Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 27, 2022 in New York City. Stocks continued their upward gains on Thursday, with the Dow rising nearly 400 points after a new GDP report beat expectations. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock futures were lower – … Read more
Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a pre-election rally to support Republican candidates in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, US, November 5, 2022. Fresh Mike | Reuters WASHINGTON – After weeks of intensified speculation, former President Donald Trump said Monday he will make a “big announcement” on Nov. 15 at his Mar-a-Lago resort, where he is widely … Read more
Information is power Job seekers can use an employer’s information about the salary range for a given position to ask more questions. Carter, the author of “Ask More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything,” cited questions like “What will be required of me in the role?” and “How do you rate in that band?” “ Use … Read more
Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Building in Washington last August. Photo: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg News Updated November 2, 2022 at 14.06 ET WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points to combat inflation and signaled plans to keep raising them, though possibly in smaller increments. Fed officials acknowledged in a policy statement … Read more
San Francisco police officers and FBI agents gather in front of the House of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on October 28, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Paul Pelosi, the husband of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, was violently attacked in their home by an intruder. Justin Sullivan | Getty … Read more
Zoom in iconArrows pointing outwards Justin Costello yearbook photo “It’s easy to be someone you’re not, but hard to be yourself,” Wisconsin teenager Justin Costello wrote under his senior picture in the 1999 Oconomowoc High School yearbook. Twenty-three years later, an FBI SWAT team would arrest Costello, who was hiding from police outside San Diego, … Read more
Voters file down the aisle as early voting begins for the midterm elections at the Citizens Service Center in Columbus, Georgia, on October 17, 2022. Cheney Orr | Reuters Investment advisors say it’s not wise to try to time the market, but it makes sense to adjust your portfolio periodically. So with the midterm elections … Read more
WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors and securities regulators are investigating whether Tesla Inc. TSLA 0.13% misled consumers and investors about how its advanced driver-assistance system performed, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Justice Department is looking at statements that Tesla and its executives made about the safety and functionality of the system known as Autopilot, … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) – A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and willfully violating campaign finance disclosure laws, in what is believed to be the largest campaign finance penalty in U.S. history. The sentence handed down by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North was the maximum … Read more
Authorities said Friday they arrested three suspects in the slayings of two people and the shooting of a police officer after a daylong search on a tribal reservation in northeastern Washington. Colville Tribes Emergency Services said on Facebook Friday night that the third suspect was arrested in Elmer City, one of several small communities on … Read more