U.S. investor, CEO groups set for lobbying battle over proxy challenges U.S. investor, CEO groups set for lobbying battle over proxy challenges:- Shareholder activists are pushing back against a major business trade group's request that the White House use its influence on the U.S. securities regulator to make it harder […]
Goldman building robo-adviser to give investment advice to the masses Goldman building robo-adviser to give investment advice to the masses:- Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), known for advising the world's richest and most powerful, is building a so-called robo-adviser geared to mass affluent customers, according to a job listing posted […]
Toshiba Westinghouse seeks U.S. bankruptcy financing Toshiba Westinghouse seeks U.S. bankruptcy financing:- Westinghouse Electric Co LLC, the nuclear power plant developer owned by Japanese electronics company Toshiba Corp (6502.T), is taking offers for a financing package to help it go through U.S. bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Toshiba is […]
Oil prices rise on talk that OPEC could extend supply cut Oil prices rise on talk that OPEC could extend supply cut:- Oil prices rose on Tuesday on expectations that an OPEC-led production cut to prop up the market could be extended, while strong demand would also work to slowly […]
Fed on track to raise U.S. rates twice more this year Fed on track to raise U.S. rates twice more this year:- The Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates twice more this year after a policy tightening last week, and it could be more or less aggressive […]
Asian shares at 15-month high, dollar soft on less hawkish Fed Asian shares hit 15-month highs on Tuesday while the dollar and U.S. bond yields were on the back foot on the prospect of a less-hawkish Federal Reserve policy trajectory. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose […]
FBI Director Comey confirms probe of possible coordination between Kremlin and Trump campaign FBI Director James B. Comey acknowledged Monday that his agency is conducting an investigation into possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign in a counterintelligence probe that could reach all the way to the White […]
Dad shoots 7-year-old daughter in murder-suicide after shopping A California dad killed himself and his 7-year-old daughter Sunday after a day of shopping. Carlos Garcia, 36, was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a mall parking lot in Capitola, California. Police say Garcia fatally shot his 7-year-old, who relatives […]
Fox pulls Napolitano from air after Trump report Fox pulls Napolitano from air after Trump report:- Fox News Channel has pulled legal analyst Andrew Napolitano from the air after disavowing his on-air claim that British intelligence officials had helped former President Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump. A person with […]
Law Enforcement Agencies Bristle at U.S. Report on Immigration Detention Law Enforcement Agencies Bristle at U.S. Report on Immigration Detention:- One of President Trump’s first executive orders promised a weekly recounting of the crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and a list of the recalcitrant local law enforcement departments that failed […]
