Asian Shares Gain on Rosy Japan Data, Bucking Wall St Losses
U.S. News & World Report–9 hours ago
ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude fell 47 cents to $61.32 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It rose 24 cents to settle at $61.79 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, shed 39 cents to $64.86 per barrel. It gained 42 cents to close at $65.25 a …
Reality Check on North Korea
U.S. News & World Report–16 hours ago
There can be no real-world negotiation of a conflict without give and take. Any successful diplomatic process requires some concessions from all parties, something Donald “The Art of the Deal” Trump surely has learned from his years as a businessman. This helps us to make sense of his October tweet:.
Why Thomas Friedman issued a ‘code red’ warning to America
CNNMoney–18 hours ago
It is also No. 1 on the site’s “most shared articles on Facebook” list. There have been more than 2,700 comments so far. … “Mueller told us the core of our democracy — our electoral system — had been attacked by Russia,” Friedman added. “And Trump was focused exclusively on what Mueller’s report said, …
Trump Backs Effort to Improve Gun Background Checks
U.S. News & World Report–Feb. 19, 2018
Students, many using the mantra NeverAgain, are mobilizing around the country in favor of stronger gun laws after the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history took place on Wednesday at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student is accused of murdering 17 people …
Supreme Court Doesn’t Act on DACA Appeal
U.S. News & World Report–20 hours ago
Francisco Gutierrez stops in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as immigration protests erupt around the Capitol campus on Dec. 6, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) … the issue through legislation. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking toward a March deadline to decide whether DACA recipients can stay in the U.S..
Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now
New York Times–Feb. 18, 2018
It is impossible yet to say which explanation for his behavior is true, but it seems highly likely that one of these scenarios explains Trump’s refusal to respond to Russia’s direct attack on our system — a quiescence that is simply unprecedented for any U.S. president in history. Russia is not our friend.
Goldman Debunks Idea Dollar Is Being Driven Down by US Worries
Bloomberg–11 hours ago
As for those U.S. deficits — the federal-budget gap and the current-account shortfall — historically the dollar has both risen (such as in the 1980s) and fallen (in the early 2000s) during periods of widening. What’s key is what the Fed is doing alongside, Pandl says. In the early 1980s, Fed tightening bolstered …
Head Bowed, Florida Shooting Suspect Returns to Court for Hearing
U.S. News & World Report–Feb. 19, 2018
Nikolas Cruz, facing 17 charges of premeditated murder in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, appears in court for a status hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. February 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Stocker/Pool …
Czechs Eliminate US in Shootout in Olympic Quarterfinals
U.S. News & World Report–4 hours ago
The memorable U.S. win over Russia in the Sochi shootout came in group play and had far less at stake. The U.S. reached the semifinals that time by beating an outmanned Czech Republic team 5-2 on goals by James van Riemsdyk, Dustin Brown, David Backes, Zack Parise and Phil Kessel. Had the NHL …
US Pays Up to Auction $179 Billion of Debt in a Span of Hours
Bloomberg–19 hours ago
The $258 billion slate of U.S. auctions set for this week is helping to push up the rates investors demand. Concerns about the U.S. borrowing cap had forced the Treasury to trim the total amount of bills it had outstanding, but with the latest debt-ceiling drama over, the government is now busy ramping up …
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