Key point: Moscow doesn’t have the means and capacity to build its subs quick enough. In March 2017, Russia’s new Yasen-class nuclear attack submarine Kazan launched at the northern port city of Severodvinsk. Perhaps the quietest Russian submarine ever, the event was further evidence the Kremlin can still build capable and lethal subs capable of a […]
WASHINGTON — More than six months before the Dec. 6 shooting at a naval base in Pensacola, Fla., where a Saudi gunman used a weapon obtained using a hunting license exemption, the FBI issued a report warning about precisely this loophole. The FBI warning, dated May 22 and titled “Federal Hunting License Exception Could Be Exploited […]
One day after the Justice Department’s inspector general released a report that concluded the FBI was justified in opening an investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign’s ties to the Russian government, Attorney General William Barr sharply contradicted that conclusion. “I think our nation was turned on its head for three years based on a completely bogus […]
(Adds more from statement and background) GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Iran warned its citizens, particularly scientists, on Tuesday not to visit America, saying Iranians there were subjected to arbitrary and lengthy detention in inhuman conditions. “Iranian citizens, particularly elites and scientists, are requested to seriously avoid traveling to America, even to take part in […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Al Green, who has been on a “mission” to remove Donald Trump from office, is not optimistic the articles of impeachment unveiled by House Democrats on Tuesday will succeed in a Senate trial, but the Texas Democrat says he still thinks the push to force the president out of the White House won’t end […]
Getty Images Ann Taylor parent Ascena says it’s gathering data to make a more appealing assortment Ascena Retail Group Inc., which has a portfolio of retail chains that includes Ann Taylor and Loft, said plus-size fashion and pants were hot items during the most recent quarter. Ascena ASNA, +28.92% reported fiscal first-quarter net income of […]
Higher interest rates are no longer investors’ biggest worry. That’s clear because of how the U.S. stock market reacted in the immediate wake of the better-than-expected December jobs report, released the morning of Dec. 6. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. economy added 266,000 new jobs in November, well-above the 180,000 figure that had […]
If you’re a gutsy contrarian investor, consider betting that Walgreens Boots Alliance will have a far better 2020 than it has this year. This isn’t because the company is supposedly in the crosshairs of some private equity firms — though if such a firm did make an offer to take the company private, Walgreens’ stock […]
Oil futures were slightly lower early Tuesday, but off overnight lows, after a report from the Wall Street Journal that was being perceived as upbeat in long-running negotiations between the U.S. and China on tariffs. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed officials from both parties, reported that U.S. and Chinese negotiators were laying the groundwork […]
Warren Buffett’s fans know that he views Benjamin Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor” as the book that changed his life by introducing him to security analysis. Indeed, some financial advisers cite this 1949 classic as an invaluable resource. Yet the books that most influence financial planners often revolve around non-monetary subjects including gratitude, goal attainment, and […]