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Day: March 5, 2017
Singapore Managers Can Expect Pay Increases of 5% At Most
About 93 percent of companies in Singapore say they will keep or raise headcount this year, according to a survey by recruitment consultancy Michael Page of almost 450 businesses in the city state . Only 36 percent said they will recruit new hires. Singapore’s unemployment rate recently hit a six-year high of 2.2 percent, though the country still remains one of the easiest places in the world to find work.
Papua New Guinea Asks Energy Explorers: Can We Keep Some of Our Gas?
Less than three years after it began sending one of its most precious resources overseas, Papua New Guinea’s future may be determined by how much of it stays at home. The Pacific island nation wants some of the world’s top explorers to allow a portion of its natural gas to stay in the country, said Nixon Duban, the minister for the government’s petroleum and energy department.
Yen Gains, Topix Falls on Korean Missile Report: Markets Wrap
U.S. stock futures were also lower as Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will hold a National Security Council meeting today after North Korea fired four ballistic missiles. The move comes as South Korea and the U.S. undertake annual military drills that Pyongyang has called a prelude to an invasion. Tensions have been rising over North Korea, which also conducted a missile test during Abe’s state visit to the U.S. last month and is suspected of being behind the assassination of its leader’s half brother in Malaysia.
Yen Gains, Topix Falls on Korean Missile Report: Markets Wrap
U.S. stock futures were also lower as Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will hold a National Security Council meeting today after North Korea fired four ballistic missiles. The move comes as South Korea and the U.S. undertake annual military drills that Pyongyang has called a prelude to an invasion. Tensions have been rising over North Korea, which also conducted a missile test during Abe’s state visit to the U.S. last month and is suspected of being behind the assassination of its leader’s half brother in Malaysia.
America’s broadband market needs more competition
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America’s broadband market needs more competition
The United States is home to some of the most creative people and businesses on the planet. Our filmmakers, artists, software engineers and scientists entertain the world and expand the boundaries of human knowledge.
Two Killed in Tecumseh Disturbance
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Two Killed in Tecumseh Disturbance
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Optimism slowly returning to mining industry ahead of annual convention
Commodity prices have begun to move higher after a protracted downturn that, for several years, had put a stop to the raucous industry parties where booze flowed freely. With commodity prices on the rise, attendees at the world’s largest annual gathering for the mining industry are expected to be cheerier than they were last year.
Poor Pacific Nation Asks Drillers: Can We Keep Some of Our Gas?
Less than three years after it began sending one of its most precious resources overseas, Papua New Guinea’s future may be determined by how much of it stays at home. The Pacific island nation wants some of the world’s top explorers to allow a portion of its natural gas to stay in the country, said Nixon Duban, the minister for the government’s petroleum and energy department.
Pai to Lay Out Plans for FCC on Wednesday
Ajit Pai, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, promised to return the U.S. to ‘the light-touch approach’ of regulating broadband. New Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will get a chance to clue in lawmakers about his plans for net neutrality, wrapping up the broadcast spectrum auction and rewriting media ownership rules when he and fellow FCC members appear before panels on both sides of Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 8. Both the Senate Commerce Committee as well as the communications subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold oversight hearings examining the FCC’s operations Wednesday.
Drugs disaster
The family are surprised. Their little farm is at the end of a bumpy track through rice paddies, and they do not get many foreigners asking to use the toilet.
Chancellor’s challenge
A funny thing about confidence is that some people have it but shouldn’t, while others should but don’t. It’s true more than ever when it comes to the confidence to spend money.
4 Egypt’s Mukhabarat hires Washington lobbyists to boost image
Egyptian intelligence has hired two U.S. public relations firms in Washington to lobby on the country’s behalf and boost its image, the first such engagements by the country’s powerful security apparatus to be made public and a rare move by a foreign intelligence body. Filings dated Jan. 28 and seen by The Associated Press on the Department of Justice website Sunday showed that the General Intelligence Service has hired public relations firms Weber Shandwick and Cassidy & Associates Inc. The registrations by one of Egypt’s feared, competing intelligence agencies, known as the Mukhabarat, were released publicly to comply with the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.
How to Trade the Week’s Most Active Stocks–AMD, Snap, Rite Aid and More
Put down the 10-K filings and the stock screeners. It’s time to take a break from the traditional methods of generating investment ideas.
What Was Up With Snap’s NYSE Banner?
This week, the 26-year-old tech billionaire Evan Spiegel became the founder of a company that just raised more than all the tech IPOs in 2016 combined , and opened up an additional 41% from its initial offering price. The former frat guy is essentially the updated American dream, complete with an engagement to L Brands Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr.
What Was Up With Snap’s NYSE Banner?
This week, the 26-year-old tech billionaire Evan Spiegel became the founder of a company that just raised more than all the tech IPOs in 2016 combined , and opened up an additional 41% from its initial offering price. The former frat guy is essentially the updated American dream, complete with an engagement to L Brands Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr.
ICE lawsuit
An arrest is made during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement operation in Los Angeles on Feb. 7. Tens of thousands of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were forced to work for $1 day, or for nothing at all – a violation of federal anti-slavery laws – a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit, filed in 2014 against one of the largest private prison companies in the country, reached class-action status this week after a federal judge’s ruling.
Kellyanne Conway Compares “Alternative Facts” to Oscars Snafu: “Things Happen to Everyone”
Conway was also asked about the ‘SNL’ skit where Kate McKinnon portrayed her as a stalker who breaks into the home of CNN anchor/correspondent Jake Tapper and seduces him in a desperate attempt to appear on live TV. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says when it comes to “alternative facts” and the “Bowling Green Massacre,” she makes mistakes on TV just like the Oscars.
Kearney Boasts Lowest Property Tax Levy in Nebraska
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Juniata Fourth Graders Celebrate Nebraska’s 150th Birthday
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Fmr. Federal Prosecutor Robert Ray: Trump Russia Probe Does Not Need Special Counsel
Former federal prosecutor Robert Ray said Sunday there is no need for special counsel to look into possible ties between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials. Ray, in an exclusive interview with Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” weighed in on the continuing debate, days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from investigations into the matter over two conversations he had with a Russian diplomat during the campaign, when Sessions was an Alabama senator.
Congress Should Leave the Russia-Trump Inquiry to the FBI
The one thing Republicans and Democrats in Congress can agree on when it comes to President Donald Trump and Russia is the need to investigate. In less than five weeks many in Trump’s own party have moved from “nothing to see here,” to “no stone left unturned.”
China’s Li Walks Knife Edge on Growth as – Graver’ Risks Loom
Premier Li Keqiang struck an upbeat note on China’s slowing expansion and rising debt Sunday even as he flagged the specter of “graver” internal and external challenges ahead. Systemic risk is under control and economic fundamentals remain sound enough for the government to set a 2017 growth target of “around report to the annual National People’s Congress gathering in Beijing.
‘Logan’ Slices Box Office with $85.3M, ‘Moonlight’ Gets Bump
The R-rated “X-Men” spinoff “Logan” slashed into the weekend box office, opening with a massive $85.3 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, while best-picture winner “Moonlight” got a significant, if far from superhero-sized, Oscar bump. The debut of 20th Century Fox’s “Logan,” starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, puts it among the ranks of biggest March openings ever and top R-rated debuts.
Standard Life’s Aberdeen Bid Marks Push Against Passive `Bogey’
Standard Life Plc’s bid to take over Aberdeen Asset Management Plc is the latest defensive move by active asset managers grappling with fee pressure from cheaper passive funds that often outperform them. The merger of Scotland’s two biggest money managers follows France’s Amundi SA agreement to buy Pioneer Investments from Italy’s UniCredit SpA in December as companies seek extra scale to boost returns.
4 Small-Cap Biotech Stars
It has been a nice little run for the previously beaten down biotech/biopharma sectors so far in 2017. February saw the main biotech indices rise some 10%, in one of their best monthly performances over the past few years.
‘Logan’ has the biggest March opening at the box office ever…
Audiences came in droves over the weekend to see Hugh Jackman’s final, and most dramatic, performance as Wolverine in “Logan.” The movie took in an estimated $85.3 million, according to Exhibitor Relations , setting the record for the biggest-ever R-rated opening weekend at the box office in March.
Deutsche Bank to raise $8.5 billion to help restructure firm
European banking giant Deutsche Bank announced plans to raise at least $8.5 billion in capital and sell off a stake in its asset management business, in a move to help shore up the troubled German firm. Deutsche Bank will issue 687.5 million new shares later this month, the bank said Sunday, in an effort to take advantage of the recent run up in the bank’s stock price.
Deutsche Bank CEO Reverses Course With Overhaul to Raise Capital
Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer John Cryan is reversing course less than two years into his new strategy, announcing an overhaul that includes offering 8 billion euros in stock, selling part of the asset management business and reintegrating Postbank. “It’s a positive step forward that we take the brave step of admitting we were going in the wrong direction,” Cryan said on Sunday.
FCC grants waiver allowing JCCs to receive caller information
The Federal Communications Commission has granted Jewish Community Centers throughout the country a temporary waiver allowing them to receive caller information, in response to the recent series of bomb threats on the Jewish institutions. The waiver, approved on Friday, comes days after 29 JCCs and Jewish schools across the country received called-in bomb threats, the fifth such incident in less than two months.
FCC issues waiver for anonymous threats to Jewish centers
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JCCs Win Special Permission To Identify Callers Amid Wave Of Threats
The Federal Communications Commission has granted Jewish Community Centers throughout the country a temporary waiver allowing them to receive caller information, in response to the recent series of bomb threats on the Jewish institutions. The waiver, approved on Friday, comes days after 29 JCCs and Jewish schools across the country received called-in bomb threats, the fifth such incident in less than two months.
Avoiding the Collapse of Independent Wealth Advisory Businesses
By Jennifer Goldman via Iris.xyz We have spent years working with hundreds of advisory businesses and talking to thousands more. It is time to share the honest truth.
GE, Siemens Vie to Reinvent Manufacturing by Harnessing the Cloud
Germany’s Siemens AG and larger U.S. rival General Electric Co. are duking it out to develop the definitive ‘Internet of Things’ cloud platform for industry.
These eerie photos of deserted golf courses reveal a new…
Over 800 golf courses have shuttered across the US in the past decade, and data from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association has shown that millenials between the ages of 18 to 30 have a lack of interest in playing the game. From Las Vegas, Nevada to Mahwah, New Jersey , many courses are being replaced with housing developments.
There’s one key factor that shows why organic milk is…
But as it turns out, there may be one type of milk that’s nutritionally superior: the organic kind that comes from grass-fed animals. Michael Tunick, a research chemist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and author of ” The Science of Cheese ,” told Business Insider that the difference has to do with what the cows eat.
Here’s how the US military is sticking it to Beijing in the…
China has for years been whittling away at the US military’s asymmetrical advantage in conventional military strength with a naval buildup , building and militarizing artificial islands in the South China Sea, and creating systems and weapons custom built to negate the US’s technological advantage. By all indications, China is building aircraft carriers and getting ready to place surface-to-air missiles deep into the South China Sea.
Here are 3 easy ways to find and buy AirPods, even when Apple…
Despite being available for a few months now – they were supposed to release in October, but got delayed to December – finding AirPods is still incredibly tough. Unless you’re extremely lucky, you will not be able to walk into an Apple store and find AirPods.