The Carnival Elation spilled “gray water” from its plumbing and shower systems while docked at Port Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, because of a valve problem, reports Florida Today, which is a part of the USA TODAY Network. In a statement issued Thursday, Carnival Cruise Line spokesman Vance Gulliksen, said: “While Carnival Elation was discharging […]
President Trump on Friday said the killing of Iran’s top general, carried out by a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad the day before, was long overdue. “General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more…but got caught!” the president tweeted from his […]
SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) — A woman claiming to be a psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her 10-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the money to banish the spirit, police in Massachusetts said. Tracy Milanovich, 37, of Somerset, is charged with obtaining property by trick, […]
The stock market is the opiate of the masses. Oh, sure, the days of watching Jim Cramer mash buttons on his console with his sleeves rolled up to his armpits are pretty much over. And nobody really day-trades anymore, except for masochists. And, despite a 10,000-point rise in the Dow DJIA, +0.60% since the election, […]
Oil futures were off to a mixed start for 2020 on Thursday, with global benchmark prices finding some support after China’s central bank announced it would provide a further shot of stimulus to the economy. Traders were also keeping an eye on developments in the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery CLG20, […]
In preparation for a recent presentation, I asked for data to document the increasing dependence on 401(k)s as opposed to traditional defined-benefit plans. One of the figures included total retirement wealth for households in the middle of the wealth distribution for five different cohorts. I was stunned to see that retirement wealth, measured in 2016 […]
The holiday shopping season is over, which means it’s time to prepare for another annual ritual that doesn’t get as much attention: returns season. It’s shaping up to be a busy one. UPS UPS, +0.00% says it expects to handle a record 1.9 million returns on Jan. 2, a 26% increase over last year. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday said the United States still sees a political agreement on denuclearization as the best path forward on North Korea, but that American forces remained prepared to fight if necessary. “We would urge restraint by Kim Jong Un,” Esper said in an interview on Fox News. […]
FBI investigators claim former deputy director Andrew McCabe admitted to misleading them about his involvement in a media leak and subsequently apologized for the lie, according to newly released transcripts of McCabe’s interviews with investigators. The transcripts, released by the Department of Justice Inspector General’s office (OIG) — which found McCabe “lacked candor” with investigators […]
The two stocks that contributed the most to 2019’s total stock-market returns also hold that position for the entire decade. While it’s fun to look at how the overall composition of the top 10 contributors has changed — with a noticeable shift from the energy sector to finance, for example — it’s perhaps more interesting […]