NEW YORK (ANP) - EW YORK (ANP) - De beurzen in New York stonden maandag flink in de plus. De handel kreeg steun van de hogere olieprijzen en overnamenieuws. Apple stond in de schijnwerpers, omdat de steenrijke belegger Warren Buffett een belang heeft genomen in het technologieconcern.
PARIS (AP) — Pope Francis has voiced support for a French cardinal who has faced allegations of covering up cases of pedophile priests in his Lyon parish, saying he shouldn't resign.
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Andrew Left is long on Valeant.
The noted short seller and head of Citron Research told The Street's Real Money blog that he has taken a stake in the troubled pharmaceutical company even though he still has some out-of-the-money puts, a type of short position.
Left, you'll remember, was the author of a damning report in October 2015 that accused Valeant of being a "pharmaceutical Enron" and helped bring up questions regarding the firm's accounting and relationship with specialty pharmacy Philidor. Читать дальше...
CHAMA, N.M. (AP) — A missing hiker who disappeared along a remote stretch of the Continental Divide was found dead at a New Mexico campground over the weekend, about six months after he last spoke with relatives. Olshansky had hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide trails — routes that together are considered the "Triple Crown of Hiking" and can take months to complete, the newspaper reported.
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China delivered a poor batch of data in April, and that has some of the brightest minds in finance making gloomy predictions that the rebound in the world's second-largest economy might be ending soon.
Heavy industry is in bad shape and posted a 6% year-over-year growth rate in April, hurt by underperformance of state-owned companies and weak export growth in the country.
Weakened domestic demand resulted in lower-than-expected investment growth in infrastructure... Читать дальше...
The couple’s son remains charged in the case. Ashes were exhumed, but authorities have yet to reveal test results.
Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio doesn’t think first-round pick Leonard Floyd’s weight is an issue, but others in the organization are concerned enough about the linebacker not being too light that they’re working with him to make sure he’s the right size. Fangio said that Floyd is expected to play somewhere between 230-235 pounds during…
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PARIS, May 16 (UPI) -- Migrants are being charged hefty fees by French doctors for necessary medical certificates, a charity alleged Monday.
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LOS ANGELES, May 16 (UPI) -- Tyga was spotted with "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star Karlie Redd following news of his breakup with Kylie Jenner.
In a speech to a Republican group last week that was captured on video, homebuilder Carlos Beruff made the remarks while saying that the Democratic president had hurt the nation with his military policy. "Referring to the president of the United States as an 'animal' is an alarming insult of questionable intent and has no place in American politics," Jolly said in a statement. Name calling the president of the United States for shock value isn't going to keep us safe from terrorist threats or tackle our skyrocketing debt.
Growing up in St-Lambert near Montreal, David Saint-Jacques can still remember the first time he got a good look at the stars, fuelling a life-long dream of becoming an astronaut. Now, he's preparing to fly to the International Space Station.
Even cisgender people aren’t safe from the transphobic mania over bathrooms.
– Ahead od PDP national convention Ali Modu Sheriff has been endorsed as the sole chairmanship candidate of the North East – A motion for the endorsement was moved by Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state and seconded by Governor Ibrahim Danbaba of Gombe state – Sheriff said the decision to amend the party’s constitution […]
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The Raptors just advanced to their first conference finals in franchise history, and Kyle Lowry is excited to face LeBron James and the Cavaliers. Lowry in his on-court post-game interview: LeBron’s probably one of the best players in the league besides Steph. Stephen Curry just won MVP unanimously. Even LeBron said Curry deserved it. Are […]
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Nigeria has been dethroned as Africa's largest oil producer.
Nigeria's oil production is now below that of Angola after various attacks on energy infrastructure by a new militant group called the Niger Delta Avengers, according to the BBC.
Data cited by RBC Capital Markets' commodities team in an early May research note shows that Angola's oil production held steady in April at 1.8 million barrels per day while Nigeria's slipped to... Читать дальше...
ALBERGEN - Geen gooi naar een wereldrecord dit jaar voor de Stichting Volksfeesten Albergen. Een bezoekersrecord is echter wel bereikt, voor het Wies'nfest werden liefst 1.700 kaarten verkocht.
In March, SoundCloud debuted Go, a subscription service which took as its mission the legitimization and monetization of a thorny, persistent problem...
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect in the robbery of a west valley business last month. The robbery happened about 12:50 a.m. April 19 in the area of ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on California's proposed tobacco tax (all times local):
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on California's proposed tobacco tax (all times local):
A campaign backed by a billionaire, medical groups and organized labor says it has collected more than a million signatures to qualify a ballot measure to raise California's cigarette tax by $2 a pack. Nearly 600,000 signatures of registered voters must be verified for the proposed state constitutional amendment to make the Nov. 8 ballot. Officials from a well-financed campaign whose backers include billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, medical groups and organized labor say it has collected... Читать дальше...