Pre-race favorite Justify won the Kentucky Derby by 2 1/2 lengths on Saturday, becoming the first horse in 136 years to win at Churchill Downs after not racing as a two year old. The colt also earned a sizable paycheck for his large ownership team: 62 percent of the $2 […]
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Atlanta job fair aims to show the power of an opportunity for younger workers
Across the country some 4.6 million young people ages 16 to 24 aren’t in the workforce or receiving an education. On Thursday, big companies from Starbucks to Bank of America, Walmart and FedEx joined together in Atlanta to give them an opportunity. The companies are part of the 100,000 Opportunities […]
Long distance donors shaping House primary races as Tuesday voting nears
As the battle heats up for control of Congress, primary contests across the nation are drawing large pools of money from long distance donors who are shaping the outcome of key races. Nearly 2,700 candidates are vying for one of the 435 U.S. House seats up for grabs in November. […]
US condemns China for ‘Orwellian nonsense’ over airline websites amid trade spat
The White House on Saturday sharply criticized China’s efforts to force foreign airlines to change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, labeling China’s latest effort to police language describing the politically sensitive territories as “Orwellian nonsense.” Amid an escalating fight over China’s trade surplus with the United […]
Lebanon holds first general elections in 9 years
Tens of thousands of Lebanese began casting their ballots Sunday in the first parliamentary elections in nine years, with people lining up early in the morning to take part in a vote that is being fiercely contested between rival groups backed by regional powers. The voting is unlikely to change […]
US is ‘making a mistake’ if it exits the Iran nuclear deal, President Rouhani warns
President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran had plans to respond to any move by U.S. President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the United States would regret a decision to exit the accord. Trump has said unless European allies rectify “flaws” in Tehran’s nuclear agreement with world […]
North Korea says US making ‘misleading’ claims that denuclearization pledge was a result of sanctions
North Korea said on Sunday its intention to denuclearize, unveiled at a historic inter-Korean summit, was not the result of U.S.-led sanctions and pressure, warning the United States not to mislead public opinion. Impoverished North Korea has been hit by a series of U.N. and U.S. sanctions in recent years […]
Justify prevails in the rain and mud to claim 144th Kentucky Derby title, breaks 136 year record
Justify splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby by 2 1/2 lengths on Saturday, becoming the first colt in 136 years to wear the roses after not racing as a 2-year-old. The colt that began his racing career in February improved to 4-0 and gave Bob Baffert his […]
Warren Buffett: I was wrong on Google and Amazon, Jeff Bezos achieved a business ‘miracle’
Warren Buffett says he made mistakes by not investing in two dominant technology companies, Alphabet and Amazon. Alphabet is the parent company of search engine Google. “I made the wrong decisions on Google and Amazon,” he said at the Berkshire Hathaway 2018 annual shareholder meeting on Saturday. “We’ve looked at […]
Gold can get to 5 year highs if it can clear one technical hurdle: Bank of America
Gold just ended its third straight week in the red, as investors rediscovered their love for a different safe-haven asset: the U.S. dollar. The DXY dollar index ended Friday at $92.61 on Friday, its highest level of the year. The index has climbed by more than 1 percent in the […]