A pediatrician who urged her Republican congressman to oppose Obamacare repeal. An advocate for foster children who believes President Donald Trump‘s economic policies helped her majority Hispanic district. An Air Force veteran who thinks Trump’s policies threaten national security. Those are just a few of the women trying to win […]
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Bill Gates: The world would be better if millions of people read this book
Billionaire and avid reader Bill Gates has a new favorite book: “Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think.” It’s written by Gates’ late friend, Swedish statistician and global health expert Hans Rosling, and Rosling’s son and daughter-in-law, who helped finish the book […]
Planned Parenthood president: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump offered a ‘bribe’ to stop abortions
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards wrote in her new memoir that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump offered her a deal that she said felt like a “bribe” to stop providing abortions, according to People Magazine. Richards, who will be stepping down from her post this year, wrote in “Make Trouble: […]
CBS below-market bid for Viacom was immediately rejected, sources say; Viacom planning counter offer
A below-market bid for Viacom by CBS was immediately rejected, sources familiar with the situation said. Viacom will now propose a counter offer to CBS. The owner of Nickelodeon and MTV networks believes it deserves a market premium and sees cost synergies of at least $1 billion in the combination, […]
Watch how markets in stocks, soybeans, the dollar and more plunged suddenly overnight on the China trade retaliation
Financial markets from stocks to soybeans plunged suddenly in overnight trading as China hit back at President Trump’s trade actions much faster than expected. At around 3:50 a.m. New York time, newswires alerted a report from China’s state television that the country was planning to retaliate on more than 106 […]
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: LEN, AMZN, CBS, VIAB, DPZ, PLAY & more
Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Lennar – The home builder reported adjusted quarterly profit of $1.11 per share, well above the consensus estimates of 77 cents a share. Revenue also beat forecasts, with new orders up 30 percent by volume and 38 percent by dollar […]
Apple reportedly working on an iPhone with a curved screen and touchless gesture control
Apple is developing gesture control and curved screens for iPhones, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The control features would allow a user to move their finger close to the screen without touching it in order to carry out a function. But the technology won’t be […]
We must retaliate when people damage our interests, says China’s vice finance minister
China may not want a trade war but it will hit back when provoked, Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao told CNBC Wednesday. “We must take some retaliation when people damage our interests,” Guangyao told CNBC’s Eunice Yoon, explaining the sweeping new tariffs his government announced on $50 billion worth […]
China announces new tariffs on 106 US products, including soy, cars, and chemicals
China announced additional tariffs on 106 U.S. products on Wednesday, in a move likely to heighten global concerns of a tit-for-tat trade war between the world’s biggest economies. The effective start date for the new charges will be revealed at a later time, though China’s Ministry of Commerce said the […]
China’s ambassador to the US explains why the country is striking back
China’s ambassador to the United States explained why his country was striking back against U.S. trade measures, as Beijing slapped a new tariff hike on $50 billion worth of American goods. “We certainly don’t want to have any trade war with anybody, but people have to understand who started all […]