Walgreens will move about 1,800 jobs into a new Chicago office. The company plans to open a 200,000-square foot space in Chicago’s Old Post Office building in the fall of 2019. Walgreens expects about 1,300 employees will relocate from its Deerfield, Illinois headquarters. Parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance will remain […]
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European Commission clears Comcast’s $31 billion bid for Sky
Comcast said Friday that the European Commission has cleared its bid for Britain’s Sky. The cable company submitted a 22 billion pound ($30.7 billion) bid for Sky in April, prompting the Europeanpay TVgroup to drop its support for a lower offer from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox. Earlier this week, […]
Trump jokes he wants his ‘people’ to ‘sit up at attention’ when he speaks, like North Koreans do with Kim
President Donald Trump joked Friday that he wants “[his] people” to listen to him the way North Koreans do to dictator Kim Jong Un. “He speaks and his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same,” the president told the Fox News Channel program “Fox […]
Trump says DOJ watchdog report ‘totally exonerates me,’ calls Comey’s actions ‘criminal’
President Donald Trump said Friday the inspector general report examining the Clinton email probe “totally exonerates me” and that it showed former FBI Director James Comey was the “ringleader” of a “den of thieves.” Trump’s remarks about Comey, who Trump fired in May 2017, follow Thursday’s release of an inspector […]
How Jay Leno went from minimum wage at McDonald’s to making millions hosting ‘The Tonight Show’
Jay Leno made a name for himself as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” a position he held for 22 years. It also earned him a fortune: The gig reportedly paid as much as $30 million a year. But before his massive success, Leno started his career at McDonald’s, earning […]
Keep buying AMD shares because its profitability will soar on new chips: Cowen
Cowen is more optimistic on AMD gains in the cloud computing market after a presentation from a key company executive. The firm raised its price target for AMD shares to $21 from $18, predicting the chipmaker will report better than expected profits in 2020. “Along with recent announcements of new […]
Florida roller coaster derails, 2 riders fall more than 30 feet; at least 6 hospitalized
A roller coaster at the Daytona Beach boardwalk in Florida derailed Thursday night, injuring multiple passengers and leaving a car dangling from the tracks, authorities said. The Daytona Beach Fire Department rescued a total of 10 riders from three roller coaster cars, according to Sasha Staton, the department’s public information […]
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort to ask judge not to jail him
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is set to ask a federal judge on Friday not to revoke his bail and send him to jail pending trial after Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed new charges of witness tampering last week. Manafort, whose charges arise from Mueller’s ongoing investigation […]
Micron is doing something unusual ahead of next week’s earnings
Micron shares have surged 44 percent this year, outpacing the broader semiconductor space nearly four-fold. As the chipmaker’s stock sits nearly 10 percent off its May high, Stacey Gilbert, head of derivative strategy at Susquehanna, said the options market is doing something unusual ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report. Here are […]
Trump approves financial aid for Hawaii’s lava damage
President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged because of the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii. Gov. David Ige says Trump approved the request for individual assistance on Thursday. Ige says qualifying residents may receive help from the federal government for issues […]