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- HBO CEO Resigning Amid AT&T Restructuring
Thursday - 02/28/2019 - 11:35 PMHBO Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Plepler said he is stepping down, a move that comes as new owner AT&T Inc. is looking to put its own stamp on the premium cable channel that was part of its $80 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New England Patriots Owner Charged With Soliciting Prostitution
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 11:57 PMRobert Kraft is facing charges of soliciting prostitution, one of 25 people swept up in a multicity investigation into human trafficking in the South Florida spa business, police said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nasdaq Exits Bear Market as Stocks Rally
Friday - 02/15/2019 - 10:42 PMThe new year rally in technology stocks lifted the Nasdaq Composite to its eighth consecutive weekly rise, and the index exited from the bear market it entered in late 2018.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dow Stages Late Rally to Keep Weekly Win Streak Alive
Friday - 02/08/2019 - 07:42 PMThe Dow Jones Industrial Average pared its losses heading into the closing bell to notch its seventh consecutive weekly gain, a sign of the stock market’s resilience even in the face of heightened uncertainty.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Out-of-State Buyers Flock to Miami
Monday - 02/04/2019 - 11:30 PMSouth Florida home purchases have jumped as residents of New York and other high-tax states head south after the 2018 tax law capped deductions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chinese Exiting U.S. Real Estate as Beijing Directs Money Back to Shore Up Economy
Tuesday - 01/29/2019 - 08:26 PMChinese purchases of U.S. commercial real estate last year dwindled to their lowest level since 2012, as Beijing kept up the pressure on Chinese investors to bring cash home during a period of worsening economic growth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carlos Ghosn's Revised Bail Request Rejected by Tokyo Court
Monday - 01/21/2019 - 11:54 PMThe Tokyo District Court again rejected the former Nissan chairman’s request for release on bail, despite his pledge to abide by strict bail terms, including wearing an ankle bracelet.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Administration Plans Effort to Let States Remodel Medicaid
Saturday - 01/12/2019 - 09:34 PMThe Trump administration is readying guidance that could let states remodel their Medicaid programs to more closely resemble block grant proposals, according to people familiar with the discussions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stocks Finish Day With Gains After Fed Minutes
Wednesday - 01/09/2019 - 10:09 PMU.S. shares edged higher, boosted by optimism over trade talks and signs the Federal Reserve will stay flexible with its interest-rate increases.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. Stocks Surge on Powell Remarks, Jobs Report
Friday - 01/04/2019 - 09:18 PMU.S. stocks rose sharply, bouncing back from their worst two-day start to a year since 2000. The Dow industrials rose 3.3%, the S&P 500 rose 3.4% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 4.3%.
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- Marine Recruits Learn an Important Lesson: What Happened on 9/11
Monday - 02/25/2019 - 10:04 PMThe U.S. war in Afghanistan has been going on for so long that the newest recruits weren’t alive when it started. In boot camp, they’re taught about the terrorist attacks that set off the war they may soon fight.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apps Send Sensitive User Information Directly to Facebook
Friday - 02/22/2019 - 07:49 PMMillions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps, including personal health information. Unbeknown to most people, in many cases that data is being shared with someone else: Facebook.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prices of Pickup Trucks Charge Into Luxury-Car Territory
Monday - 02/11/2019 - 10:20 PMFord, GM and Chrysler have in recent years introduced trucks at price points well into luxury territory, offering plusher interiors, more powerful engines and premium options.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Flip the Script: Drugmakers Blame Middlemen for Price Increases
Tuesday - 02/05/2019 - 08:48 PMUnder pressure over rising drug prices, pharmaceutical companies are pushing a new defense: They’re not raising prices to make money or to cover research costs, but rather to pay a cut to middlemen in the supply chain.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Small Businesses Are Waving the Caution Flag
Sunday - 02/03/2019 - 06:42 PMAfter a banner year, many small businesses are becoming more cautious about their investment and hiring plans amid signs of slowing sales and unease about the economy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pfizer Pivots to Cancer Drugs for Growth
Sunday - 01/27/2019 - 10:09 PMPfizer is seeking a new round of growth by treating cancer and is among the big pharmaceutical companies trying to expand in oncology.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Walmart Could Leave CVS Caremark Pharmacy Networks Amid Dispute
Tuesday - 01/15/2019 - 06:40 PMCVS Health is battling Walmart over the cost of filling prescriptions, a clash that could result in a split between the retail behemoth and the health-care giant.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ford to Slash Jobs, Shut Plants in Major European Revamp
Thursday - 01/10/2019 - 08:05 PMFord is launching an overhaul of its European business that is expected to include thousands of job cuts, plant closures and the scrapping of low-profit models amid a storm of bad news for global car makers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Through Monsoons, Around Slums, Under Temples---Mumbai Builds Its First Subway
Sunday - 01/06/2019 - 11:02 PMMore than 8,000 workers keep construction going 24 hours a day to finish the 21-mile rail line to speed 1.6 million riders beneath one of the world’s most crowded cities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Car Sales Keep Pace in 2018, Defying Predictions of a Downturn
Thursday - 01/03/2019 - 11:52 PMThe industry sold about 17.3 million vehicles in 2018, up less than 1% from a year earlier. That marked a record fourth straight year, surpassing the 17-million level, a resilient showing for an industry prone to boom-and-bust cycles.
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- Trump, North Korea's Kim Seek Path to Denuclearization
Thursday - 02/28/2019 - 12:19 AMPresident Trump started a second day of high-stakes talks with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un by playing down the need for a rapid breakthrough on Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pinterest Blocks Vaccination Searches
Wednesday - 02/20/2019 - 06:37 PMPinterest has stopped returning search results for terms relating to vaccinations, a drastic step aimed at curbing the spread of misinformation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amazon's Pullout From Queens, N.Y., Stuns Real-Estate Industry
Thursday - 02/14/2019 - 10:49 PMAmazon’s announcement that it is ditching plans for a corporate headquarters in New York City stunned real-estate speculators, developers and renters who had rushed into the Long Island City neighborhood to be near the new HQ2.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - World Bank Critic Is Nominee to Lead Lender
Tuesday - 02/05/2019 - 12:07 AMPresident Trump will nominate David Malpass, one of the World Bank’s sharpest critics within his administration, to be the next leader of the bank.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New England Patriots Win Super Bowl LIII
Sunday - 02/03/2019 - 11:56 PMPatriots quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick teamed up to win their sixth Lombardi Trophy, beating the Rams in the lowest-scoring game in Super Bowl history.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stocks Decline on Growth Worries
Tuesday - 01/22/2019 - 10:29 PMThe Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 300 points, for its first decline in five sessions, as concerns over trade and global growth resurfaced.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stocks Climb Higher As Fears of Economic Slowdown Subside
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 06:55 PMIndexes rose more than 1% and finished their fourth consecutive week of gains, as encouraging data offered relief to investors who were spooked late last year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - White House Aides Explore Alternative Ways to Pay for Wall
Friday - 01/11/2019 - 12:13 AMWhite House officials are divided over whether President Trump should declare a national emergency to obtain funding to build a border wall and end a partial government shutdown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Walks Out as Shutdown Talks Falter
Thursday - 01/10/2019 - 12:28 AMAs talks to end a partial government shutdown broke down, White House officials say an increasingly likely option is for President Trump to declare an emergency and try to use Pentagon funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tesla Shares Sink on Model 3 Delivery Miss, Price Cuts
Wednesday - 01/02/2019 - 07:24 PMTesla reported Model 3 sedan deliveries that missed Wall Street’s estimates and said it would cut prices on all its vehicles, news that drove shares of the electric-car maker down nearly 7%.
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