Stocks are up around the world almost uniformly this year, even as economic data has disappointed and earnings forecasts have been cut.
WSJAfter a seemingly endless series of trading days in which the market would spike higher as either the US or China would release some "trade deal optimism", today was a stark disappointment for the bulls because while the latest round of trade talks started in DC between the US and Chinese delegations, there were no "optimistic" leaks or Trump tweets. Instead, overnight in a surprising twist, reports hit that China had "indefinitely" banned Australian coal imports, a report which send AUD traders...
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FilmIt’s too bad for VA Democrats that Lt. Gov. Fairfax isn’t a white Republican or a Trump judicial nominee. The post Stay or Go? Identity Politics-Obsessed VA Dems Are Torn on Fairfax’s Political Future appeared first on RedState.
RedStateMims Davies, the new sports minister, will call on major broadcasters to increase their coverage of women’s sport and ensure that it is no longer treated like a “novelty”.
The TelegraphAmerica's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in. But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering granting them fees from sports
ABC NewsDonald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump are officially over. The former couple confirmed Friday morning that they settled their divorce just before starting 2019. "We finalized
E! Online"I do think Elizabeth Warren’s been hurt very badly with the Pocahontas trap," Trump recently said.
NewsweekThe Continent’s grand unity project is failing, and its global influence is fading.
WSJWhereas Morgan Stanley will likely end up being proven right in its call for a US earnings recession in the first quarter, especially as Q1 consensus earnings continue to plunge, and are now well in the red, from being over 3% at the start of the year
Zero HedgeMims Davies, the new sports minister, will call on major broadcasters to increase their coverage of women’s sport and ensure that it is no longer treated like a “novelty”.
The TelegraphAmerica's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in. But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering granting them fees from sports
ABC NewsTurkey's plans for safe zone in northern Syria worries country's Kurdish community, writes Richard Hall
www.independent.co.ukStill, the timing of this week's Beth-centric episode is a reminder that the series is not telling stories from a position of strength.
pastemagazine.com"I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!" Trump wrote.
BreitbartIn February 2003, Al Jazeera broadcast an interview with Donald Rumsfeld, then George W. Bush’s secretary of defense. “Would it worry you,” the interviewer asked him, “if you go by force into Iraq that this might create the impression that the United States is becoming an imperial, colonial power?” Rumsfeld swatted away the question. “I’m sure that some people would say that,” he responded, “but it can’t be true because we’re not a colonial power. We’ve never been a colonial power.
The New RepublicStocks are up around the world almost uniformly this year, even as economic data has disappointed and earnings forecasts have been cut.
WSJAfter a seemingly endless series of trading days in which the market would spike higher as either the US or China would release some "trade deal optimism", today was a stark disappointment for the bulls because while the latest round of trade talks started in DC between the US and Chinese delegations, there were no "optimistic" leaks or Trump tweets. Instead, overnight in a surprising twist, reports hit that China had "indefinitely" banned Australian coal imports, a report which send AUD traders...
Zero HedgeBut an alleged hate crime against a gay Trump supporter has gone unreported!
www.infowars.comProvidence's police chief says violent crime and property crime dipped in the city last year.
www.abc6.comIPG's McCann Worldgroup parted with a group of employees in the Detroit area today approximately one week after longtime client General Motors cut several thousand "white collar" jobs. Late last year, the company also announced plans to close two area plants. "Unfortunately, we have made some adjustments in staffing levels in our Detroit, Mich. offices,"
@adweekThere are two things that Americans love nothing more to do than watch football and bet on it.
U.S.All eight teams in the new Alliance of American Football feature some characters college fans remember all too well.
SI.comAnd 43% say it's the worst job in their lifetimes.
FortuneForget about shutting down the government. We need to radically reinvent it.
NewsweekMims Davies, the new sports minister, will call on major broadcasters to increase their coverage of women’s sport and ensure that it is no longer treated like a “novelty”.
The TelegraphAmerica's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in. But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering granting them fees from sports
ABC NewsRarely discussed in any depth is the powerful role of economic factors
www.independent.co.ukThe Continent’s grand unity project is failing, and its global influence is fading.
WSJA government shutdown is less than a week away as congressional negotiators have reached an impasseSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.18pm GMT Congressman Walter Jones died Sunday at the age of 76. The iconoclastic North Carolina Republican had been in hospice care. 1.58pm GMT Articles of impeachment will not be brought against Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax this morning. Delegate Patrick Hope, a Democrat from Northern Virginia, who initially promised to start...
the GuardianIn an unusual move, Trump’s new Attorney General Bill Barr had the DOJ formally break its silence about when Mueller will finish his Russia probe on Friday afternoon, telling reporters Mueller would not be done in the following week, rebutting reports from Washington Post and CNN that Mueller’s report could be imminent. This report from The Beat on MSNBC tracks that news, along with other big developments on what MSNBC anchor Ari Melber dubbed a “Mueller Friday,” with analysis from a former DOJ...
MSNBC.comA species of caterpillar that is spreading rapidly across Asia has ecologists worried that its advance is a foretaste to how other invasive species will spread as trade between developing countries grows.
WSJsia's rivers open up a vast swathe of cities to visit. A cruise on the continents waterways might take you temple hopping through Cambodia and Vietnam or a voyage on the Yangtze could be combined with panda watching in China.
The TelegraphReach your business leadership potential with an MBA from Wits Business School.
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tracking.feedpress.itThere are two things that Americans love nothing more to do than watch football and bet on it.
U.S.All eight teams in the new Alliance of American Football feature some characters college fans remember all too well.
SI.comColin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have decided to settle their collusion grievances with the NFL, according to a joint statement released by their attorneys and the league on Friday.
U.S.Kyler Murray announced on social media Monday that he is giving up baseball and will pursue his dreams of being an NFL quarterback.
U.S.How trolls and profiteers use disinformation to affect the market.
www.washingtonpost.comJill Schlesinger breaks down the latest happenings in business and equips viewers with financial advice on CBS. The business news analyst and multimedia personality has saved many of her followers from making costly financial mistakes. Our Jill Schlesinger wiki takes you behind the woman helping you to be smart with your money. Her Father Was [
Earn The NecklaceRising Serbian talent Nikola Jokic does not yet have the notoriety of marquee NBA players like LeBron James or Stephen Curry but his passing genius is keeping the Denver Nuggets from becoming a passing fad.
U.S.Rising Serbian talent Nikola Jokic does not yet have the notoriety of marquee NBA players like LeBron James or Stephen Curry but his passing genius is keeping the Denver Nuggets from becoming a passing fad.
INJan. 31-Feb. 15 - Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla. Feb. 6-8 - Owners' meetings, Orlando, Fla. Feb. 10 - Voluntary reporting date for Oakland pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 11 - Voluntary reporting date for Seattle pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 13 - Voluntary reporting date for
The Washington TimesMajor League Baseball players pose on photo day.
USA TODAYMohammed bin Salman had been crown prince of Saudi Arabia for only a few months, but he was already on his second U.S. visit. In March 2018, the young monarch (usually known as "MBS") spent three weeks on a whirlwind P.R. tour of America, meeting everyone from Jeff Bezos to Morgan Freeman. But the trip was about more than photo ops and hobnobbing. In the month leading up to the visit, the Saudi government had retained three American law firms—David Kultgen, King & Spalding, and Pillsbury...
Reason.comSen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) foreign policy beliefs have been ruffling feathers on the left and the right since he took office in 2011. Like his father before him, Rand is no stranger to criticism from both sides of the aisle when it comes to his cautious and conservative foreign policy views. For decades, politicians in the Republican and Democratic parties have beat the war drums against the Middle East and pretty much any other nation that dares to differ from the U.S. culturally or politically....
TheBlazeMore research on how social media were used to spread disinformation in 2016 finds that the scope and reach of so-called "fake news" were greatly exaggerated. Looking at a large sample of Twitter users, a team of researchers from Harvard, Northeastern University, and SUNY–Buffalo have found that "fake news accounted for nearly 6% of all news consumption, but it was heavily concentrated." Just 1 percent of Twitter users saw 80 percent of the misleading or false content, and only 0.1 percent of...
Reason.comThe jibe from Donald Tusk came as Theresa May battles to hold her Brexit plan together as she faces Remainer and Eurosceptic revolts in crunch votes.
Mail OnlineSometimes, a dud can be a useful thing.
Washington PostAides said the president will make a sincere appeal to broaden his coalition even as critics cast such rhetoric from Trump as ‘inauthentic and unpersuasive.’
www.washingtonpost.comDays after lawmakers called for one of former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's top staffers to be disciplined for allegedly refusing to comply with a State Department investigation into claims of political vetting and retaliation, CNN has obtained emails that appear to shed more light on an alleged attempt to remove a career employee from her role.
CNNThe president's declaration of a national emergency is headed to the courts, where its future is uncertain. In the mean time, is he able to declare a political victory?
NPR.orgATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) " America's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in.But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering granting them fees from sports bets.The National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League uniformly fought to stop the spread of sports [
The Palm Beach PostATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - America's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in. But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering
The Washington TimesAmerica's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in.
www.abc6.comPresident Donald Trump biographer, David Cay Johnston, said that the president has a history of working with “mob guys” during a Wednesday interview with CNN host Erin Burnett. Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) has said that investigations into Trump’s finance will proceed and that Congress would not be bullied by the president. Trump responded by calling the investigations “presidential harassment.” “Investigators in New York have been aware of Donald Trump and have been looking at him
Raw StoryTom Steyer is a wealthy businessman who is funding multiple campaigns to impeach popular vote loser Donald Trump. Steyer’s team has now lit up Times Square in New York City with a message for the American people. Tom Steyer sent out the following email to petition signers explaining the billboard: If you happened to be walking around Times Square today, like countless Americans do every day, you may have noticed something: A brand new Need To Impeach digital billboard, featuring a map and a...
www.bluedotdaily.comPresident Trump’s guests at the State of the Union address include relatives of a Nevada couple murdered by an illegal immigrant, a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and a SWAT team member who helped to subdue the gunman, a mother who has overcome opioid addiction and a Delaware sixth-grader who has been bullied because his last name is Trump.
The Washington TimesPresident Trump has gone far beyond previous presidents’ cajoling and criticism of Europe’s partial free-riding. He openly expresses his disdain and even called the European Union one of America’s greatest “foes.”
miamiheraldVoters in 2015 were given an opportunity to vote on expanding voting rights to foreigners in a referendum. 80 percent rejected the idea.
www.infowars.comAuthored by Daniel Lacalle, If we analyze the ranking of the main technological companies (2017), there is not a single European among the top fifteen. The vast majority are North American and Chinese companies. It is even more worrying. If we go to the top 50 global technology companies, only four are European, but when we analyze those four, it is more than debatable that they are leaders in innovation, patents and market power. The European indexes of “technology” include, diplomatically, a...
Zero HedgeATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) " America's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in.But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering granting them fees from sports bets.The National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League uniformly fought to stop the spread of sports [
The Palm Beach PostATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - America's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in. But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering
The Washington TimesAmerica's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in.
www.abc6.comHuawei founder Ren Zhengfei said “there’s no way the U.S. can crush us,” according to an interview he gave to BBC.
@mybroadbandRen Zhengfei tells BBC that Huawei will survive despite security concerns and the criminal case against his daughter.
BBC NewsThe idea sounds crazy — until suddenly it doesn’t.
www.nytimes.comDemocrats are increasingly comfortable with an active government role in society. Support for socialism, though, is basically unchanged.
www.washingtonpost.comA 1973 book demonstrates that the approach to transportation embraced today by Ocasio-Cortez, and the approach to human life embraced by Virginia Gov. Northam, have long intellectual pedigrees on the American left.
CNS NewsRep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is "not the enemy of the United States" during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday.
Washington Free BeaconMore research on how social media were used to spread disinformation in 2016 finds that the scope and reach of so-called "fake news" were greatly exaggerated. Looking at a large sample of Twitter users, a team of researchers from Harvard, Northeastern University, and SUNY–Buffalo have found that "fake news accounted for nearly 6% of all news consumption, but it was heavily concentrated." Just 1 percent of Twitter users saw 80 percent of the misleading or false content, and only 0.1 percent of...
Reason.comThe jibe from Donald Tusk came as Theresa May battles to hold her Brexit plan together as she faces Remainer and Eurosceptic revolts in crunch votes.
Mail OnlineSometimes, a dud can be a useful thing.
Washington PostRepublicans in the Indiana Senate approved a sweeping amendment to a hate crimes bill that essentially strips it of even doing anything to address hate crimes — or anything at all. Indiana is one of only five states that doesn’t impose any additional penalties for committing hate crimes. Senate Democrats had introduced a sweeping bill (SB [
@thinkprogressThe left will be remembered as the group who supported mass murder.
www.infowars.comMark Bartlett originally was only charged with carrying a concealed firearm.
ABC NewsStocks are up around the world almost uniformly this year, even as economic data has disappointed and earnings forecasts have been cut.
WSJAfter a seemingly endless series of trading days in which the market would spike higher as either the US or China would release some "trade deal optimism", today was a stark disappointment for the bulls because while the latest round of trade talks started in DC between the US and Chinese delegations, there were no "optimistic" leaks or Trump tweets. Instead, overnight in a surprising twist, reports hit that China had "indefinitely" banned Australian coal imports, a report which send AUD traders...
Zero HedgeMore research on how social media were used to spread disinformation in 2016 finds that the scope and reach of so-called "fake news" were greatly exaggerated. Looking at a large sample of Twitter users, a team of researchers from Harvard, Northeastern University, and SUNY–Buffalo have found that "fake news accounted for nearly 6% of all news consumption, but it was heavily concentrated." Just 1 percent of Twitter users saw 80 percent of the misleading or false content, and only 0.1 percent of...
Reason.comThe Alliance of American Football , or AAF, starts its inaugural season on February 9. The league will have many former college football stars playing this first season
Bleacher ReportWhat a time to be alive
www.independent.co.ukWill the Alliance of Amercian Football give us a glimpse of what the game will one day look like?
USA TODAYThe Italian cabinet has nominated euro-sceptic European Union Affairs Minister Paolo Savona as the next head of Consob, the country's market watchdog, a government source said on Tuesday.
U.S."Stop. Donald Trump!" Maduro said in an interview.
NewsweekSANDRA SMITH (CO-ANCHOR): What do you want people to know about that Green New Deal? We don't know a lot about it, I mean, we were able to read through the initial pages that were put out and the suggestions that were made. What did you think when you saw it? ANDY PUZDER (FORMER TRUMP LABOR SECRETARY NOMINEE): Well I thought two things. Number one, it really put the lie to the notion that the kind of socialism that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders are talking about is some new kind...
Media Matters for AmericaATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) " America's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in.But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering granting them fees from sports bets.The National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League uniformly fought to stop the spread of sports [
The Palm Beach PostATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - America's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in. But they are back in the game this year with several state legislatures considering
The Washington TimesAmerica's major professional sports leagues are split on how to get a piece of the action from legal sports betting after failing to get early adopting states to cut them in.
www.abc6.comWhereas Morgan Stanley will likely end up being proven right in its call for a US earnings recession in the first quarter, especially as Q1 consensus earnings continue to plunge, and are now well in the red, from being over 3% at the start of the year
Zero HedgePresident Trump has gone far beyond previous presidents’ cajoling and criticism of Europe’s partial free-riding. He openly expresses his disdain and even called the European Union one of America’s greatest “foes.”
miamiheraldVoters in 2015 were given an opportunity to vote on expanding voting rights to foreigners in a referendum. 80 percent rejected the idea.
www.infowars.comGolden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins will see his minutes increase after the All-Star break, per head coach Steve Kerr . "It just depends," Kerr said Wednesday via Nick Friedell of ESPN
Bleacher ReportPresident Donald Trump is expected to reluctantly sign a government funding bill, though the White House has yet to give a final signal on the package and its $1.4 billion in border fencing.
Mail OnlineBroadcasters tell ACCC that Facebook and Google algorithms should be regulated and they should pay fair rate of ad revenue Facebook should be compelled to identify trusted sources of Australian news and be more transparent about what it chooses to appear in its news feed, TV broadcasters have told the competition watchdog’s inquiry into digital platforms. The free-to-air TV industry has also asked for tax breaks for Australian news producers – a “news production tax offset” – and a new regime to...
the GuardianThe University of the Philippines and De La Salle University were included in this year’s list of best universities in the Asia-Pacific region. by Janvic Mateo
philstar.comTwo universities from the Philippines — University of the Philippines and De La Salle University — entered this year's list of best universities in the Asia-Pacific region, according to London-based Times Higher Education. by Patricia Lourdes Viray
philstar.comU.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that trade talks with China are going well, adding the current March deadline is not a "magical date." A report also said the U.S. is requesting that China keep the yuan stable as part of the trade deal.
CNBCEmail marketing software company Constant Contact is offering free business marketing consultations at the Small Business Expo Wednesday at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami. The consultations are
miamiheraldIn an interview with Politico, GOP Gov. Kristi Noem (SD) took a shot at President Donald Trump for starting a trade war with China that is devastating farmers in her state. According to the Republican governor, agriculture is a major part of her state’s economy, and the farmers are hurting with many feeling they will lose their family farms. “South Dakota has been devastated by the trade wars that are going on,” Noem explained adding
Raw StorySTUART VARNEY (HOST): OK, that was Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claiming a win because Amazon dumped New York. Far-left Democrats killed a massive job creation plan for the city.
Media Matters for AmericaThe Alliance of American Football , or AAF, starts its inaugural season on February 9. The league will have many former college football stars playing this first season
Bleacher ReportWhat a time to be alive
www.independent.co.ukWill the Alliance of Amercian Football give us a glimpse of what the game will one day look like?
USA TODAYNFL draft classes are defined as much by mistakes as success stories. In 2014, the Rams used the 13th overall pick on Aaron Donald, who would go on to become a two-time Defensive Player of the Year
Bleacher ReportIf you have a hankering for watching future NFL pros, wearing spandex and running, lifting and jumping then you won’t have to rely on just NFL Network. Tuesday, ABC announced
thenewstribuneOn Saturday evening, members of the National Football League will gather at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta to honor their own
Bleacher ReportUnited is slowly adding to its fleet of business class cabins and lounges. The premium upgrade market is huge, and selling more to these customers could be good news for United's stock price, Credit Suisse said Friday. United's hubs in premium cities like San Francisco, New York, and Chicago should also help it fill the luxury seats. United Airlines's business class — branded as Polaris — might be the best in the industry. It's wowed Business Insider reviewers with everything from its posh...
Business InsiderJill Abramson, first woman in the top job in print journalism, got fired and then wrote a book about the existential crisis in the industry she loves.
USA TODAYEMPIRE CAST MEMBER-ATTACK ‘Empire’ actor goes from victim to accused felon in 3 weeks CHICAGO (AP) — The whispers about “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police
WTOPModern technology is an incredible thing. As the NBA kicks off the 2019 All-Star festivities in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, league commissioner Adam Silver had
Bleacher ReportThe all-star break gives us a chance to assess the most interesting story lines as we head toward the NBA playoffs.
www.washingtonpost.comBosh hasn't played since the 2015-16 season
CBSSports.comThere is no more valuable currency in Major League Baseball than young talent, and clubs tend to hoard it accordingly
Bleacher ReportMiami Marlins Chairman & Principal Owner Bruce Sherman talks to the media before start of the first full-squad spring training workout on Monday, February 18, 2019 in Jupiter, FL.
miamiheraldThere can only be four. Them's the rules when it comes to faces of United States presidents carved into Mount Rushmore. Likewise, it was our rule for choosing the four faces that would best represent each of Major League Baseball's 30 franchises
Bleacher ReportNicolas Maduro is trying to use the country's gold to raise cash and make friends.
www.bbc.co.ukEuropeans routinely complain about being neglected by U.S. administrations. As much as Europeans doted on then-President Barack Obama, he indeed treated them with benign indifference,
The Daily SignalDaniel R. DePetris Security, Asia The good news: We have options other than a "bloody nose." Diplomacy with North Korea looks like it’s moving in the right direction. Chief U.S. negotiator Stephen Biegun is no longer being shunned by his North Korean counterparts. President Donald Trump is tweeting as if peace is just around the bend. And Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is openly talking about the desire of the United States to realize not just Pyongyang’s denuclearization but also peace and...
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