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Ontario, Canada brings in foreign housing tax to cool market

There is very little data available on the number of vacant homes in the region, and speculation - which this tax would effectively try to curb - tends to accou...

Republicans float health care compromise ahead of Trump's 100-day mark

The first 100 days of presidential activity has been a feature of American politics since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his time in office to pas...

Qualcomm results beat help allay worries over Apple dispute

Several analysts recently issued reports on QCOM shares. BP PLC increased its stake in shares of QUALCOMM by 18.5% in the second quarter. Macquarie began cove...

US FCC ends price caps on many business data lines

Chairman Pai's proposal to modernize our nation's BDS regulations will lead to more competition and infrastructure deployment. "But these legacy networks, w...

Checking the Overall Picture for Regions Financial Corporation (RF)

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of First American Financial Corp (NYSE:FAF) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report report published...

Today's Research Reports on Stocks to Watch: GNC Holdings and Stratasys

The stock of GNC Holdings Inc (NYSE: GNC ) earned "Outperform" rating by Wedbush on Thursday, April 21. This represents an increase of 980% compared to the ...

SeaBridge Investment Advisors LLC Decreases Stake in HSBC Holdings plc

It has a 10.91 P/E ratio. The Company's orthopedic medicine portfolio includes ORTHOVISC, MONOVISC, and CINGAL, which alleviate pain and restore joint function ...

Trump praises China for helping on North Korea

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso shake hands as they end the joint press conference at the...

Verizon Fixates on 'Future' Network, as It Loses Subs, Revenue

Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) opened at 48.46 on Thursday. Guidant Wealth Advisors bought a new position in shares of Verizon Communications during the thi...

Strident Trump targets Canadian trade on energy, lumber, dairy files

About 70 dairy producers of the ultra-filtered milk in both Wisconsin and NY are affected. U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to defend American ...

O'Reilly Maintains Innocence After Ouster From Fox News

A day after his ouster from Fox News over allegations of sexual harassment , Bill O'Reilly remains a popular author on Amazon.com. This leads Fox's parent co...

London Marathon's oldest runner still going strong at 83

But the Duchess had parting words of comfort for the broadcaster, who did not bring her nine-month-old daughter Genevieve to the event as she was teething. Peop...

Georgia run-off sets test for Trump, and Democrats

Republicans faced a sobering reminder of Donald Trump's unpopularity Wednesday after a young Democrat forced a run-off election in a conservative congressional ...

Tesla Recalls 53k Cars For Parking Brake Problem

The parking brakes contain a small gear that might fracture, which would prevent the parking brake from releasing. There have been no accidents or injuries re...

Behold The New 2017 BMW HP4 RACE

But no specs or any other information was released; all BMW Motorrad President Stephan Schaller said was that the HP4 RACE would feature the "full carbon-fiber ...

Oil prices dip on bloated U.S. market, mixed Saudi signals

The contract, which finished at its lowest level since April 7 on Tuesday, is set to expire at Thursday's settlement. U.S. crude stocks fell 1 million barrels...

WH Addresses Confusion over USS Carl Vinson's Location

The US Navy says an aircraft carrier intended as a show of force to North Korea will arrive in the Sea of Japan next week, after much confusion surrounding the ...

Venezuelans gear up for major march against Maduro

As has become common in recent weeks on protest days, Venezuelan authorities will close 27 metro stations and likely set up checkpoints to slow entry to the cit...

Canadian dairy farmers being 'very unfair' to USA counterparts, Trump rails

MacNaughton says the facts don't bear out that Canada's policies are the cause of financial loss for USA dairy farmers. Trump said during a speech Tuesday in ...

Only 34 New England Patriots showed up to meet Trump

That media narrative boiled over onto Twitter, when The New York Times tweeted pictures of Wednesday's ceremony and one from 2015, the last time the team ...

Regulators sue Ocwen Financial, say it mishandled mortgages

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray listens to a speaker during a a hearing in Den...

Hedge fund says Buffalo Wild Wings CEO is 'out to lunch'

First Bancorp had 5 analyst reports since July 27, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Outperform" rating given on Wednesday, December 14 by RBC Capi...

Indian Hotels Comany intends to participate in e-auction for Taj Mansingh

A bench of Justices P C Ghose and R F Nariman allowed New Delhi Municipal Corporation ( NDMC ) to e-auction the property. Rejecting the Tata Group's plea to s...

May wins Parliament vote to hold snap elections on June 8

She said to wait until the scheduled date of 2020 would mean a campaign getting underway as the Brexit talks were reaching the conclusion. A two-thirds majority...

Trump orders probe into whether steel imports harming US

He said that has had "a very serious impact" on the domestic steel industry and that it could impinge on "our economic and national defense security". Commerc...

15% of Facebook Employees on H-1B Visas

So, they are eventually biggest-losers of new executive policy, to be passed by President of United States- Donald Trump, who's likely to sign on Wednesday. A...

Pound swings back into positive territory after snap election announcement

Pound sterling edged higher at six-month top against the dollar when British Prime Theresa May called a snap election for June 8, pursuing her contingencies to ...

Kate Spade & Co (KATE) Stock Tanks on Earnings Miss

Same-store sales per square foot for Kate Spade New York stores were $1,516 for the latest twelve months, compared to $1,557 for the twelve month period ended D...

Japan exports, imports surge in sign of renewed vigor

Exports of other machinery jumped 14 percent. Germany's DAX was steady at 12,020.15. The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 0.2 percent to 2,338.17 and the Dow Jo...

BP struggles to contain a natural gas leak in Alaska

But the release of vented natural gas means that the well is still leaking methane, a potent greenhouse gas that traps heat 86 times more effectively than car...

After Initially Defending Staff, United Airlines Boss Apologizes for 'Horrific Incident'

David Dao, described by United States media as a doctor from Kentucky, is still in a Chicago hospital following the incident and when asked what his injuries w...

Wells Fargo Reports On Sales Scandal

Senior Wells Fargo executives knew as far back as 2002 - almost a decade earlier than initially disclosed - that bank employees were setting up fake accounts ...

Ossoff and Handel 'getting back to work' for June runoff

For Republicans, Ossoff's strong performance acts as another wake-up call alongside the closer-than-expected win in a House special election last week in archco...

Oil prices claw back some losses, but oversupply still weighs

U.S. Oil prices were down almost 4% through the afternoon on Wednesday and now hover just above the $50 a barrel mark. The American Petroleum Institute late Tue...

As Patriots visited Trump, Gisele tweeted about anti-Trump climate rally

Most of the players for the New England Patriots were at the White House Wednesay to take a victory lap after their Super Bowl win over the Atlanta Falcons. Bü...