Stocks closed higher Friday, extending a record-setting drive for major indexes. Continue Reading Below The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Dow Jones industrial average closed out their sixth straight week of gains. Both indexes also finished at record highs for the fifth day in a row. Banks and technology […]
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Dozens still missing in Puerto Rico a month after Hurricane Maria
At least 76 people are still missing in Puerto Rico 30 days after Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island as a powerful Category 4 storm, officials said. A total of 49 people have died as a result of the storm, which barreled through Puerto Rico Sept. 20, leaving much […]
WATCH: Dog loses interest in bomb sniffing, CIA ‘fires’ her
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Mine safety nomination follows history as coal executive
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The retired coal company executive from West Virginia chosen by Republican President Trump to oversee U.S. mining safety says his first priority is preventing people from getting hurt and that he replaced the managers of a mine plagued by safety violations in 2010 and 2011 where a […]
Stocks at record highs as Congress inches closer to tax cuts
Stocks continued their ascent Friday, capping the week at new all-time highs, as lawmakers took a critical step toward cutting taxes. Continue Reading Below The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 165 points, or 0.71%, to 23,328.63. The S&P 500 rose 13 points, or 0.51%, to 2,575.21. The Nasdaq gained 24 […]
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
iTunes Official Music Charts for the week ending October 19, 2017: Continue Reading Below Top Songs 1. Thunder, Imagine Dragons 2. rockstar (feat. 21 Savage), Post Malone 3. Perfect, Ed Sheeran 4. What About Us, P!nk Continue Reading Below ADVERTISEMENT 5. Feel It Still, Portugal. The Man 6. Havana (feat. […]
Chen, Medvedeva lead in grand prix opener
Figure Skating – ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 2017 – Ice Dance Short Dance – Moscow, Russia – October 20, 2017 – Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada compete. REUTERS/Alexander Fedorov October 20, 2017 By Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nathan Chen of the United States stunned reigning world […]
Florida congresswoman: Kelly used ‘racist term’
Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson responded to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly Friday, assailing him for him comments he made Thursday at the White House. Kelly, addressing reporters at the White House briefing, rebuked Wilson for her criticism of Trump’s comments on a call to the widow of […]
Nestle CEO praised by Third Point but hedge fund still wants more
FILE PHOTO: Nestle CEO Ulf Mark Schneider speaks during the Nestle shareholders meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse October 20, 2017 By Martinne Geller and Svea Herbst-Bayliss LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Nine months into leading the world’s biggest packaged food company, Nestle SA <NESN.S> Chief Executive Mark Schneider […]
Breaking down the fiscal 2018 budget passed by Senate
By a vote of 51-49, Senate Republicans passed a fiscal 2018 budget right along party lines, with every single Democrat voting against the budget framework, and all Republicans, save for one, voting for it. The fiscal 2018 budget passed late-Thursday night is not a legally binding document, but it does […]