NEW YORK – U.S. stocks are rising Friday morning as technology and health care companies make more gains. Chipmaker Intel and drugmaker AbbVie are jumping after they did far better than analysts expected in the fourth quarter. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher. Continue Reading Below KEEPING SCORE: The Standard […]
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Helmerich & Payne Didn’t Quite Turn in a Profitable Quarter, but Wall Street Likes the Progress
There was a chance that Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) could be profitable this past quarter, but it missed it by that much. That said, the company’s net loss adjusted for a one-time tax gain was much better than Wall Street’s expectations. Still, the company’s results have been slow to […]
FedEx commits $3.2 billion to raise pay, expand hubs after U.S. tax overhaul
FILE PHOTO: A FedEx Express Boeing 737-45D (BDSF) OO-TNN aircraft is seen at the Chopin International Airport in Warsaw, Poland January 8, 2018. Picture taken on January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel January 26, 2018 By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) – Package delivery company FedEx Corp <FDX.N> said on Friday it […]
CEE states want to have say in ‘new blueprint’ for EU
FILE PHOTO: Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (not pictured) hold a news conference after a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal January 26, 2018 By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union needs a “new blueprint” […]
Bloody walls, missing women: Call tips cops to grisly scene
ARBUCKLE, Calif. — A Northern California almond orchard turned into a gruesome crime scene Thursday when two women’s bodies were discovered, one hidden in a freezer, the other in a pond, CBS station KOVR-TV reports. Colusa County sheriff’s deputies arrested Martin Ehrke, 49, for the alleged double homicide. Ehrke is […]
Italy’s 5-Star says would respect EU’s 3 percent deficit limit
FILE PHOTO: 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio is seen during the television talk show “Porta a porta” (Door to door) in Rome, Italy January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo January 26, 2018 By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said on Friday that if it wins […]
6 male BBC presenters take pay cuts over gender divide
LONDON — Some of the BBC’s highest-paid male broadcasters have agreed to take a pay cut after revelations of a gender divide in salaries. The BBC said Friday that six of its TV and radio presenters had agreed to reduced salaries, and that “there are further conversations that the BBC […]
3 Northeast states to sue feds over GOP’s tax overhaul plan
ALBANY, N.Y. – New Jersey and Connecticut are joining New York in planning to sue Washington over the Republican-led federal tax overhaul, the Democratic governors of the three states announced Friday. Continue Reading Below Andrew Cuomo of New York, Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and Phil Murphy of New Jersey announced […]
50 Cent ‘forgot’ his bitcoin—now it’s worth over $7 million
Rapper 50 Cent, also known as Curtis Jackson III, has reportedly amassed a small fortune in cryptocurrency. Jackson racked up about 700 bitcoins after agreeing to accept it as an alternative form of payment for his 2014 album “Animal Ambition,” according to TMZ. That stake is now worth over $7 […]
Trump praises African leader after White House dustup
President Donald Trump sought to mend relations Friday with a key African leader in the aftermath of his controversial comments about African nations, praising the U.S. partnership with Rwanda along the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum. Trump’s meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame came shortly after Trump drew […]