The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsRoy Moore Roy Moore to Make Second Senate Bid in AlabamaThe Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Blame Brexit for Carnival's Sinking SharesThe Wall Street Journal. - Asjylyn LoderCruise operator Carnival Corp. was the worst performer in the S&P 500 on Thursday. The U.K.’s on-again-off-again exit from the European Union has rattled the region’s economy and put consumers there on
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsRolex Is This the Sportiest Rolex Yet?The Wall Street Journal. - Hendley BadcockROLEX, THE HOUSEHOLD name of Swiss watchmakers, rarely deviates from the original design DNA of its midcentury status watches like the Submariner and the Daytona. However, look into the sleek, dark face
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsWalmart Walmart to Pay $282 Million to Settle Claims of Corrupt Payments Abroad, SEC SaysThe Wall Street Journal. - Dave MichaelsWalmart Inc. agreed to pay about $282 million to settle both criminal and civil claims related to payments made by outside consultants in Brazil, China, India and Mexico, the Securities and Exchange Commission
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USRoger Penske Trump to Award Medal of Freedom to Racing Team Owner Roger PenskeThe Wall Street Journal. - Catherine LuceyWASHINGTON—President Trump said Thursday that he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to auto racing mogul Roger Penske. Mr. Trump detailed his plans to reporters in the Oval Office during an with
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsMoney People Are More Honest Than We Think, New Study FindsThe Wall Street Journal. - Brianna AbbottPeople are more likely to return a lost wallet with money inside than an empty wallet, concluded a group of international researchers who set out to test the tension between financial self-interest and
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsTitle X Court Allows Rules Blocking Family-Planning Funds for Abortion ProvidersThe Wall Street Journal. - Brent KendallA federal appeals court on Thursday said the Trump administration can implement new rules prohibiting federal family-planning grants to health clinics offering on-site abortions or referrals for the procedure.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsGold Gold's Run Signals Worrying FutureThe Wall Street Journal. - Lauren Silva LaughlinGold has taken the lead. The asset, at times considered a haven, has hit an almost six-year high after the Federal Reserve signaled that it was willing to lower interest rates. If rates continue to fall,
The Wall Street Journal.added this to EconomyJerome Powell Trump on Fed Decision: 'You Can't Win 'Em All'The Wall Street Journal. - Nick TimiraosPresident Trump said he wished the Federal Reserve had cut interest rates at its two-day meeting this week, but added he was encouraged the central bankers seemed ready to deliver rate reductions at coming
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Shares of French Bank Natixis Fall on Fund-Liquidity ConcernsThe Wall Street Journal. - Margot PatrickShares of French bank Natixis SA fell 12% Thursday after research firm Morningstar Inc. suspended its rating on a fund run by the bank’s H2O Asset Management arm over liquidity concerns. Morningstar on
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsMelatonin A Bedside Lamp Designed to Help You Sleep BetterThe Wall Street Journal. - Allison DuncanI’D LIKE TO THINK I’m good in bed: Sleep comes easily and lasts 8 hours, uninterrupted. But I need optimal conditions: a cool room with a whirring fan and total darkness. Harvard sleep researcher Steven
The Wall Street Journal.added this to USSaudi Arabia Senate Passes Resolutions Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.The Wall Street Journal. - Andrew DuehrenWASHINGTON—The Senate passed a series of resolutions aimed at blocking 22 arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, dealing another symbolic blow to the Trump administration’s close ties
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Big Banks Face Less Stress in This Year's Fed TestsThe Wall Street Journal. - Lalita ClozelThe Federal Reserve is scheduled to release results of annual stress tests for big banks in two parts, on Friday, June 21, and Thursday, June 27. The firms could have an easier time with the exams because
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsProfit Carnival Lowers Profit Forecast on Cuba Travel Ban, Slower Europe DemandThe Wall Street Journal. - Aisha Al-MuslimThe world’s biggest cruise operator, Carnival Corp., cut its full-year earnings outlook, citing a hit from voyage cancellations, the abrupt Cuba travel ban and weakening demand in Europe. The surprise
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Trump to Issue Executive Order on Health-Care Price TransparencyThe Wall Street Journal. - Stephanie ArmourPresident Trump plans to issue an executive order on Monday to compel the disclosure of prices in health care, according to people familiar with the matter. The order will direct federal agencies to initiate
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsNew Hampshire Forget Old Generals---Highways Can Honor High-TechThe Wall Street Journal. - Joe QueenanIn a classic example of “Why didn’t somebody think of that sooner?” the state of New Hampshire has installed an official highway marker honoring “BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language.”
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsTurkey Erdogan Says Turkey Won't Bow to U.S. Ultimatum Over Russian MissilesThe Wall Street Journal. - David Gauthier-VillarsISTANBUL—President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Turkey would retaliate against any U.S. sanctions over its decision to buy advanced air-defense missile systems from Russia, escalating testy
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessBoeing Boeing Focuses on Safety, Not Sales, at Paris Air ShowThe Wall Street Journal. - Robert Wall, Andrew TangelLE BOURGET, France—Boeing Co. arrived at the world’s largest aerospace extravaganza battling the biggest crisis in its history. It departs having secured a crucial vote of confidence in its beleaguered
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsSlovenia Undiscovered Italy: The Strange and Splendid Carso RegionThe Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street JournalTHE OLD MAN with the guitar wanted to know if I was married. We had nodded at each other across the courtyard of an outdoor tavern for the past few hours, as the waitress brought out first one jug and
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsCorporate Bonds Fed Gives Lift to Corporate BondsThe Wall Street Journal. - Sam GoldfarbThe Federal Reserve’s latest messaging is turning out well for corporate borrowers and the investors that buy their bonds. Signals from the Fed on Wednesday that it could soon start cutting interest rates
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsCondensed Milk Vietnamese Coffee: So Hot Right NowThe Wall Street Journal. - Eleanore ParkFOR YEARS NOW, Vietnam has been the world’s second-largest coffee exporter, according to the International Coffee Organization. And yet, for all the fervor over single-origin beans from Central America
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsConservatism Conservative Iconoclast Reihan Salam Takes the HelmThe Wall Street Journal. - Daniel AkstReihan Salam has made a name for himself as an iconoclastic conservative thinker. More than a decade ago, he and Ross Douthat (now a columnist for the New York Times) made a splash with a coauthored book
The Wall Street Journal.added this to TechTechnology Home Is Where They Know Your Name (And Face, Hands and Fingerprints)The Wall Street Journal. - Amy GamermanChris Pollack hates carrying keys. So during the yearlong gut remodel and expansion of the Greenwich, Conn., home he bought for $1.825 million in 2012, Mr. Pollack built a new entryway with a biometric
The Wall Street Journal.added this to Top NewsHong Kong Government Hong Kong Government Shuts Offices Ahead of RallyThe Wall Street Journal. - Natasha KhanHONG KONG—Hong Kong’s government said it would close its central offices Friday after protest groups called for demonstrators to surround the complex, as tensions remained high even after the city’s leader
The Wall Street Journal.added this to TechTechnology Slack Shares Jump in Trading DebutThe Wall Street Journal. - Maureen Farrell, Corrie DriebuschSlack Technologies Inc. surged in its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange, the latest technology firm to jump into a hot initial-public-offering market. The company’s stock recently traded at
The Wall Street Journal.added this to LifeRoad Bikes Should You Trade in Your Car for an E-Bike?The Wall Street Journal. - Ashley MateoA CERTAIN SUBSET of masochistic cycling purists believe that you should suffer any time you set out on a bike. And while there’s a time and a place for that—with punishingly vivid Spandex and clicking
The Wall Street Journal.added this to BusinessBusiness Carriers Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd Seeking Megaships Worth $2.2 BillionThe Wall Street Journal. - Costas ParisShipping lines Evergreen Marine Corp. of Taiwan and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd AG are asking Asian yards in separate requests to build a total of about 15 mega-container ships that would have a combined value
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsDarden Restaurants Darden Shares Still Offer Bang for the BuckThe Wall Street Journal. - Charley GrantDespite a mixed update for investors, the owner of Olive Garden is still a well-oiled machine. Shares of Darden Restaurants shares fell on Thursday morning after it reported fiscal fourth-quarter results.
The Wall Street Journal.added this to MarketsInvesting Treasury to Sell $203 Billion in DebtThe Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street JournalThe U.S. will auction $203 billion in securities next week, comprising $149 billion in new debt and $54 billion in previously sold debt. Details (all with minimum denominations of $100): Monday: $36 billion
The Wall Street Journal.added this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Supreme Court Rules 40-Foot Cross on Public Land Contains Secular MessageThe Wall Street Journal. - Jess BravinWASHINGTON—The Supreme Court voted 7-2 on Thursday to let a 40-foot cross remain on a Maryland highway median, concluding that the memorial to World War I’s fallen heroes holds a secular meaning and doesn’t
