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The Air Force wants up to 1,000 retired pilots and airmen to come back to fix its manpower crisis
Business Insider - 24 May 2018 16:52
US Air Force photo The Air Force continues to grapple with a large and protracted shortage of pilots. The service has tried a number of things to fix the problem, including increased pay and better quality of life. Now t...
Apple teams up with Volkswagen to make a fleet of self-driving passenger vans that will haul its employees around (AAPL)
Business Insider - 24 May 2018 04:42
Volkswagen Apple just teamed up with Volkswagen to turn some of the automaker's passenger vans into self-driving vehicles. As part of the partnership announced on Wednesday night, Apple will equip a fleet of Volkswagen T...
The Wall Street Journal: Sony says next-generation PlayStation is three years away
Market Watch - 24 May 2018 04:50
Don't hold your breath for the fifth-generation PlayStation
A Dozen Safe and Solid Dividend Stocks
Barron's - 24 May 2018 20:39
Screening for high yields, solid cash flows, good payout ratios, and durable balance sheets, we came up with names like Target and Kraft Heinz.
US average mortgage rates at 7-year highs; 30-year 4.66 pct.
ABC News - 24 May 2018 16:58
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week, continuing at their highest levels in seven years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages was 4.66 percent, up from 4.61 percent la...
Woman charged $7,000 for Amazon toilet paper delivery gets refund — over two months later
USA Today - 24 May 2018 16:45
A Georgia woman charged $7,455.00 by Amazon to have three boxes of toilet paper delivered got her refund this week, two months after her ordeal began.
Justice Department opens criminal probe into price manipulation of Bitcoin, other digital currencies
L.A. Times - 24 May 2018 16:45Why gas prices are so high -- and what Americans may have to risk to make them lower
New York Post - 24 May 2018 04:42
Five-buck-a-gallon gasoline in the city -- and $3 gas in the burbs. And going higher. That's the news motorists are facing this Memorial Day weekend. And pretty soon, those rising prices will put Americans' appetite for ...
Fed prepared for temporary inflation jump over gas prices
New York Post - 24 May 2018 04:36
The rising price of energy is giving the Federal Reserve gas pains. The minutes of the Fed's May policy meeting were released on Wednesday, and the bankers said they were prepared to let inflation run hotter than their i...
Icahn ramps up efforts to stop AmTrust vote to go private
New York Post - 24 May 2018 04:06
Queens native billionaire Carl Icahn and the Brooklyn billionaire Karfunkel family had a meeting across the river to hash out their war over AmTrust Financial Services, sources tell The Post. The parties met at Icahn's F...
Trump officials weigh 25% tariff on imported cars to force concessions in NAFTA talks
L.A. Times - 24 May 2018 02:45Bankrupt Necco Wafers maker New England Confectionery sold at auction to Spangler Candy
USA Today - 24 May 2018 02:42
Ohio-based Spangler Candy Co. had the winning $18.83 million bid for the New England Confectionery Co., or Necco, at a federal bankruptcy auction in Boston.
Comcast announces plan to outbid Disney for Fox assets
NBC News - 24 May 2018 01:26
The all-cash bid would be the most recent move in an ongoing battle for Fox's entertainment assets.
'The math doesn't add up': Victoria's Secret and Pink look 'desperate' by giving products away (LB)
Business Insider - 24 May 2018 17:11
Business Insider/Mary Hanbury Victoria's Secret and Pink owner L Brands has been struggling to drive demand. The two sister-brands have used deep discounts to get rid of high inventory without too much success, and Jeffe...
9 foods that are surprisingly bad for IBS
Business Insider - 24 May 2018 17:08
Astrid Stawiarz/GettyImages If you're living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS, as it's more often called), you're not alone. Statistics show that IBS is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder, with worldw...
How forming a 'keystone habit' can lead to major life changes
NBC News - 24 May 2018 17:08
Even the tiniest of habits can spur major changes in your life.
UN adopts measure linking conflict to hunger and starvation
Miami Herald - 24 May 2018 17:03
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution that for the first time recognizes the link between conflict and hunger and condemns the use of starvation as a method …
House passes $717B Pentagon policy measure
Miami Herald - 24 May 2018 16:59
The House has passed a $717 billion defense policy bill that would give the military a 2.6 percent pay hike, the largest in nine years. The bipartisan 351-66 vote sends …
Pfizer to pay $23.85 million to resolve U.S. kickbacks case
Reuters - 24 May 2018 16:44
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc has agreed to pay $23.85 million to resolve U.S. government charges that the drugmaker illegally used a purportedly independent charity to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients covering their out-of-p...
Metals Stocks: Gold rallies back above $1,300 as Trump cancels meeting with North Korea
Market Watch - 24 May 2018 16:41
Gold rallies Thursday, as President Donald Trump's cancellation of summit meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un fuels declines in the U.S. stock market and dollar.
Amazon: Meet Instacart, Its 'Main Competitor' in Groceries
Barron's - 24 May 2018 16:41
The company estimates that it has a 30% market share in the U.S. online grocery market.
Dow Jones takes a triple-digit slide on news Trump canceled North Korea summit
NBC News - 24 May 2018 16:41
Trump suggested the North Korean leader could "call or write" if he still wanted to meet.