WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats called on Republicans on Tuesday to apologize for language about the coronavirus the Democratic lawmakers slammed as “bigoted.” On Monday evening, the House minority leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., shared the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s page about the coronavirus, which has been named COVID-19, referring to it as the “Chinese […]
One senior adviser to Bernie Sanders delivered a blunt assessment of Tuesday night’s primary results. “The godd*** plane has crashed into the mountain,” the adviser told Yahoo News. Just two weeks ago, Sanders — who earned the most votes in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada — was the prohibitive favorite to secure the Democratic presidential […]
First off, remember to breathe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +4.89% and S&P 500 Index SPX, +4.94% plunged Monday, causing trading to be temporarily halted, as traders digested news of a possible oil price war between OPEC and Russia. On Tuesday, they rose sharply higher, but did not recover all of the lost ground […]
The debate over fracking in 2020 battleground state Pennsylvania divides the last major Democrats vying for the party’s backing for president — a policy distinction that has wider implications as the U.S. tightens its clasp on energy independence against heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Russia. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont […]
Investing and trading are about making money, and you should never let your political opinions get in the way. Irrespective of what you think of President Trump, Wall Street trusts him. How does this affect you? Let’s explore with the help of two charts. Please click here for an annotated chart of Dow Jones Industrial […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Tuesday after a volatile session that restored about half of the losses seen Monday when stocks saw the biggest one day fall since the 2008 financial crisis. See full story. Airlines are slashing ticket prices for domestic flights amid the coronavirus outbreak — and prices could stay […]
1 / 4 Israelis celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, along the Israeli-controlled Shuhada street in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank Israelis celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, along the Israeli-controlled Shuhada street in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank (AFP Photo/HAZEM BADER) Bnei Brak (Israel) […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota mother has admitted she severely injured her 11-year-old son by throwing him from the balcony of their fourth-floor apartment but has not explained why, police said. Itayvia Lloyd, 33, was being held Tuesday in the Ramsey County jail on probable charges of aggravated assault, malicious punishment of a […]
Shares of Revlon Inc. fell more than 2% late Monday after the cosmetics company said it would lay off workers, cut costs, and refinance its debt amid deepening losses for U.S. equities. Revlon REV, -14.76% struck an $850 million agreement with Jefferies to refinance some of its debt and get new funding to “significantly enhance […]
The rapid growth of the U.S. shale industry is at the heart of a Russia-versus-Saudi Arabia crude-oil price war that threatens to upend a global economy already under threat from the spread of the coronavirus, experts said Monday. “Russia has made no secret of the fact that it is concerned about the growth of the […]