Brianna Parsons grew up around animals in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and always thought she’d be a small-animal vet, caring for cats and dogs. But after a study abroad trip to Tanzania during her undergrad years, she decided to change course. “I was seeing the ways people depended on livestock for their livelihoods, for food every day, […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump tweeted early Friday on the 11-minute deactivation of his account by a Twitter customer service worker on the employee’s last day at work. “I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact,” the president tweeted. My Twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. I […]
Read moreBitcoin skyrocketed past $7,400 on Friday, hitting yet another record high. The virtual currency had shot past the $7,000 mark for the first time Thursday and finished on $6,895.41 toward the end of the session. According to CoinDesk, the cryptocurrency reached a renewed all-time high of $7,454.04 at 6:40 a.m. ET Friday, after opening at […]
Read moreWhatsApp was hit by a major outage on Friday morning, preventing people around the globe from using the world’s most popular messaging app. Users of the Facebook-owned app could not send or receive messages as the service continued to say it was “connecting”, though no connection was made. According to DownDetector, there were problems across […]
Read moreI’m watching the Russell 2000 closely, as it’s begun diverging from the S&P 500 recently, and that could signal trouble ahead for the broader market. The small-cap Russell 2000 typically moves in tandem with the S&P 500, and has begun underperforming. While the small caps have fallen nearly 1 percent over the course of the […]
Read moreAs the banking industry changes at a rapid pace, one term is being used with increasing frequency — blockchain. Put simply, blockchain refers to a tamper-proof, distributed digital ledger that records transactions. Instead of different parties involved in a transaction keeping their own records of that transaction — which could potentially differ and cause confusion […]
Read moreAir France-KLM said improving price trends helped it report better than expected third quarter profits, joining major European peers in benefiting from strong summer demand. The Franco-Dutch company reported third quarter operating profit up 38.7 percent to 1.022 billion euros ($1.2 billion), against the average analyst expectation of 953 million in a Reuters poll. Unit […]
Read moreTwo U.S. strategic bombers conducted drills over South Korea on Thursday, the U.S. Air Force said, raising tensions with North Korea just days before President Donald Trump visits the region seeking to shut down Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. News of the drills was first reported by North Korean state news agency KCNA on Friday, which said […]
Read moreCurrency, United States Finance
European markets seen higher amid earnings; BOE hikes rates for first time in 10 years
European stocks are expected to open higher Friday morning, as investors monitored a fresh batch of corporate earnings. Looking to the major bourses, the U.K.’s FTSE 100 is expected to open 14 points higher at 7,568, while the German DAX is set to start on a positive note, up 36 points at 13,475, and the […]
Read moreChina is calling for constructive dialogue and negotiations ahead of the President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing next week as the world’s second-largest economy balances practical diplomacy with its own growing assertiveness. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying demonstrated that balancing act when she addressed a question about the trade relationship with the U.S. on […]
Read more