U.S. News & World Report Asian Shares Muted Ahead of Earnings, Fed Minutes This WeekU.S. News & World ReportAsian stocks are muted as a lack of fresh leads keeps investors on the sidelines while they await economic and corporate earnings reports and Fed meeting minutes due out this week. Feb. 20, 2017, at 1:10 a.m.. […]
Bloomberg Global Arms Sales Hit Highest Level Since End of Cold WarBloombergGlobal arms sales over the last five years reached their highest level since 1990, with India continuing to top the charts as the world's largest defense importer, a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has found. Between …Global arms trade hits highest […]
USA TODAY Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco are most congested US citiesUSA TODAYCheap gas and a surging economy are taxing the nation's roads and contributing to congestion that cost U.S. motorists almost $300 billion last year in wasted time and fuel, according to a new report. Los Angeles had the worst traffic in […]
Bloomberg Panic Over China Is So Last Year, With Market Swings SubsidingBloombergAt the dawn of the year of the rooster, China's economy is as leveraged as ever, with credit still outpacing growth. Yet there's a difference from past years: an absence of turmoil in financial markets. Swings in the yuan are at a three-month low […]
USA TODAY Kraft Heinz: Take The Money And Run (Unilever Acquisition Attempt Is A Sell Signal)Seeking AlphaThe company's shares have become even more overpriced as news of its attempt to acquire Unilever plc has spread throughout the financial media. The company's attempt to acquire Unilever plc is an admission that its slowing organic revenue/earnings …Morning News […]
Forbes Week Ahead On Wall Street: Warren Buffett Publishes Annual Letter, Retailers Unleash EarningsForbesWarren Buffett has been making quite a splash with his investments in recent weeks, piling into the airlines he once called a "death trap" and nearly quadrupling his stake in Apple. At the same time he has all but given up on […]
Business Insider BILL GATES: A new kind of terrorism could wipe out 30 million people in less than a year — and we are not preparedBusiness InsiderThe following op-ed was exclusively provided to Business Insider to coincide with a speech Bill Gates is giving for the Munich Security Conference. The following is an abridged version […]
Seeking Alpha Unilever Rejects Kraft Heinz's Initial BidSeeking AlphaKraft Heinz has made an initial offer of $143 billion to acquire Unilever; its bid is likely to be raised. Regulatory risk to the deal is significant, but both companies own so many brands that are, in effect, discrete businesses, that meeting …Kraft Heinz bids $143 billion […]
THE BUSINESS TIMES Banks drawn in as Cigna and Anthem square offBusiness InsiderNEW YORK, Feb 17 (IFR) – Banks advising healthcare insurance companies Anthem and Cigna on their mega-merger could be in for a longer than expected assignment as the two health insurance companies square off in court, suing and counter-suing each …Anthem, Cigna Blast One […]
CNBC China says policies unaffected by Trump plan to bring factories back to USCNBCChina is closely following President Donald Trump's plans to create more domestic jobs by encouraging U.S. companies to bring home or "reshore" their overseas production, but the government will not change its overall strategy, Industry Minister Miao …Trump US Labor Plans No […]