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SOLID: 211000 Jobs Created in April, Unemployment Falls to 4.4%

The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in April, according to government data released Friday morning. April's strong showing puts economic growth firmly back ...

Wells Fargo says agrees with Buffett and is fixing its problems

But, he said, "it is absolutely essential to America that we become more productive, and 3G was "very good at making a business productive with fewer people". "...

Frugal U.S. consumers seen holding back first-quarter GDP

Real GDP increased 0.7% in the first quarter, compared to the fourth quarter's increase of 2.1%, according to the estimate. The slowdown in the first quarter gr...

David Luiz hails Antonio Conte's impact at Chelsea

My expectation was a great challenge in this league against Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool. Chelsea lead the Premier L...

China reiterates offer to 'mediate' between India, Pakistan

Beijing could look into Delhi's request to rename the China Pakistan Economic Corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Chinese ambassador to Indi...

Dodd-Frank Repeal Bill Advances in the House

The bill now moves for a full House vote. Reaction to the act passing through the committee from industry trade associations and groups matched the extreme...

Maxim Group Increases Apple Inc. (AAPL) Price Target to $171.00

Plus, he hinted at products and services in development, saying Apple wants to be a player in online video and sees great potential for augmented reality. T...

Federal Reserve: US economic slowdown temporary

The hawkish Fed statement indicated that policymakers think the recent weakness in the economy was temporary and that more rate hikes are coming this year. Many...

Scandal-hit Volkswagen mulls Ducati sale to Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield , a part of Eicher Motors, has been witnessing healthy growth in India even as it expands aggressively in overseas markets across Europe, North Am...

Delhi Metro to announce new fares

The new fare structure is: up to 2 kms - Rs 10, 2 to 5 kms - Rs 15, 5 to 12 kms - Rs 20, 12 to 21 kms - Rs 30, 21 to 32 kms - Rs 40, and for journeys of over 32...

Crude oil wipe out

After falling nearly 5 per cent yesterday, both contracts continued to collapse overnight with WTI falling to US$43.76, its lowest since November 15, and Bre...

Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) 1Q17 earnings; Beats Street View

Morgan Stanley raised its stake in Marathon Petroleum Corp by 270.2% in the third quarter. A total volume of 21.88 million shares were traded versus to average ...

US employers added 211000 jobs, rate fell to 4.4 percent

Officials at the U.S. central bank also viewed the pedestrian 0.7 percent annualised economic growth pace in the first quarter as likely 'transitory and expecte...

'Made in China' C919 passenger jet takes maiden flight

In a letter of congratulation to the C919 project, the State Council said: "The successful maiden flight of the C919 marks a milestone for China's aviation indu...

No Fed rate hike; but officials see more ahead

This would take the fed funds target range to between 1.50 percent and 1.75 percent by the end of 2017. The US central bank said it felt the recent slowdown i...

Hinduja brothers top United Kingdom annual rich list

This year their wealth grew by £3.2bn to £16.2bn and their current project sees them converting Westminster's Old War Office into a luxury hotel. Scotland has...

Fourth US citizen is detained as North Korea moves to 'hostage diplomacy'

Two other USA citizens also are being held in North Korea. The North is now detaining four American citizens, including Korean American pastor Kim Dong-chul a...

Berkshire Hathaway events continue, Buffett set for TV interviews

Buffett said that medical costs "are the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness", and have risen much faster in the US than in the rest of the world: to ...

Akzo Nobel declines third takeover proposal from PPG

However, he said: "The PPG proposal undervalues AkzoNobel , contains significant risks and uncertainties, makes no substantive commitments to stakeholders and ...

North Korea 'detains USA citizen Kim Hak-song'

North Korea says it has detained another American citizen over unspecified hostile acts against the country. "A relevant institution is now conducting detai...

China's crude oil imports ease in April from record level

Exports grew 8% in April from the prior year, but slower than the expected growth of 11.3% and March's 16.4% increase. Chinese exports rose for the second con...

April Jobs Report: 211000 Jobs Added, Unemployment At 4.4 Percent

Health care, which includes some higher-paying jobs in nursing as well as lower-paid home health care aides, added 37,000 jobs in April. Michael Dolega, a sen...

Puerto Rico turns to courts for debt protection

Treasury Department. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Bondholders sued Puerto Rico on Tuesday in the first legal challenges to hit the US territory after the expiratio...

Kejriwal received bribe, alleges sacked minister Kapil Mishra

Social crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday said he was "deeply disappointed" by the allegations of corruption against the AAP chief, who is in hot water after a mi...

Oil rebounds on Saudi assurances Russian Federation will extend

Oil prices stabilized in Asian trading Friday after hitting a five-month low while regio. Crude prices recovered 2 percent Friday, but remained below $50 as ...

North Korea detains another United States citizen

It's a "fair assumption" that North Korea could be detaining USA citizens as a diplomatic bargaining chip, Joseph DeTrani, who served as the State Department's ...

GDP slumps sharply in Q1

The expected sluggish first-quarter growth pace, however, is not a true picture of the economy's health. Even so, the weakness at vehicle dealers could weigh on...

A huge tax cut for guys like me

Investors have speculated for years about who might replace Buffett. Buffett has always been willing to sell stock investments, as opposed to entire businesse...

United States economic growth slows to 0.7% in first quarter

The slowdown primarily reflected slower consumer spending, which grew by just 0.3 percent. The 0.7 percent increase was the worst showing since GDP contracted...

North Korea Accuses US of Plotting Kim Assassination

According to Pyongyang's state-owned news agency KCNA, Kim inspected the two military units on Jangjae and Mu isles, near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island that ...

Trump praised Australia's universal healthcare system - Bernie Sanders had a hilarious reaction

U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull are aiming to put a rocky start behind when they meet for the first time and commem...

Obama-Era Nutrition Guidelines Put on Ice

Pat Roberts, R-Kan., after signing an interim rule created to provide flexibility for school meals at Catoctin Elementary School in Leesburg, Va., Monday, M...

Buffett says AHCA is tax cut for the rich

The investors convene each year at the Buffett-fest, filled with small shrines to the companies Berkshire Hathaway invests in and to the man himself, worth near...

Passenger jet 'made in China' takes maiden flight

Spectators take photos as they watch the COMAC C919, China's first large passenger jet, coming in for a landing on its maiden flight at Shanghai's Pudong airpor...

Tillerson urges ASEAN ministers to cut N Korea funding, minimise diplomatic ties

China meanwhile claims ownership of nearly the entire South China Sea. The affirmation, in a US-ASEAN foreign ministerial meeting in Washington , was effecti...