President Donald Trump‘s plan to appoint CIA Director Mike Pompeo as secretary of State sends a startling message to China, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. “It says to China you are our enemy,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “This is about China being our intellectual and economic enemy,” […]
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Why new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is bad news for Iran
The appointment of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the new secretary of state following President Donald Trump‘s shock firing of Rex Tillerson could spell more bad news for Iran. Pompeo, named secretary of state by Trump on Tuesday shortly after he announced Tillerson’s departure on Twitter, has taken a notoriously […]
Blizzard bears down on New England, snarling travel
The third winter storm in two weeks roared into coastal New England on Tuesday, with up to 20 inches (51 cm) of forecast snow causing school closures, flight cancellations and raising the risk of power outages. The nor’easter follows two storms that rumbled up the East Coast this month, killing […]
Inflation fears cool off as consumer prices rise in line with expectations
Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in February, in line with expectations and likely alleviating concerns that inflation is about to accelerate, according to the Labor Department. On a year-over-year basis, the consumer price index rose 2.2 percent, a bit ahead of the 2.1 percent increase reported in January. Excluding volatile […]
This popular 401(k) investment may have more risk than you want
If volatility in your retirement plan investments is giving you motion sickness, then maybe it’s time to share your grievances with your boss. Young investors in target-date funds white-knuckled their way through February because those funds are heavily invested in stocks for that age group and subject to short-term market […]
US shale oil will surge to nearly 7 million barrels a day next month: Dept. of Energy forecast
American shale drillers will take aim at the seven million barrels-per-day mark next month, as U.S. oil production continues to hit new record highs. Output from the nation’s shale oil regions is poised to grow by 131,000 barrels a day next month, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s statistics […]
‘Westworld,’ ‘Roseanne’ battle for influencers at SXSW
South by Southwest in Austin is now just as much about big media as it is about tiny start-ups. The annual gathering — this year drawing more than 400,000 people — is considered the ultimate destination for content companies to stick out from the clutter and connect with influencers. This […]
Russia must explain nerve agent attack to the UK by the end of Tuesday
Russia has until the end of Tuesday to explain why a nerve agent, which the U.K. deemed to have been created in Russia, was used to poison a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury, England. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that it was “highly likely” that […]
Russian military threatens action against the US in Syria
The Russian military has threatened action against the U.S. if it strikes Syria’s capital city of Damascus, according to multiple news reports. The threat, by Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov, was widely reported by Russia media sites such as state news agency RIA and Tass. It said Gerasimov […]
Chinese bike-sharing firm Ofo raises $866 million led by Alibaba
Chinese bike-sharing firm Ofo has raised $866 million in new funding led by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, in what it said was the largest investment garnered in a single round by a bike-sharing startup. The latest fundraising comes as Ofo and arch-rival Mobike, the biggest bike-sharing firms in China, have […]