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- Europe Markets: European stocks inch higher as Turkish lira extends rebound
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 04:28 AMEuropean stocks edge higher in early trading Wednesday, as investors watched the continuing currency drama in Turkey, which showed some signs of stabilization.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Tony Evers wins Wisconsin Democratic primary to challenge Scott Walker
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 11:35 PMWisconsin state schools superintendent Tony Evers emerged from a crowded Democratic primary field for governor on Tuesday and will now try to unseat incumbent Republican Scott Walker, who is seeking his third term.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Twitter reportedly blocks Alex Jones from tweeting
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 10:33 PMTwitter Inc.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys another 12.4 million Apple shares
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 06:47 PMWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. continued to load up on technology giant Apple Inc.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Personal Finance Daily: How the 1% shop for clothes and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on frugal living
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:52 PMTuesday’s top personal finance stories
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Royal Caribbean reportedly bans emotional support animals from all cruises
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:04 PMThe cruise line is the latest company in the travel industry to take a stand against emotional support animals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Conversation: Wildfires are only going to get worse, so we need to alter our strategies now
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:44 PMReduce incentives to live near forests, rather than following the advice of President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Market Extra: Why Turkey’s crisis doesn’t spell doom for all emerging-market currencies
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 02:27 PMTurkey’s currency crisis sent ripples through global financial markets, but analysts say it isn’t necessarily a death sentence for all emerging-market currencies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Encore: Don’t confuse public pension cost with generosity
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 01:44 PMStates and localities are paying less for benefits than in the past
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Capitol Report: Trump tariffs hurt soybean farmers, but most Americans not suffering at all — here’s why
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 01:31 PMPresident Donald Trump’s assorted trade fights might hurt the economy in the future, but so far most American consumers aren’t feeling it. Alas, the same cannot be said for some U.S.
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- Caroline Baum: Another first for Trump: Using tariffs as diplomatic weapon
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 03:27 AMDonald Trump is hardly the first president to impose tariffs to prop up domestic industries, but he may be the first to use tariffs as a weapon in a non-economic dispute.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asia Markets: Asian markets retreat, weighed by sinking tech stocks
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 11:13 PMAsian stock markets started lowed Wednesday, even as worries eased over Turkey’s currency crisis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Defense Department spokeswoman investigated for treatment of staffers
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 07:57 PMInvestigators are eyeballing one of the Defense Department’s top civilian advisers for allegedly retaliating against staffers who complained after she ordered them to run personal errands for her on the taxpayers’ dime.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Sears CEO’s hedge fund offers to buy Kenmore brand for $400 million
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 06:23 PMEdward Lampert, the chief executive of Sears Holdings Corp., has offered to buy the company’s Kenmore brand for $400 million in cash, according to a letter Lampert sent to Sears’s board.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: New York magazine reportedly on the block
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:35 PMNew York Media, owner of New York magazine and several websites, is exploring options including a possible sale, according to people familiar with the matter, as publishers increasingly weigh consolidation to cope with pressures in the fast-changing media sector.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Scathing Pennsylvania grand-jury report alleges child sex abuse by hundreds of Catholic priests
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:15 PMA grand-jury report released Tuesday alleges more than 300 Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused children over the past 70 years, and says Catholic Church officials in the state failed to intervene and covered up crimes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Square stock hits record as Cash app reportedly passes Venmo in downloads
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 02:53 PMSquare Cash had 33.5 million total downloads as of July, whereas Venmo had 32.9 million, according to Instinet.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Nvidia chip extends the company’s lead in graphics, artificial intelligence
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 02:35 PMThe only question that remains: How big is Nvidia’s advantage over its rivals?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Advance Auto Parts stock soars after results, helps drive up rivals
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 12:56 PMAdvance Auto Parts shares run up toward a 17-month high Tuesday, after the auto parts retailer beat second-quarter profit and sales expectations, raised its revenue outlook and announced a new share repurchase plan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Ratings Game: Switch stock skids to new low after analyst downgrades, lowered outlook
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 01:32 PMInvestor patience wearing thin after the data-center design and operations company lowers its outlook and disappoints on earnings.
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- London Markets: U.K. stocks fight for direction, struggle to end 4-day losing streak
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 03:55 AMThe U.K.’s main stock index switches between small gains and losses Wednesday, as it struggles to snap a four-day losing streak as the ongoing turmoil in Turkey’s currency and equity markets showed some signs of stabilization.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Transgender woman wins Vermont Democratic primary for governor
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 10:43 PMVermont Democrat Christine Hallquist, a former executive at an electric co-op, beat out three other candidates to become the nation’s first transgender gubernatorial nominee for a major party.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Wall Street Journal: Kansas governor concedes to Kobach in tight GOP primary
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 09:09 PMKansas Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The New York Post: Nearly 60% of voters don’t like Trump as a person, poll finds
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 05:21 PMFewer than one in three American voters like President Donald Trump as a person — while 59% dislike him, a new Quinnipiac University poll said Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NewsWatch: The stock market is about to make history
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 05:00 PMBarring a breathtaking plunge, the bull market in U.S. stocks on Aug.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Tell: Contagion from Turkish currency collapse to European banks is ‘overblown,’ says analyst
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 04:20 PMAmid fears that the Turkish lira’s swoon will result in further pain outside the country’s borders, one analyst says investors can take the European banking sector off the list of hotzones at risk of contagion from the emerging-markets crisis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Market Extra: The stock market is about to make history
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:25 PMBarring a breathtaking plunge, the bull market in U.S. stocks on Aug.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Fed: Fed is no longer worried about every market hiccup, economist Lavorgna says
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 02:04 PMJoseph Lavorna, a longtime Fed watcher, now with French firm Natixis, thinks the central bank has the wrong diagnosis about the economy and its medicine will do more harm than good.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Handbag sales help carry Coach brand back to ‘full health’
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 01:49 PMGlobalData Retail says Coach is back to “full health” after fiscal fourth quarter earnings that show growth in North America across the handbag business.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Margin: Less than half of those taking this grueling financial test pass — can you do better?
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 12:44 PMAn estimated 200,000 applicants who took the Chartered Financial Analyst Level I exam earlier this year find out on Tuesday how they did. Less than half passed.
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