Bloomberg |
Global Arms Sales Hit Highest Level Since End of Cold War
Bloomberg Global 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 level since end of Cold WarCNNMoney The global arms trade has soared to its highest level since the end of the cold warSouth China Morning Post Global arms trade spikes to highest since the end of the Cold Warfox2now.com Economic Times –euronews –Inquirer.net –RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 28 news articles » |
USA TODAY |
Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco are most congested US cities
USA TODAY Cheap 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 the world among … Traffic study ranks Los Angeles as world's most clogged cityCNBC Traffic Jams Cost US Drivers $1200 a Year: StudyU.S. News & World Report Surprising no one, Los Angeles is the most gridlocked city in the worldThe Verge 11alive.com –Yahoo Finance –Telegraph.co.uk –Washington Post all 22 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
Panic Over China Is So Last Year, With Market Swings Subsiding
Bloomberg At 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 … China's yuan firms slightly on corporate sales of dollarsNasdaq Onshore Yuan Loses Ground After PBOC Cuts Fix By Most In Six WeeksTheStreet.com China's Extraordinarily Expensive RecoveryForbes Seeking Alpha –Yahoo News –South China Morning Post –newsBTC all 24 news articles » |
USA TODAY |
Kraft Heinz: Take The Money And Run (Unilever Acquisition Attempt Is A Sell Signal)
Seeking Alpha The 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 Call – India, February 20Business Insider Kraft Heinz Withdraws $143 Bln Takeover Offer For UnileverNasdaq Kraft Heinz calls off $143B mega-deal to buy UnileverUSA TODAY Bloomberg –Yahoo Finance –Reuters –BBC News all 93 news articles » |
Forbes |
Week Ahead On Wall Street: Warren Buffett Publishes Annual Letter, Retailers Unleash Earnings
Forbes Warren 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 Wal-Mart. Investors will … The Demise Of The Arkansas FedSeeking Alpha Buffett's Walmart sell-off is bad news for retailersBusiness Day (registration) Earnings, earnings and more earnings; Can the Trump rally continue?KEYT |
Business Insider |
BILL GATES: A new kind of terrorism could wipe out 30 million people in less than a year — and we are not prepared
Business Insider The 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 of his remarks. When I decided 20 years ago to make global health … Bill Gates Warns Of Epidemic That Will Kill Over 30 Million PeopleForbes Bill Gates: Bioterrorism could kill more than nuclear war — but no one is ready to deal with itWashington Post Bill Gates Says Robots Should Be Taxed Like WorkersFortune Quartz –Fox News –CNNMoney –Recode all 118 news articles » |
It’s time to join voices in an era of grave environmental risk.
Seeking Alpha |
Unilever Rejects Kraft Heinz's Initial Bid
Seeking Alpha Kraft 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 for Unilever in global brand grabReuters Unilever Remains Cool to Kraft Heinz Takeover Bid Despite RallyBloomberg 3G Capital's austere empire-building weighs on Kraft's Unilever bidBusiness Insider Barron’s –Tribune-Review –MediaPost Communications –Fortune all 449 news articles » |
THE BUSINESS TIMES |
Banks drawn in as Cigna and Anthem square off
Business Insider NEW 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 Another Over Blocked Insurer MergerBloomberg Merger's Collapse Could Boost Anthem StockBarron’s In legal soap opera, Cigna and Anthem trade charges of sabotageThe CT Mirror Bloomington Pantagraph –Law360 (subscription) –CNNMoney –The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines all 52 news articles » |
CNBC |
China says policies unaffected by Trump plan to bring factories back to US
CNBC China 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 Sweat For ChinaSFGate Industrial growth targets can be metecns China shrugs off Trump's plan for re-shoring US manufacturingSouth China Morning Post Nikkei Asian Review –CCTV –Shanghai Daily (subscription) all 9 news articles » |