Billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos is honoring Juneeteeth on Friday as a day of edification at Amazon.com and urging employees to attend “learnings opportunities,” to recognize the end of slavery in America. Juneteenth, which is celebrated annually by many on June 19, is a day commemorating the end of slavery inRead More →
© Reuters. Trump administration pressed Dutch hard to cancel China chip-equipment sale: sources By Alexandra Alper, Toby Sterling and Stephen Nellis WASHINGTON/AMSTERDAM/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Trump administration mounted an extensive campaign to block the sale of Dutch chip manufacturing technology to China, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lobbyingRead More →
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images Tourists at the Khazneh, or Treasury, in Petra, Jordan. The popular destination is in a region of the world where tensions can be expected to rise after an U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, killed a top Iranian military official. Iran and Iraq are obviously notRead More →
U.S. stock futures jumped Thursday after a report that Beijing and Washington will cancel planned tariffs in stages, a development that could help reignite a recent upward move for equities. How are major benchmarks performing? Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YMZ19, +0.50% rose 135 points, or 0.5%, to 27,566,Read More →
(Bloomberg) — British Airways is preparing to cancel nearly all its flights on Monday and Tuesday after pilots vowed to strike following a breakdown in talks over a new contract, according to a person familiar with the matter. The U.K. carrier will scrap both short and long-haul destinations, said theRead More →
Since Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, announced her plan last month to wipe away the student loans of millions of Americans as part of her presidential campaign, there’s been debate in the policy community about whether it’s a good idea. But some polling data published this week indicates votersRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Nissan logo is seen at Nissan Motor’s global headquarters building in Yokohama LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese carmaker Nissan (T:) will announce on Monday that it is cancelling plans announced in 2016 to manufacture a new model of its X-Trail compact SUV in Britain, broadcaster SkyRead More →
More than a thousand flights are being grounded as a blast of arctic air barrels over the Midwest, bringing with it temperatures too low for airfield workers to load bags or get planes ready for takeoff. United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL, +1.26% is canceling about 80% of its schedule atRead More →
