Massive wildfires sweeping through California have killed at least 31 people and damaged thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings, authorities said. More than half of the deaths occurred in Sonoma County alone, officials said. Taken together, the death toll from this week’s fires exceeds the number of fatalities in […]
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3 Stocks for Baby Boomers to Reach Their Goals
While the earliest of the baby boomers have retired or are starting to, beginning within the next 15 years the vast majority will be putting in their retirement papers. Finding stocks now to help build their retirement portfolios that will allow them to attain their financial goals is of critical […]
3 Stocks to Buy, Hold for the Next 75 Years
Among all of the investing legends, you will find no day traders and penny stock buyers. A buy-and-hold strategy of picking good businesses has proven time and again to be the surest way to investing success. Continue Reading Below Three Motley Fool investors have selected Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B), […]
3 Stocks for Future Millionaires
You don’t have to buy into the motto of Gordon Gekko that “greed is good” to want to be a millionaire, but investing on Wall Street is certainly one avenue of achieving that goal. Continue Reading Below Three Motley Fool investors identified NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES), Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), and TripAdvisor […]
How this week’s wildfire outbreak became one of California’s deadliest
What started as just a spark on Sunday raged into a full-blown inferno in a matter of hours, threatening thousands of lives in Santa Rosa, a picturesque city with a population of over 175,000 situated in Northern California’s wine country. The so-called Tubbs fire was just 10 percent contained on […]
Famine threatening 4 nations casts shadow over global hunger progress
The number of hungry people around the world has fallen more than a quarter since 2000, but famine has cast a dark shadow over four countries in the past year where conflict and climate shocks are threatening to reverse this progress, according to results from an annual global hunger index. […]
Amazon Studios chief on leave after report of alleged sexual harassment
The Latest on sexual harassment allegations against Amazon Studios chief Roy Price (all times local): Continue Reading Below 5:30 p.m. Amazon says the head of Amazon Studios is on leave following allegations of sexual harassment. In a statement Thursday, Amazon says Roy Price’s leave of absence is effective immediately. The […]
Wireless upgrade would give Yellowstone a black eye: environmentalists
FILE PHOTO: The Yellowstone River winds through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S. on June 9, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo October 13, 2017 By Laura Zuckerman PINEDALE, Wyoming (Reuters) – A U.S. government proposal to improve cellphone service at Yellowstone National Park, including the installation of microwave […]
Why Did Citigroup Take a Hit After Reporting Q3 Earnings?
At first glance, you’d be excused for thinking that Citigroup (NYSE: C) had a great quarter, as both its revenue and earnings climbed on a year-over-year basis in the three months ended Sept. 30. Yet its stock promptly proceeded to decline in the wake of the results, spurred by fears […]
Micron Technology at 52-Week Highs: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Memory specialist Micron Technology‘s (NASDAQ: MU) stock price hit a 52-week high following the company’s stellar fiscal fourth-quarter results. As it stands, Micron shares have shot up 140% in the past twelve months thanks to a rally in the prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and NAND flash. Continue […]