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United misses deadline to answer senators on dragging

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Sharapova should not be handed French Open wildcard: Radwanska

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Volkswagen to pay $2.8 billion in US diesel emission scandal

No injured parties spoke in court, although they were invited to do so by the judge. "This is a very serious and troubling case involving an iconic automobile...

UK govt extends period for regulators to report on Sky/Fox merger

The deadline has been extended to June 20, from May 16. This will give United Kingdom regulator Ofcom another month to scrutinize the acquisition to assess is...

American Express Company (AXP) Shares Sold by North American Management Corp

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 19th. In all for the first quarter, American Express reported a ...

Trump Draws the Line: It's 'Hollywood vs. Georgia' in June Runoff Election

He'll face veteran GOP candidate and former Georgia secretary of state Karen Handel in a June 20 runoff. Tuesday's election featured much intrigue as Ossof...

Brexit talks to start after UK vote in June

Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor, at The Times tweeted an exclusive poll conducted by YouGov on April 18 and 19 on behalf of the newspaper which showed t...

Justice Dept. tells 9 sanctuary cities grant money at risk

According to the Justice Department, the amount of grants ranged from Las Vegas, which received $11,537 to California, which received $10.4 million split among ...

Trump signs directive on foreign tech hires

Not yet, since there is no direct action to that effect in the order, but there is an invitation for reform proposals from U.S. agencies in view of the programm...

California gunman to appear in court on murder count

Dyer said Muhammad confessed to having shot Williams "because he felt that Williams had disrespected him". After Kori Ali Muhammad learned that he was wan...

Oil Prices Edge Higher From OPEC Boost

At the end of November, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) agreed to cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day (mb/d) from January 1, in...

Rockwell Collins raises fiscal-year revenue forecast

Barclays PLC reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $59.00 target price (down previously from $96.00) on shares of Rockwell Collins in a report on Friday, ...

Netflix Reported better-than-expected Earnings in the first quarter

The company said it added 1.5 million paid domestic subscribers and 3.8 million worldwide subscribers during the quarter, missing Graham's estimates of 1.9 mill...

Jefferies & Co reiterated John Wood Group PLC (ADR) (LON:WG) as 'Underperform'

The Company's portfolio consists of European onshore projects. They presently have a GBX 4.30 ($0.05) price target on the stock. Numis Securities Ltd upped thei...

Job creation slowed sharply in March: Labor Dept.

One piece of evidence for that theory is that the fall-off in job growth was accompanied by a drop in the unemployment rate from 4.7 percent to 4.5 percent, a l...

Probate fee fiasco: it was always a tax, not a fee

The Government has scrapped plans to raise the legal fees paid after someone dies, known as the "stealth death tax" to critics. She pushed through the decisio...

Breedon Group PLC (BREE) Receives Buy Rating from Berenberg Bank

Over 12 months Associated British Foods PLC's share price has decreased from 3272.36 to 2756, a change of -15.78%. With 20,600 avg volume, 0 days are for REPRO ...

Pound surge suggests UK election will yield smoother Brexit

Earlier, Mr Corbyn dismissed Mrs May's argument that she needs a fresh mandate to deliver Brexit, and said it was "extremely interesting" that she had chosen to...

Schlumberger posts first revenue rise in 9 quarters as drilling recovers

The world's largest oilfield services company posted revenue of $6.89 billion in the period, missing Street forecasts. The company's focus on worldwide market...

United Airlines CEO to visit China over dragged passenger

Security was called and after a violent tussle with the passenger in his economy-class window seat, the medic was dragged off, apparently unconscious, with two ...

US Home Sales Shoot Up to 10-Year High

Existing condominium and co-op sales rose 5 percentage points to a SAAR of 630,000 units, 5 percentage points higher than a year ago. The median price on a co...

Redskins reportedly set to host franchise's first Thanksgiving night game in 2017

The Redskins will open the season at home against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Sept. 10 , and in the following week, make the first of three West Coas...

Nintendo Switch Sells Big-Time In March

This was in large part due to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild , itself becoming Nintendo's fastest-selling launch title, and fastest-selling game in the...

Trump slams Canada as 'disgrace' on dairy policy

We have a supply management system that works very well here in Canada. Through NAFTA, U.S. dairy farmers are able to export ultra-filtered milk - a high-prot...

OPEC members show higher compliance to bring down oil stocks

The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major peers, was up 0.23 percent at 99.731 in late trading on Wednesday. Oil was trading lower Wednes...

H1B a trade and services issue, will keep a close watch

Indians comprise the largest share of H-1B visa recipients. He said that every country wants high skilled workers from anywhere in the world and the struggl...

Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Hamilton

Hamilton had pitted behind Valtteri Bottas , who had started on pole but finished third, and because both Mercedes drivers came in under the safety auto at the...

Struggling apparel retailer Bebe Stores to shut all stores

Last summer the retailer struck a deal with brand management company Bluestar Alliance to develop its wholesale business overseas, where the retailer retains ...

Bayern blast referee after Champions League ouster

Chile midfielder Vidal was shown a second yellow card by Kassai in the 84th minute for what appeared a clean challenge on Marco Asensio, tilting the game in Mad...

Oil Prices Turn Lower on EIA Supply Data

Gasoline stocks were up by 1.5 million barrels, compared with expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.9 million-barrel drop. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...

President Trump Signs New Executive Order: "Buy American and Hire American"

The order is aimed at fulfilling his " America First " campaign promises. I can verify President Trump's executive order takes no action to immediately hire...

Trump promises to restore United States dairy exports to Canada

On dairy, Freeland said, Canada buys five times more than it sells to the USA; on lumber, Canadian producers have always prevailed in past court cases, and a pr...

BP races to shut Alaska North Slope well after finding a leak

Efforts to get the well under control were also being hampered by damage to a well pressure gauge and by indications that the well itself has "jacked up", or ri...

Turkish opposition party files to have referendum voided

Turkish voters were asked Sunday to vote on an 18-article constitutional reform package put forward by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) - founded ...

Trump to sign two financial executive orders on Friday

The dollar and USA stocks rose after Mnuchin's comments, which come as the White House and congressional Republicans are at odds over whether to try for anoth...