European economy can help BNP clear low return bar Europe’s recovering economy can help BNP Paribas clear a low return bar. Aiming for a return on equity of 10 percent – roughly in line with the French bank’s cost of capital – over the next two years might suggest a […]
Appeals court rejects challenge to Trump University settlement A federal appeals court has upheld the $25 million settlement President Donald Trump agreed to in a bid to resolve long running lawsuits claiming fraud in his Trump University real estate seminar venture. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a […]
A parent’s ‘nightmare’: Ala. man arrested in child porn video case A viral video depicting the sexual abuse of a child that led to the arrest of an Alabama man may be several years old, investigators said Tuesday. Germaine Moore, 44, of Millbrook is alleged by Michigan authorities to have […]
Mueller wants to hear from Trump. What could possibly go wrong? The New York Times is reporting that sources say the president’s lawyers are concerned about Trump sitting down with special counsel Robert Mueller and have advised him against doing a wide-ranging interview. NBC News reported last month that preliminary […]
Senate leaders see two-year budget deal within their grasp Top Senate leaders were working Tuesday to finalize a sweeping long-term budget deal that would include a defense spending boost President Trump has long demanded alongside an increase in domestic programs championed by Democrats. As negotiations for the long-term deal continued, […]
House passes bill to address sexual harassment in Congress The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that would reform the way lawmakers’ offices handle cases sexual harassment. But their bill would weaken the authority of the independent entity currently probing lawmakers’ behavior, according to outside ethics watchdogs. The bill, […]
Missing Texas Teen Dies Months After Being Reunited With Family A Texas teen who sparked a police investigation after she reportedly ran away with a suspected “internet predator” she met on Snapchat has died two months after being reunited with her family, her mother said. Heaven Ray Cox, 15, “left […]
The truth about Donald Trump’s ‘jokes’ There was President Donald Trump, on Monday, recounting the cold reception he received from Democrats during his State of the Union address a week earlier. “So that means they would rather see Trump do badly, OK, than our country do well. That’s what it […]
Compared with Prince’s, Justin Timberlake’s halftime show was a wimpy joke Considering Sunday’s Super Bowl was hosted in Minneapolis, not paying tribute to Prince during the halftime show would’ve been sacrilege. Prince, who died in April 2016, wasn’t just Minneapolis’ own king of pop, he also gave the Super Bowl […]
6 things you can do right now to help prevent the flu The United States is in the midst of a particularly rough – and deadly – flu season. According to the latest from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the current flu outbreak is responsible for at least […]
