President Donald Trump‘s state visit to Britain appears to have been postponed, as the announcement was omitted from the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday. In a speech written by the right-wing Conservative government, Queen Elizabeth II delivered the government’s legislative program for the next two years. However, while King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain […]
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Britain's Prince Philip hospitalised with infection but is in "good spirits"
Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, has been admitted to hospital with an infection and will miss the formal opening of parliament, but he remains in good spirits, Buckingham Palace said. Philip, whose official title is Duke of Edinburgh and has sometimes drawn attention with headline-grabbing gaffes, has been by the queen’s […]
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Pentagon admonishes Russia for 'unsafe' intercept of US spy plane over Baltic Sea
A Russian fighter jet flew within five feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane in an “unsafe” manner over the Baltic Sea on Monday, U.S. officials said. The near miss occurred over international waters on Monday morning, approximately 25 miles northwest of Kaliningrad – a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania. “Russia is certainly […]
Read morePrime Minister Theresa May has vowed to work with “humility and resolve” as the right-wing Conservative leader prepares to outline her government’s legislative program on Wednesday. In an occasion stripped back of its usual pageantry, the Queen’s speech will set out the government’s proposed legislation and policies for the next session of parliament – which […]
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Health Care Sector Update for 06/20/2017: JNJ, PFE, ABT, MRK, AMGN, EGLT, NVIV, VAR
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Top Health Care stocks Top Health Care stocks JNJ 0 4 JNJ 0 4 PFE 1 3 PFE 1 3 ABT 0 8 ABT 0 8 MRK 1 7 MRK 1 7 AMGN 2 1 AMGN 2 1 Health care shares were higher in mid day trade Tuesday Health care shares […]
Read more[unable to retrieve full-text content]Technology shares bounced back on Monday sending benchmarks higher Both the Dow and the S amp P 500 posted record closes Shares of tech stalwarts including Apple Facebook and Amazon recovered helping Nasdaq to end its three day losing streak Additionally financials moved north Source: nasdaq Stock Market News for June […]
Read more[unable to retrieve full-text content]Tuesday June 20th 2017 With a barrel of oil on the global market stubbornly continuing to fall to multi month lows tumbling down toward 43 per barrel in today s pre market traders and investors may once again be awakening toward an energy contagion that submerged the market a Source: nasdaq […]
Read moreBoston Fed President Eric Rosengren said on Tuesday that the era of low interest rates in the United States and elsewhere poses financial stability risks and that central bankers must factor such concerns into their decision-making. “Monetary policy is less capable of offsetting negative shocks when rates are already low,” Rosengren said in a speech […]
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Luanda, Angola’s port capital situated on the west coast of southern Africa, usurped Hong Kong’s leading position this year to become the world’s most expensive city. But it is often cited as one of the most expensive cities in the world. Having battled through a long civil war, which destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure, […]
Read moreCheck out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Lennar — The home builder reported quarterly profit of 91 cents per share, beating consensus estimates by 13 cents, while revenue was also well above forecasts. Lennar saw a 12 percent jump in new home order volume, with a 17 percent increase in dollar volume. […]
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