NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday on pessimism about global economic growth and trade tensions, putting them on track for their first weekly drop this year, while the U.S. dollar was on track for its biggest weekly gain since August.
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Everyone born after 2000 is apparently too smart to use Facebook.
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The Oscar-nominated film is the No. 2 top-grossing documentary of 2018 behind the Mister Rogers movie.
"Not impressed at all," a user tweeted of "The Young and the Restless" tribute paid to the late Kristoff St. John Friday.
This miniature therapy pony sure cured our New York Fashion Week fatigue. Midge, a 25-inch-tall, 125-pound equine, wasn’t horsing around as she trotted down the runway at the New York Pet Fashion Show Thursday evening. The first horse in the event’s 16-year history, she arrived to the venue via SUV and sported a red-and-white sequined...
Susan Lucci expertly recovered from a fall on the American Heart Association catwalk with a laugh and a smile.
The Colston Hall closed its doors in June as part of a two-year £48.8m refurbishment.
Shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp. tumbled 6.1% in afternoon trade Friday, enough to pace the S&P 400 Mid Cap index in losses, and putting them on track for a seventh-straight loss. That would be the longest losing streak for the oil and gas exploration and production company's stock since the 11-session losing stretch that ended on Oct. 14, 2014. Since that losing streak, there had been seven 6-day losing streaks. The stock has lost 20% during its current losing streak, but was still up... Читать дальше...
No private armies in Metro Manila NCRPO Philippine Star There are no politicians maintaining private armies in Metro Manila, a police official said yesterday.
I'm going to build a new wheel for my tandem. This is a Counterpoint Opus II tandem, the original semi-recumbent design, so the captain sits in the rear. The rear wheel takes more or less the captain's full weight in addition to the bike and touring gear. It has to be a tough wheel. So, three...
Top U.P. official in State tomorrow
Huge flames ravaged a garage in Triq Ignazio Saverio Mifsud in Birkirkara. An eyewitness described the dramatic ball of fire that lit up the street. The fire has since been brought under control but the surrounding properties were affected, Mark Theuma told the Times of Malta. Another eyewitness said that the car inside the garage had been completely destroyed.
Forest Service announces news in wake of system rollout crash
Last year I posted a video to Boing Boing of a young cow enjoying a rotating brush called the Happycow. I wrote, "I think my cats would go for a Happycat." It turns out there is something similar - the Self Groomer Cat Toy. I bought one. It's a plastic brush that you fill with a pinch of catnip (included) then attach to a corner with double-sided adhesive tape (also included). I tested it out on our cat. She was sleeping in another room, and I carried her over to it and set her down in front of it. Читать дальше...
Young Fremantle midfielder Connor Blakely has suffered a high-grade hamstring tear and is set to be sidelined for at least the next three months.
These plunging temperatures have a silver lining. The entire 7.8 km length of the Rideau Canal Skateway reopens Saturday morning at 8 a.m., just in time for the second weekend of Winterlude and the Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival – the world’s largest. The canal closed temporarily Feb. 4 to ensure mild temperatures wouldn’t erode the […]
Disgraced city labor leader Norman Seabrook was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Friday for funneling $20 million in union funds into a bad investment in exchange for bribes. Seabrook — who was president of Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association for 21 years — was convicted of accepting a $60,000 cash bribe for steering the...
With the release of the new 11-inch iPad Pro, Apple has really outdone themselves with the sheer amount of power packed into an all-new elegant design. Luckily, this model is on sale for $49 off its retail price on Amazon. However, you can save an additional $100 with Amazon's "clip and redeem" coupon. That's a $149 savings altogether on the latest model of the iPad Pro, which brings the total price down to just $799.99.
Читать дальше...The older sister of the king of Thailand said yesterday she will run for prime minister in elections next month, upending the palace’s decades-long tradition of eschewing politics and setting up a surprise contest with the leading military-backed candidate.
The AFLW captains have made their bold predictions for the 2019 season.