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By Noel Randewich | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is only hours old, but already a small parade of S&P 500 companies’ chiefs have voiced optimism that his promised tax cuts, stimulus spending and deregulation will boost corporate profits. In the days ahead of Friday’s inauguration, senior executives from Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) and other major U.S. corporations said the […]

Henfey Park is not where Ryan earned the nickname Matty Ice, a reference to a fearless, swashbuckling style that has led to memorable late-game rallies and victories. But it may be where he honed the kind of daring, yet unflappable, confidence that has served him well in nine N.F.L. seasons. “Those games are the foundation for our toughness and competitiveness,” McGlinchey said Thursday. “We’ve had a few […]

By Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an “American carnage” of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry. Striking a defiant tone, Trump said American workers have been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. […]

President Trump’s brief inaugural speech was a declaration of war against the entirety of the American Ruling Establishment. All of it. As Paul Craig Roberts details, Trump made it abundantly clear that Americans’ enemies are right here at home: globalists, neoliberal economists, neoconservatives and other unilateralists accustomed to imposing the US on the world and involving us in endless and expensive wars, politicians who serve the Ruling […]

Earlier this week, Blizzard teased the upcoming Year of the Rooster event for massively popular multiplayer shooter Overwatch, which will be in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Videos that were uploaded to announce the event revealed the Jan. 24 release date and a pair of event-specific legendary skins for Mei and D.Va. A leaked advertisement for Year of the Rooster, however, might have revealed the rest of […]

Donald Trump launched a promised assault on “burdens” imposed by government within hours of becoming US president on Friday by moving to loosen rules tied to Obamacare and halting the introduction of any new regulations. Between the end of the daytime inaugural parade and the start of evening balls, the Trump administration took its first major policy moves by ordering government agencies to do all they could […]

Half a dozen Premier League clubs had watched Burns at Southend. And the practice of investing so much money in so much raw talent is hardly a recent development: Raheem Sterling was 15 when he joined Liverpool from Queens Park Rangers for £500,000 in 2010, and Jordon Ibe, then 16, made the same journey from Wycombe Wanderers two years later. What has changed, though, is not just […]

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By Melissa Fares and Dustin Volz | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to “buy American and hire American.” It was a moment rich in irony. Many of those supporters were sporting Trump’s trademark red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps that were made in China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Some were horrified when […]

By Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Donald Trump took power as the 45th president of the United States on Friday and pledged to end what he called an “American carnage” of rusted factories and crime in an inaugural address that was a populist and nationalist rallying cry. Striking a defiant tone, Trump said American workers have been devastated by the outsourcing of jobs abroad. “From this day […]

A driver sits in an Uber self-driving car in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 13, 2016 Evangelists for driverless cars see a bright future coming down the road: thousands of lives saved, countless driving hours freed up, cityscapes transformed with traffic jams vanquished. But the new technology also threatens millions of jobs and raises a slew of ethical dilemmas—prospects that were on the minds of business chiefs and […]

By Marja Novak | SEVNICA, Slovenia SEVNICA, Slovenia “First Lady” apple pies in the Kruhek bakery in Melania Trump’s hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia are selling like hot cakes. “We sell more than a hundred a day so the pies are our main product these days,” said Sergeja Gorenjec, a saleswoman at the bakery. “Our workday is longer but we are glad and proud of Melania.” Tourist […]

By: ANI | Islamabad | Published:January 19, 2017 9:59 am Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz earned USD 1.9 million which he remitted to his father as a gift in 2011. (File) The Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has directed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz to explain how he earned USD 1.9 million which he remitted to his father as a gift in 2011. […]

[Most recent updates: January 19, 2017] As we enter 2017, Windows 10 is approaching its second birthday. In keeping with the operating system’s “Windows as a service” design philosophy, Windows 10 users will soon receive a third major update. That’s an unprecedented rate of change, especially if you’ve grown accustomed to upgrades that arrive every three years or so. If you have questions about installing (or reinstalling) […]

LONDON Britain’s police watchdog is to hold an investigation after officers were filmed firing a stun-gun at their own local black race relations adviser who they apparently mistook for a wanted suspect, the force involved said on Friday. Judah Adunbi, 63, who is a founder member of an Independent Advisory Group (IAG) which works with Avon and Somerset Police in western England to improve relations with the […]

As Donald Trump moves into the White House, it would be hard to dream up a cabinet friendlier to fossil fuels. His nominees include Rex Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil chief tapped for secretary of state; Scott Pruitt, picked to run the environmental watchdog he fought as Oklahoma attorney-general; and Rick Perry, a former Texas governor set to head the energy department.  “Folks in the fossil fuel industry […]

By Yashaswini Swamynathan U.S. stock index futures treaded water on Friday ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th U.S. President. * Futures also got a lift after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen backed her stance for gradual interest rate increases on Thursday. * Trump, a New York businessman and former reality TV star, is scheduled to be sworn in around midday by Supreme Court Chief Justice […]

This profile initially appeared in The Cohort, Poynter’s bi-monthly newsletter about women kicking ass in digital media. Kat Kinsman has the very cool title of senior food and drinks editor at Time Inc.’s all-breakfast site Extra Crispy. She’s also the author of “Hi, Anxiety: Life with a Bad Case of Nerves,” which hit bookstores in November. Last but not least, she appreciates a good French 75. I […]

BEIJING China National Chemical Corp, or ChemChina, said on Friday it has sought the U.S. anti-trust regulator’s approval for its planned $43 billion acquisition of Swiss crop protection and seed group Syngenta AG (SYNN.S). “We have filed an HSR Act with the FTC after good communications with the case team. We believe the U.S. anti-trust process is on track,” ChemChina said in an email, referring to the U.S. […]

Quantico star Priyanka Chopra won her second People’s Choice Award this week for favourite dramatic TV actress for her portrayal of FBI agent Alex Parrish. Unlike the Golden Globes or Academy Awards, the annual People’s Choice Awards, held on Wednesday at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, are decided by fans rather than industry peers. Chopra last year became the first South Asian actress to win a […]

A newer version of e-cigarettes called vape pens do not look much like the traditional cigarettes, but findings of a new study involving young smokers suggest that seeing somebody use this device can spark the desire to smoke. Less Resemblance To Traditional Cigarettes Vape pens, or vaporizers, are battery-powered gadgets that work much like other e-cigarettes. These devices feature a heating element that turns liquid nicotine and […]

Donald Trump vowed to make America “greater than ever before” as he stood framed by Washington’s Lincoln Memorial and addressed a crowd of supporters on the eve of his inauguration as the 45th president of the United States. “It’s a movement like we’ve never seen anywhere in the world,” the former property developer and reality television star declared before fireworks lit up the sky above the National Mall […]

BEIJING China asked foreign diplomats in Beijing to help “weave a cooperative network against corruption,” state media reported on Friday, as Beijing seeks greater international cooperation in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s four-year war on graft. Xi has vowed to fight deep-rooted graft at all levels of the ruling Communist Party until officials “dare not, cannot and don’t want to” be corrupt, warning that a failure to deal […]

By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Washington turned into a virtual fortress on Thursday ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, with police ready to step in to separate protesters from Trump supporters at any sign of unrest. Some 900,000 people, both Trump backers and opponents, are expected to flood Washington for Friday’s inauguration ceremony, according to organizers’ estimates. Events include the swearing-in ceremony on the steps of […]

By Richard Martin | BARCELONA BARCELONA Spanish third-tier team CD Tudelano have taken the unusual step of appointing Scottish businessman John Clarkson as coach on an 18-month contract without a salary, the club said on Thursday. Clarkson, who owns a care home business in East Anglia, takes over a side who are ninth in Group 1 of the regionalized Second Division B. The 60-year-old has previous experience […]

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