Qassem Soleimani, leader of the foreign wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, local time, escalating long-brewing animosities between Tehran and Washington. President Donald Trump authorized the airstrike that killed Soleimani, a top Iranian general who is considered one of the most revered military […]
Stocks are lurching toward fresh records to commence the first trading day in 2020, but that advance has raised some questions about the run-up in values for broad-market U.S. equity benchmarks. Indeed, the S&P 500’s recent gains have taken it to its priciest level relative to its hourly cost for the average worker on record. […]
Oil stocks were in the spotlight on Friday after a targeted military strike killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, considered the architect of the Islamic Republic’s military expansion in the Middle East. The attack has sent crude-oil prices soaring, with West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery CLG20, +2.17% on the New York Mercantile Exchange up […]
A previous version of this report gave an incorrect date for the Iowa caucuses. It has been corrected. Reuters Democratic presidential candidates including Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren say President Trump is risking another war in the Middle East with the killing of the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Democratic White House […]
Shares of Tesla Inc. spiked higher into record territory Friday, after the electric vehicle maker reported deliveries that rose above Wall Street’s expectations. The stock TSLA, +4.22% shot up as much as 5.5% to an intraday high of $454.00 before paring gains to be up 4.3% in midday trading. Importantly, “despite significant skepticism,” Tesla’s 2019 […]
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, […]