The House approved amendments last year to block the display and sale of the Confederate flag at national parks but a backlash from Southern Republicans caused GOP leaders to scrap the underlying spending bill.
Ed Adamczyk
LEVERKUSEN , Germany, May 19 (UPI) -- German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer AG confirmed it seeks a takeover of the U.S. agrochemical giant Monsanto.
LOS ANGELES — Former "Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond says his time behind bars on disorderly conduct and concealed-weapon convictions isn't like "what you see on TV."
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Modern Markets Initiative (MMI), an industry body set to up to promote the benefits of high frequency trading, is making a new effort to demystify the firms.
In a new video, senior executives at four HFTs — Global Trading Systems (GTS), Hudson River Trading, Quantlab Financial and Tower Research Capital — make a case for their style of trading to the average investor.
HFTs, which moved in to the mainstream after Michael Lewis' book Flashboys, use technology to trade at blazing fast speeds. Читать дальше...
Here’s advice that might help one pet who’s too afraid, one that’s too noisy
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Two sons of the late frozen food magnate Marvin Schwan will get an opportunity to argue for court oversight of his charitable foundation after about $600 million in investment losses.
Een of meerdere mannen hebben gisteren aan het eind van de middag aan de Keizershof in Alphen geprobeerd een woning te overvallen.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan agreement reached by House and Senate negotiators would set safety standards for tens of thousands of chemicals that have gone unregulated for decades. Richard Denison, a senior scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, called the bill a "significant victory for public health," noting that it will require safety reviews for chemicals already in use and mandate greater scrutiny of new chemicals before they can be sold. Chemicals used in everyday products such as household cleaners... Читать дальше...
Marilyn Malara
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- Kanye West delivered a long, inspirational monologue about his dream to make the world better on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," leaving the host speechless.
New York Fed President William Dudley said a rate hike in June or July if the economy performs as he expects
New York Fed President William Dudley said a rate hike in June or July if the economy performs as he expects
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized yet again for his physical encounter with opposition MPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
A big driver is mergers and acquisitions, says Michael Brush.
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Shoe designer Sophia Webster opens her first bricks and mortar shop at the prestigious address of 124 Mount Street tomorrow.
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Andrew V. Pestano
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday reached an agreement over potentially restructuring Puerto Rico's $70 billion of debt.
The France international striker could be signed by the Parisian champions to replace their outgoing iconic attacker in the coming weeks, according to his brother
PARIS (AP) — French Sports Minister Patrick Kanner says hosting the European Championship will provide an impact of $1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) on France's struggling economy.
Greece's defence minister has told media the missing EgyptAir plane flight MS 804 made "sudden swerves" immediately after it entered Egyptian airspace and dropped by 22,000 feet before it disappeared from the radar.
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Hollywood studios have been taking a lot of body blows in the last few years.
The lack of diversity in their casting has made the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite a trending topic the last two years when Academy Award nominations went out.
And the portrayal of female characters in major movies has been under fire as more actresses are speaking out about the lack of roles that display power and authority.
Well, this weekend Hollywood will get a slight break... Читать дальше...
The headline numbers from ' third-quarter results, reported May 18, were good on a superficial basis, but let's take a closer look at the underlying themes and trends in order to better see what's going on.
Google's Self-Driving Car Project took another big leap forward this week, as the company was granted a patent on an adhesive system which activates in the event of a pedestrian collision.
Watch a clip from the documentary "Weiner," directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg. The film examines the 2013 New York City mayoral campaign of disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner. Photo: Sundance Selects
An EgyptAir plane with 59 passengers and 10 crew aboard has disappeared from radar on a flight between France and Egypt, the airline has confirmed.
