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Trump ditches CEO councils - after they ditch him
Standing in the lobby of Trump Tower, Trump acknowledged that there were "some very bad people" among those who gathered to protest Saturday. "It makes these situations more treacherous for the president", Dent said . He also blustered in a tweet on Tuesday that "For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council , I have many to take their place". Plank did not specifically mention Trump... [Full Article...]
Trump fires back after Merck CEO resigns from panel over Charlottesville response
The White House has rejected criticism of President Trump's response to the violence. Unilever CEO Paul Polman wrote on Twitter , "Thanks @ Merck Ken Frazier for strong leadership to stand up for the moral values that made this country what it is". [Full Article...]
Under Armour CEO Quits President Trump's Manufacturing Council
Ahead of Trump's back-to-back announcements, Under Armour chairman and CEO Kevin Plank released a statement on Monday declaring he was removing himself from the council. We must resign on behalf of America's working people, who reject all notions of legitimacy of these bigoted groups. Krzanich condemned the white supremacists marching and called out leaders in Washington for seeming " more ... [Full Article...]
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance had 12 analyst reports since November 2, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Keefe Bruyette & Woods maintained Apollo Commercial Real Est. With 1.58 million avg volume, 3 days are for Apollo Commercial Real Estate FI (NYSE:ARI)'s short sellers to cover ARI's short positions. The Hawaii-based Financial Bank Of Hawaii has invested 0.18% in Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL). [Full Article...]
Oil rises as equities rally, physical market seen tighter
US crude imports rose last week by 194,000 bpd. Traders are anticipating the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's monetary policy meeting and will look for hints when the bank might raise key rates again. The figure released was more than double the decline expected. US West Texas Intermediate ( WTI ) crude futures were at $46,88 a barrel, up 10c, or 0,2 percent. [Full Article...]
New 'Game of Thrones' leak hits season seven
They initially leaked a script from an upcoming Game of Thrones episode , which was immediately followed by a leak of an entire episode and internal HBO documents, including employees' data. HBO CEO Richard Plepler said at the time that the attack resulted in "some stolen proprietary information, including some of our programming". Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. [Full Article...]
AO Signal in Focus For IBEX Technologies Inc (IBT.V)
Investors may use multiple technical indicators to help spot trends and buy/sell signals. A reading from -80 to -100 would indicate an oversold situation. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. GobiMin Inc (GMN.V) now has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -309.70. CCI is relatively high when prices are much higher than average, and relatively low when prices ar... [Full Article...]
Former spy chief: Denuclearized North Korea not in the cards
The Wall Street Journal yesterday cited military officials as saying that a U.S. pre-emptive strike on North Korea "remains unlikely", but then noted: "Persuading Mr. The launches demonstrated a major advance in the North's efforts to develop a nuclear-tipped missile that could reach the USA mainland. Dunford last month said that while a war with North Korea would involve "a loss of life unlik... [Full Article...]