Guitar heroes: Celebrity music instruments on auction block
Ever wanted to play a guitar like one of your musical idols...
Thursday, November 30, 2017
OPEC, Russia agree oil cut extension to end of 2018
OPEC, Russia agree oil cut extension to end of 2018
OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers look poised to agree on Thursday to extend output cuts until the end of 2018 to finish clearing a global glut of crude while signaling they could exit the deal earlier if the market overheats...
GOP tax bill gains support; Senate leaders work on holdouts
GOP tax bill gains support; Senate leaders work on holdouts
A Senate Republican holdout on the GOP tax overhaul says she still has problems with the legislation...
Dow Jones industrials breach 24,000 in broad market rally
Dow Jones industrials breach 24,000 in broad market rally
U.S. stocks were moving broadly higher in early trading Thursday as technology companies rebounded after a steep sell-off a day earlier...
Drilling-gear company will pay $238 million in bribery case
Drilling-gear company will pay $238 million in bribery case
Federal officials say a Netherlands-based maker of equipment for offshore oil drilling will pay $238 million to settle charges of paying bribes to officials in five oil-producing countries...
Better Buy: Under Armour, Inc. vs. Fitbit
Better Buy: Under Armour, Inc. vs. Fitbit
The wearable-tech pioneer and former performance apparel darling have fallen out of favor, and both may be opportunistic buys at current levels...
Why Google Re-Integrating Nest Makes Perfect Sense
Why Google Re-Integrating Nest Makes Perfect Sense
Make Nest Google again...
Wall Street up, Dow tops 24,000 as tax bill gains steam
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 24,000 mark for the first time on Thursday and other Wall Street indexes rallied on increasing indications the Republican party's push for a U.S. tax overhaul may get enough support to pass.
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Oil exporters agree to extend output curbs
Energy ministers from Opec and non-Opec member nations agree to extend cuts until the end of 2018.
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Why You’ll Probably Pay More for Your Christmas Tree This Year
By TIFFANY HSU from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2i5c8...
U.S. Treasury would run out of cash by early April if debt ceiling not lifted: CBO
U.S. Treasury would run out of cash by early April if debt ceiling not lifted: CBO
The U.S. Treasury would exhaust all of its borrowing options and run dry of cash by late March or early April if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the CBO said...
Why Chipotle CEO Ells Had to Go
Why Chipotle CEO Ells Had to Go
After the E. coli outbreak, the missteps never stopped...
Walmart pulls "Rope. Tree. Journalist." T-shirt
Walmart pulls "Rope. Tree. Journalist." T-shirt
Walmart has pulled a T-shirt offered by an outside seller from its online store after a journalist advocacy group told the retailer it found the shirt threatening...
How to Buy Starbucks Stock, and Why You Should Want To
How to Buy Starbucks Stock, and Why You Should Want To
Is it time to "buy what you know"...
3 Low-Risk Energy Stocks for Income-Seeking Retirees
3 Low-Risk Energy Stocks for Income-Seeking Retirees
Infrastructure giants Enterprise Products Partners, TransCanada, and Dominion Energy pay rock-solid dividends that should grow in the coming years...
American says it has found pilots for most Christmas flights
American says it has found pilots for most Christmas flights
American Airlines says only a few hundred of its late December flights remain without pilots scheduled to fly the plane...
Harry Potter puts a curse on Barnes & Noble's sales
Harry Potter puts a curse on Barnes & Noble's sales
Call it the curse of Harry Potter...
The Latest: Murkowski a yes with Alaska drilling in tax bill
The Latest: Murkowski a yes with Alaska drilling in tax bill
The Latest on Senate Republicans' tax overhaul bill (all times local): 11:01 a.m...
Venezuela arrests top oil officials in corruption probe
Venezuela arrests top oil officials in corruption probe
Venezuelan authorities say they've arrested two top former officials in a widening corruption probe into the state-run oil industry...
Could GOP tax bill cause millionaire migration?
Could GOP tax bill cause millionaire migration?
As Republicans work to approve a tax reform bill before the end of the year, some experts warn that eliminating state and local tax (SALT) deductions could cause wealthy individuals to leave places like New York, New Jersey and California, in favor of states with more favorable income tax rates...
GM plans large-scale launch of self-driving cars in U.S. cities in 2019
SAN FRANCISCO/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co laid out its vision for self-driving vehicles on Thursday, telling investors it planned a commercial launch of fleets of fully autonomous robo-taxis in multiple dense urban environments in 2019, in a challenge to rivals such as Alphabet Inc's Waymo.
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Energy Idea for Mars Yields a Clue for Powering Data Centers
By DIANE CARDWELL from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2nj8r...
The Technological Race to Find You a Place to Park
By ERIC A. TAUB from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2niwI...
Goldman eschews bitcoin but wants to help clients crypto-trade
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc is trying to figure out how to cater to investors who want to trade bitcoin even though the digital currency remains too volatile for the Wall Street bank to trade itself, according to comments by a representative and its chief executive officer on Thursday.
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Kroger profit improves amid Amazon threat, shares pop
(Reuters) - Kroger Co issued an upbeat holiday forecast and better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by aggressive discounts that lured more shoppers to its supermarkets, and shares soared as much as 13.6 percent.
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Dow tops 24,000 as tax bill garners crucial support
(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 24,000 mark for the first time on Thursday and other Wall Street indexes rallied on strong indications that President Donald Trump's tax-cut plan may get enough support to pass.
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Tax reform will reshape life in blue states with high taxes: Varney
Tax reform will reshape life in blue states with high taxes: Varney
The New York Times has a headline this morning, which I agree with: "GOP tax plan could reshape life in the U.S....
Verizon plan to launch 5G broadband lifts shares
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc shares rose 2 percent in midday trading on Thursday after the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier said it would launch next-generation high-speed Internet services in three to five U.S. markets in 2018.
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Trump Says G.O.P. Tax Bills Won’t Benefit Him. That’s Not True.
By JAMES B. STEWART from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2nhuS...
Tumble dryer action call after fatal Llanrwst fire
A coroner calls on a tumble dryer manufacturer to take action after two men died in a flat fire.
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Dragons Den businessmen sell Red Letter Days
Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis cash in on the gift experience company that they saved from collapse.
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GM expects commercial launch of autonomous vehicles in 2019
(Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Thursday it expects commercial launch of autonomous vehicles in "dense" urban environments in 2019.
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