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U.S. investors swarmed into sovereign debt and fled the volatility of stock markets on Thursday after Europe’s central bank cut its GDP forecast, rekindling fears that a slowdown overseas could send shock waves into the American economy. Money managers sought the relative safety of government debt after the European Central …
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Disney’s new ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy’s Edge theme park lands open soon
Getty Images Handout image provided by Disney Parks, Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced at D23 EXPO 2015 that Star Wars-themed lands will be coming to Disneyland park in Anaheim, California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. Fans of “Star Wars” will be able to visit …
Read More »Netflix CMO Kelly Bennett is out, adding to string of exits
Sylvain Lefevre | Getty Images Netflix Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Reed Hastings attends Q&A during Transatlantic Forum as part of Series Mania Lille Hauts de France festival on May 3, 2018 in Lille, France. Netflix’s Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Bennett is leaving the company after seven years, adding to a …
Read More »Cory Booker takes lead on criminal justice reform in 2020 campaign with new bill
Ethan Miller | Getty Images Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at his ‘Conversation with Cory’ campaign event at the Nevada Partners Event Center on February 24, 2019 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Senator Cory Booker introduced a sweeping criminal justice reform bill on Thursday, becoming the first 2020 presidential candidate …
Read More »Stocks biggest moves midday: H&R Block, Kroger, Anheuser-Busch
Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images A woman jogs past an H&R Block office on Tax Day, April 18, 2017. Check out the companies making headlines midday Thursday: H&R Block – Shares rose 4 percent after the firm reported third-quarter revenue slightly above analyst estimates, according to …
Read More »Fed’s Brainard calls for ‘watchful waiting’ on rate moves
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lael Brainard, Federal Reserve Governor “I see the appropriate posture as watchful waiting,” Brainard said during a speech in Princeton, New Jersey. “I don’t want to prejudge what kind of moves may be appropriate later in the year, but for now I think …
Read More »Tim Cook changes Twitter name to Tim Apple after Trump flub
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) during the first meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 6, 2019. Apple CEO Tim Cook is in …
Read More »Democrat Sherrod Brown 2020 presidential election campaign
Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, participates in the press conference on the nomination of Chad Readler, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a noted Wall Street critic seen as a …
Read More »Microsoft reaches 800 million Windows 10 devices
Sean Gallup | Getty Images Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speaks with Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen AG, (not pictured) on February 27, 2019 in Berlin. Microsoft’s Windows 10 is getting bigger. The operating system for desktop PCs, internet-connected devices and other systems is now running on more than 800 …
Read More »LeBron James beats Michael Jordan’s NBA points but short on net worth
Joe Murphy | Getty Images LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers playing against the Memphis Grizzlies in February 2018, in Memphis, Tennessee. LeBron James passed basketball legend Michael Jordan to move into fourth place on the NBA career points-scoring list on Wednesday night. His teammates congratulated him, a tribute video …
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