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US economy likely slowed last quarter, but rebound expected

Economists believe Federal Reserve officials are likely to view both the anemic consumer spending and GDP growth as temporary when they meet next week. Imports,...

Philadelphia Eagles: List of 2017 NFL Draft picks

Enter Kupp, who many teams seem to have already fallen in love with. Altogether, eight of the first dozen picks were offensive players, including Houston tr...

Suspect Remains Barricaded In Home After Officer Shot

Trooper Ballard's body was transported from the Medical Examiner's Office late Thursday morning to Congo Funeral Home in Wilmington. The 32-year-old served on...

Updated Trading Report: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.'s (BBVA)

The Average Volume of the company is 2.89 Million and P/E (price to earnings) ratio is 15.23, while Forward P/E ratio is 12.87. BBVA has a 1-year high pri...

Eagles grab their edge-rusher in Derek Barnett at No. 14

Nathan Paterman is the underrated quarterback that I covered in my first ever post. The Eagles' more pressing needs can be addressed then. They put Trubisky...

Bayern Munich wins record 5th straight Bundesliga title

FC Cologne at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, April 29, 2017. Confidence was therefore running high ahead of the opening weekend of th...

U.S. GDP Rose 0.7% in First Quarter

The first quarter slowdown in the GDP was not entirely unexpected. "The key will be wage gains - we need strong wage-growth support for spending going forward"....

U.S. crude oil stocks drop

USA government drilling data showed shale production next month was set to rise to 5.19 million barrels per day (bpd), with output from the Permian play, th...

National Small Business Week celebrates local entrepreneurs

The goal is to highlight the critical contributions made by the nation's entrepreneurs and small business owners. The chamber hosted the event in celebration of...

What Trump's Tax Plan Proposes and Who It Will Benefit Most

Regardless, though, most Americans won't ever have to worry about the tax. The headline of the administration's one-page, double-spaced release made the same ...

Analysts Review on Price Reaction History: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Focused Wealth Mgmt owns 7,791 shares. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, nine have issue...

Google Shares Rise On Earnings Beat

Alphabet's total revenue for the quarter was US$24.75 billion, including an nearly 50% increase for Google's "other revenues" to $3.10 billion. She descr...

Passenger violently dragged off United Airlines plane wins settlement

Rep. Judy Chu introduced a bill Friday to prohibit airlines from forcibly removing passengers after they have boarded, except in cases of safety or security is...

H&T Group Plc (HAT) To Go Ex-Dividend on May 4th

The stock decreased 2.34% or $0.32 during the last trading session, reaching $13.55. About 78,045 shares traded. It has underperformed by 4.46% the S&P500. Th...

Active Mover: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG)

Sell-side analysts are expecting EPS growth of 37.17% for Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG) for the year. Scotiabank set a $29.00 price objective on Cabo...

Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order

Under Trump's order , Interior Secretary Zinke will start to review the government's plan that dictates which federal locations are open to offshore drilling, ...

United moves to ease criticism with settlement, new policies

The airline plans to offset some of the revenue hit by not having to compensate passengers on overbooked flights. Dao's lawyer, Thomas Demetrio, said his clie...

A stark choice: On French presidential polls

Le Pen seized on the flurry of endorsements for Macron from the ruling Socialists and main opposition Republicans- both of which crashed out in the first round-...

United CEO to Testify in Front of Congressional Committee

One passenger even shared a sentiment after Dao's incident, saying: "I wouldn't fly United if they gave me a free pass to fly first class to anywhere for the re...

Mike Tyson has paid Anthony Joshua one hell of a compliment

The Englishman is a 2012 Gold medal victor at the London Games who won the IBF title in his 16th professional fight. It takes two to tango, man. "I see Joshu...

Chiefs move up to take QB Mahomes 10th overall in draft

One of the first tidbits is the Arizona Cardinals have a big interest in Mahomes. As it stands, Kansas City only has three corners on the roster for 2018. Ma...

India In Advanced Stages Of Formulating Defence Manufacturing Policy

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the government expects to collect Rs 19-20 lakh crore in direct and indirect taxes in 2017-18, which could f...

Physician who was dragged off flight settles with United

So the "amicable" sum is likely high, but according to the report , the settlement stipulates the amount must remain private. Munoz " said he was going to d...

The Effect Of Trump's Tax Plan On Kentucky: It Varies

Perhaps not surprisingly, one person who would benefit greatly from Donald Trump's tax plan is Donald Trump himself . That's a departure from what Gary C...

Liberal Leader Christy Clark explains difference between Liberal, NDP donations

But growth has also meant scorching house prices in the Vancouver area. "We recognize that Canada is in a dispute with our most important trading partner, but...

BJP president Amit Shah reaches Jammu and Kashmir for 2-day visit

Changes in State presidents and a major organisational reshuffle across the country, including in UP, would be carried out soon. Shah will spend one to three ...

Congress, BJP lock horns over PM Modi's Triple Talaq assertion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day appealed to the Muslim community to find proper solution to end the controversial practice of triple talaq. "The...

Appeals court upholds decision to block Anthem bid for Cigna

The appeals court in Washington rejected Anthem's key argument for why the deal should be approved, that the medical savings resulting from a combination of...

Alphabet paid Google CEO Sundar Pichai $200M in 2016

As usual, the vast majority of Alphabet's revenues came from its Google division, which brought in $24.506 billion in revenue in the first quarter, up from $2...

US economy expanded at weakest pace in 3 years

The first-quarter fade is also sure to be noticed by the Federal Reserve as it contemplates whether to proceed with two more interest-rate increases planned for...

Jeff Bezos just US$5 bln away from being the world's richest

Bezos' own fortune has experienced an even more dramatic growth streak, according to Bloomberg . The 53-year-old has added $65.2 billion to his net worth sin...

Stephen Colbert Provides a Roundup of Everything Trump Hasn't Done So Far

He still hasn't filled his Cabinet. To the surprise of absolutely nobody whatsoever, Donald Trump's first 100 days haven't gone well. Colbert then reviewed ...

Steven Mnuchin Says Trump Has 'No Intention' of Releasing His Tax Returns

Dave Brat, R-Va. If the Trump administration's plan to lower tax rates becomes law, it will likely benefit McVey. President Trump now follows this tradition by ...

GDP Growth Has Not Topped 2.7% in Record 11 Years

In the fourth quarter , output grew at a 2.1% rate. After contributing to GDP growth for two straight quarters, inventory investment was a drag in the first ...

YouTube survives ad controversy

The performance for the quarter was called exceptional by analysts for such a large company. 'For a company of Google´s size to post the growth that it has is...