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Bomb risk on Capitol Hill: Floyd Ray Roseberry surrenders
A North Carolina man surrendered to police Thursday afternoon hours after telling them he had parked a bomb in his truck in front of the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill. This threat from suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry resulted in the evacuation of the library, the Supreme Court, the Cannon House office building and the…
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Treasury yields fall regardless of Fed taper discuss
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday morning, despite the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting minutes showing that the central bank was preparing to taper bond purchases this year. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell nearly 4 basis points to 1.233% at 4 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond gave…
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Dow falls as Fed talks about decreasing incentives this yr
Major US stock indices slid on Wednesday as investors digested recent Federal Reserve meeting minutes for insight into plans to reduce the throttling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost around 230 points, or 0.7%, after a 5-day winning streak on Tuesday. The S&P 500 lost 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite lost 0.4%. The Fed released its…
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Palantir purchased $50 million in gold bars in August as money accumulates
Alexander Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies Inc. Getty Images While some companies such as Tesla are diversifying into bitcoin, data analytics software company Palantir is betting on gold. Palantir bought $50 million in gold bars in August, the company disclosed in its latest earnings statement. The move reflects a growing company stashing cash in an…
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Dow falls greater than 400 factors as Tuesday sell-off intensifies
US stock indices fell on Tuesday as retail sales fell in July and worries about a slowdown in global economic growth increased. Still, the losses came Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 closed at record highs in the previous session. The Dow fell 420 points, or 1.2%. The S&P 500 lost…
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“We’ll see Al Qaeda 3.0”
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) Criticized President Joe Biden’s defense for his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and warned that during an interview Monday night on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith “will revive. “I think at the end of the day you have two options in Afghanistan: you have a small presence that…
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Biden will give a speech on the Afghanistan collapse Monday afternoon, White Home says
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda and administration efforts to “lower prescription drug prices,” in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 12, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | REUTERS WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is slated to address the nation from the White House Monday afternoon after the…
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United Airways reroutes planes round Afghanistan, Emirates suspends Kabul flights
United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner lands at London Heathrow International Airport in England, UK. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images United Airlines began diverting its India flights on Sunday to bypass Afghan airspace after Taliban fighters entered the capital, Kabul, sealing a takeover of the country and US officials sought to evacuate their personnel.…
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Taliban enter Afghanistan capital Kabul
Taliban fighters sit over a vehicle on a street in Laghman province on August 15, 2021. AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Taliban fighters began entering the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday, the last city to have been thus far spared takeover by the militants amid their rapid sweep of the country in the wake…
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MWVBE funding corporations getting seat on the desk
Cynthia DiBartolo, CEO, Tigress Financial Partners, at the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE Robinhood’s highly anticipated IPO last month was led by Wall Street heavy hitters Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. But the extensive list of underwriters also included boutique minority-owned firms Ramirez & Co. and Siebert Williams Shank. Of the 17 firms that…
