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Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hoses connect laboratory emission testing equipment to a red 2016 Volkswagen AG Golf TDI inside the California Air Resources Board Haagen-Smit Laboratory in El Monte, California. The Securities and Exchange Commission may take enforcement action against Volkswagen over the German automaker’s involvement …
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VW to spend $9 billion on electric vehicles. Audi plans 30 new EVs
picture alliance | picture alliance | Getty Images The Audi Q4 e-tron concept is presented at the Geneva Motor Show on the first press day. The 89th Geneva Motor Show starts on 7 March and lasts until 17 March. The luxury arm of Volkswagen plans to accelerate its push into …
Read More »Voters want candidate with ‘proven record of producing’
Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Wednesday welcomed Beto O’Rourke’s announcement that he has officially launched his run …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson shares slip after California jury orders it to pay $29 million in latest talcum cancer trial
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson’s baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson sits on a table in San Francisco, California. Johnson & Johnson shares were down Thursday after the company was ordered by a California jury to pay $29 million to a …
Read More »Trump says he hopes Boeing 737 Max planes aren’t grounded for long
Evan Vucci | AP President Donald Trump meets with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Washington. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he hopes Boeing’s 737 Max jets will only be grounded “for a short period of …
Read More »Judge sets Nov. 5 trial date for Trump ally Roger Stone in Mueller case
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Former advisor to US President Donald Trump, Roger Stone, waves as he arrives for a court hearing on March 14, 2019, in Washington DC. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images) A federal judge on Thursday set …
Read More »Court rules gun maker Remington can be sued over Newtown shooting
Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A customer tries out a Remington 1911 equipped with a silencer at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Va. A divided Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 …
Read More »Stock investors wonder whether the bond market knows something they don’t
Taken together, slim bond yields, a gentle Fed and ebbing volatility tend to support or expand equity valuations, even with corporate profits seen going flat in the first half of the year. Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist at The Leuthold Group, points out that the markets are responding in concert …
Read More »Trump says US will stay out of Brexit but slams handling by UK’s May
Olivier Douliery-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office of the White House on March 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. The United States will stay out of Britain’s negotiations over its exit …
Read More »Ron Wyden proposes stripping tax benefits for college donations in wake of bribery scandal
Anna Moneymaker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, speaks during a hearing with Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The alleged college admissions cheating scam unveiled …
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