various Barnes & Noble locations to be […]
White House dismisses idea of U.S.-Israel discussing settlement annexation
FILE PHOTO: General view of houses of the Israeli settlement of Givat Ze’ev, in the occupied West Bank February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo February 12, 2018 By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States dismissed as false an Israeli assertion on Monday that the two countries were discussing […]
Rattled by U.S. fiscal, monetary tug-of-war, investors start looking abroad
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid February 12, 2018 By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The worst week in the U.S. stock market in two years and benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hitting four-year highs […]
Volkswagen Chairman sees no reason to question CEO position
FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller attends the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo February 12, 2018 LINZ, Austria (Reuters) – Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said on Monday there is no reason to question the position of the […]
Court declines to tear up NJ’s $225M settlement with Exxon
TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey appeals court on Monday turned down a request from environmental groups and a former state senator to undo a $225 million pollution settlement between the state and Exxon Mobil. Continue Reading Below Appellate Division Judge Carmen Messano, writing on behalf of the three-judge panel, […]
Sale of Harvey Weinstein’s company up in air after lawsuit
NEW YORK – New York’s attorney general said Monday that executives at Harvey Weinstein’s movie studio enabled and covered up dozens of sexual misconduct allegations against the Hollywood mogul and that any sale of the company must include compensation for victims and protections for employees. Continue Reading Below Attorney General […]
The Latest: Retired generals, vets urge against US aid cuts
WASHINGTON – The Latest on President Donald Trump’s proposed 2019 budget (all times local): Continue Reading Below 2:15 p.m. More than 150 retired U.S. generals and admirals and more than 1,200 veterans are urging the Trump administration not to make steep cuts to the State Department, foreign aid and other […]
Female high school student disarms male student with a knife
A female high school senior disarmed a male student who came at her with a knife, according to ABC affiliate RTV6 in Indianapolis. The girl was in the bathroom of her high school in Carmel, Indiana, just north of Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon when the male student came in with […]