KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate for the first time in four years ahead of general elections due by August. Continue Reading Below Bank Negara Malaysia on Thursday raised its overnight policy rate, used by banks to calculate interest rates, to 3.25 percent […]
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3 Steps to Paying Off Debt
There’s no denying that America has a serious debt problem. The average U.S. household that’s carrying credit card debt owes about $15,654 and households that have auto loans owe an average of $27,669, according to 2017 statistics from NerdWallet. Continue Reading Below The statistics get even more depressing when you […]
Survey: Being a female artist in pop is a ‘lonely’ field
NEW YORK – A new survey of pop charts over the past six years finds that men overwhelmingly dominate the ranks of artists and songwriters and that 2017 represented a six-year low for female artists. Continue Reading Below University of Southern California researchers released a study on Thursday that shows […]
3-year-old boy shoots self in head with shotgun
A 3-year-old boy died Wednesday night after somehow shooting himself in the head with a shotgun, authorities said. CBS Dallas reports police and paramedics were called to the scene, in East Fort Worth, around 9:45 p.m. When they arrived, they found the boy dead from a gunshot wound to the […]
Trump arrives in Davos for World Economic Forum
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Trump arrived Thursday in Davos, Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum. He will be the first sitting U.S. president to do so since Bill Clinton in 2000. Mr. Trump will be pushing his “America First” agenda, along with a large team of his senior aides […]
Mnuchin says ‘dollar is not a concern of mine,’ supports free trading in currency markets
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that he spends little time thinking about dollar weakness over the short term, after his previous comments sent the U.S. currency reeling amid fears of a trade war. Speaking during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mnuchin said the dollar […]
BoE’s Carney sees 10 billion-pound Brexit hit to UK economy: Times
File photo – Bank of England Governor Mark Carney speaks during the Bank’s financial stability report at the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Victoria Jones/Pool January 25, 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Mark Carney told business leaders that the 2016 […]
Louvre shuts Islamic art display due to rising river Seine
A view shows the flooded banks of the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower after days of rainy weather in Paris, France January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes January 25, 2018 PARIS (Reuters) – The Louvre museum in Paris closed its basement display of Islamic art on Wednesday following a sharp […]
Exclusive: Richardson quits Myanmar’s ‘whitewash’ Rohingya crisis panel
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson speaks during an interview with Reuters as a member of an international advisory board on the crisis of Rakhine state in Yangon, Myanmar January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ann Wang January 25, 2018 By Bill Tarrant YANGON (Reuters) – Veteran U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned […]
Treasury’s Mnuchin says not seeking trade war
A day after sending the dollar reeling with comments supportive of a weak U.S. currency, U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration was not seeking trade wars but would defend its economic interests. Continue Reading Below At a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mnuchin […]