Traders work on the floor of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on May 29, … [+] 2018 in New York. – US stocks retreated early Tuesday, following European markets lo...
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Small But Growing Share Of GOP Voters Think U.S. Is Doing ‘Too Much’ To Aid Ukraine
Topline A growing minority of Republicans believe the U.S. is doing too much to stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a poll released by Morning Consult on Thursday—the same day that Senate ...
Jobless Claims Keep Rising Unexpectedly—Experts Worry Stock Market Crash Could Have Spillover Effects On Economy
Topline As markets fend off one of the worst sell-offs in nearly two years, new jobless claims posted an unexpected increase for the third straight week on Thursday, according to data released by the ...
First U.S. Monkeypox Case Of 2022 Reported In Massachusetts
Topline A Massachusetts resident tested positive for monkeypox on Tuesday after traveling to Canada, health officials said Wednesday, becoming the first case in the U.S. this year as European countrie...
47% Of Americans Less Likely To Back Anti-Abortion Congressional Candidates, Poll Finds
Topline Nearly half of all U.S. adults say they’re less likely to vote for a congressional candidate who opposes abortion rights, according to a Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday, reflect...
Why $5 A Gallon Gasoline Looks Inevitable
UNITED STATES – MAY 18: From left, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Sen. … [+] John Barrasso, R-Wyo., hold their news conference in the Capitol on gas prices on Wed...
U.S. Reopens Embassy In Kyiv After Months-Long Closure
Topline The United States on Wednesday reopened its embassy to Kyiv, according to the State Department, three months after the embassy moved its diplomatic operations to Poland due to Russia’s invasio...
Can The U.S. Outlaw OPEC+?
(Original Caption) U.S.A. Texas Beaumont spindle top oil fields. Bettmann Archive Ever since the first oil price crisis in 1973 there have been numerous ideas bruited about to ‘defeat’ or counter OPEC...
Disciplined Growth Makes Skechers USA A Quality Holding
Photo by: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 12/16/21 People walk through Times Square along 42nd Street in … [+] Midtown Manhattan on December 16, 2021 in New York. NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx I first made Skechers US...
AI For Sustainability, The Billionaire Betting Against Coal And Tesla Facing Lower China Sales
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Farmwise makes robots that weed vegetable...
How Safety Concerns At An Abbott Facility Fueled A Crisis
Topline When Abbott Laboratories, one of the largest manufacturers of baby formula in the U.S., closed a facility in Michigan in February after the Food and Drug Administration announced it was invest...
Why Would Anyone Invest In China Right Now?
Shanghai: in lockdown for over a month. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) AFP via Getty Images You might not want to hold the Direxion 3x China Bear (YAN...
Russia Claims Ukraine’s Anti-Tank Missiles Are Duds. So Why Are Russian Tanks Burning?
A Ukrainian soldiers use a launcher with U.S. Javelin missiles during military exercises in Donetsk … [+] region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service via...
Here Is What One Million Covid Deaths In The U.S. Looks Like
According to official estimates from the CDC, Johns Hopkins University and other organizations that collect public health data, the United States is nearing the grim milestone of one million deaths fr...
Biden Signs Bill To Accelerate Military Aid To Ukraine Using WWII-Era Lend-Lease Program
Topline President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a bill making it easier for the U.S. to provide weapons to Ukraine, by reviving a process previously used by the U.S. to support the Allies during...
Russia’s Oil Revenues Are Soaring
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector at the … [+] Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, on April 14, 2022. – Putin called fo...
Jill Biden Makes Surprise Mother’s Day Visit To Ukraine
Topline U.S. first lady Jill Biden met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska in a previously unannounced trip to a western Ukrainian border city Sunday, marking the latest of several visits by U.S....
The Uneven Burden Of U.S. Maternal Mortality [Infographic]
Ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday, women in the U.S. received potentially life-altering news when Politico reported it had obtained a draft opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court aimed at overturning...
How Investors Should Navigate The Recent Volatility
After the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500) dropped by 3.55% yesterday, bringing the decline to nearly 13% in 2022 (and almost 17% for small-capitalization stocks), many investors are pani...
U.S. Added 428,000 Jobs In April—Beating Expectations As Hot Labor Market Spurs Fed Rate Hikes
Topline The U.S. added back another 428,000 jobs in April, performing better than economists expected as the strong labor market recovery encourages Federal Reserve officials to more aggressively rais...
U.S. Reportedly Gave Ukraine Intel To Help Sink Russian Warship Moskva
Topline Ukraine used U.S.-provided intelligence to confirm the location of the Russian warship Moskva before striking it in April, several media outlets reported Thursday, reflecting a close intellige...
Yum Brands’ Digital Sales Mix Exceeds 40%, While Pizza Hut U.S. Takes A Hit From Delivery Driver Shortages
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 06: A ‘Now Hiring’ sign is posted at a Pizza Hut on August 06, 2021 … [+] in Los Angeles, California. The U.S. economy added over 900,000 jobs ...
Group14 Technologies Raises $400 From Porsche-Led Investor Group
21 June 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Weissach: Winfried Kretschmann (l, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), … [+] Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, and Oliver Blume (r), Chairman of the Executive Board ...
Fiji Judge Rules That U.S. Can Seize Superyacht Linked To Russian Oligarch Kerimov, But Not Before Friday
Topline A judge in Fiji provisionally ruled in favor of U.S. officials seeking to seize a superyacht docked in the country that they suspect is owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire and politician S...
The Lone Star State Is Ground Zero For Real Estate Investing And Entrepreneurship
American Ventures® is a multifamily & commercial real estate firm founded by Shravan Parsi and headquartered in Austin, TX. Shravan Parsi You know you’re the new “it” spot when other cities and st...
Want To Save The Planet? Invest In Better Ag Policy, Not Biotech Meat
A technician displays a lab-grown chicken meat in a sealed bag at the food-tech startup SuperMeat in … [+] the central Israeli town of Ness Ziona on June 18, 2021. – It looks like chicken ...
EV Enthusiasm Growing But Tenuous CarGurus Study Shows
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum. Pre-production model Ford Motor Co. High gas prices have sparked increased consumer interest in electric vehicles but that interest is both highly conditional and s...
Satellite Launch Company Uses Helicopter To Pluck Spent Rocket From Midair
Topline U.S.-based satellite launch provider Rocket Lab used a helicopter to snag a used rocket booster in midair during a launch Monday, a maneuver the company says brings it closer to developing the...
U.S. LNG ‘GasLift’ Floods European Terminals Ahead Of Russia Gas Cutoff
CAMERON, LA – APRIL 13: An LNG tanker makes its way into Cameron Pass near the site of Venture … [+] Global LNGs facility at Cameron Pass, near Cameron, Louisiana, on Wednesday, April 13, ...
U.S. Is In Danger Of Mission Creep In Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meet with … [+] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (not pictured) in Kyiv on April 24. ASSOCIATED PRESS...
Ex-Trump Advisor Birx Warns Of Summer Covid ‘Surge’
Topline The U.S. should prepare for a Covid-19 surge this summer that could hit southern states the hardest, former Trump Administration pandemic response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told Face the Na...