The Obama Administration has abandoned all hope of enacting the controversial TPP, Pacific trade pact, just days after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race, according to Wall Street Journal. Senior Fellow on the Global Economy Philip Levy spoke to Sputnik about the prospects of the TPP deal.
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Shares of shipping companies rocketed higher in premarket trade Tuesday, continuing a trend fueled by hopes that a Trump presidency will boost commodity prices, which in turn will lift shipping volumes. The top five percentage gainers in premarket trade are all shares of shipping companies, led by Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.'s stock , which soared 45%. Shares of TOP Ships Inc. shot up 32%, of Globus Maritime Ltd. climbed 28%, of DryShips Inc. surged 22% and of Euroseas Ltd. jumped 21%. Читать дальше...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — The TJX Cos. (TJX) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $549.8 million.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — The TJX Cos. (TJX) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $549.8 million.
Only 'significant negative news' could derail the Federal Reserve's high expectations for raising U.S. interest rates next month, a Fed official who has recently advocated for policy tightening said on Tuesday.
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As Joni Mitchell once said, you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
That's exactly how I felt upon discovering that McDonald's had killed its Create Your Taste experiment.
A thorn in the side of many franchisees offering over 30 fancy ingredients and toppings, the Create Your Taste customizable menu was recently replaced with a different and more limited menu platform called Signature Crafted Recipes.
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On the night before Thanksgiving in 2014, an email from huma@clintonemail.com went to Hillary Clinton’s brain trust, Cheryl Mills, Robbie Mook and John Podesta. The subject line read “Ace Smith.” … Click to Continue »
The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star reports (http://bit.ly/2gdf5z1 ) the Clark County, Illinois, sheriff's department reached the conclusion about the Oct. 23 death of Yiorgo Karnezis of Munster, Indiana. The school has said that Karnezis apparently fell from a boat into a small pond during a Sigma Chi fraternity social event in the rural community of Dennison, Illinois.
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Piccioli’s way of life is unconventional, especially for a couturier.
Piccioli’s way of life is unconventional, especially for a couturier.
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When a doctor told an Apple employee and his wife that in vitro fertilization was their only shot at a second child, they worried whether the procedure would work. But they didn’t worry about paying for it out of pocket, as most people in the United States would.
Because of the husband’s health insurance, Apple covered their IVF costs. Their son was born last year. “It feels like the company cares about their people, that they realize this is something... Читать дальше...
All the charming beauty of Norwegian nature captured in two minutes of drone footage!
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that the relations between Moscow the European Union far from being perfect, but Russia hopes to maintain a constructive dialogue with the union to prevent their further deterioration.
Italy's coastguard said today that 15 people had been rescued from a sinking rubber dinghy off Libya, amid fears dozens more may have drowned.
Cancer cells, it turns out, reflect light in a particular, polarized way that mantis shrimp can see. A tiny camera based on the shrimp's eye might help doctors better visualize tumors during surgery.
If we've learnt anything from David Attenborough and his most recent "Planet Earth II" documentary, it's that nature supplies us with some hilariously candid moments — like the plucky lizard that escaped a minefield of snakes or the moment a giraffe freight-trained a lion cub.
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Nicki Minaj just released an homage to the number one song in the country, Rae Sremmurd and Gucci Mane’s “Black Beatles,” with her new track, “Black Barbies.” “Link in bio BLACK BARBIES – why? Cuz 2 Lil black kids got the NUMBER 1 RECORD IN THE COUNTRY & I’m soooooo happy for Mike Will. Now [...]
Anna Kendrick is perfectly pink in a Celine top on the cover of Flare magazine’s Winter 2016 issue, provided exclusively to Just Jared. Here’s what the 31-year-old Trolls star had to share with the mag: On telling people how many people you’ve had sex with: “When you’re 22, it feels like there’s an ideal you’re [...]
The parents of the three-year-old Alexandra girl who was swept away during the flash floods have lost hope that their child will be found alive.
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Hate speech has been thriving on social media platforms like Twitter.
Sweep away the political noise for now, because a fresh crop of 13F filings show what some big investors were thinking well ahead of the election. Warren Buffett made a big move that took a lot of people by surprise.