Earnings Season Gauging Results
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Gold Futures Fall for a Sixth Straight Day
The price of gold fell for a sixth day after billionaire investor George Soros cut his holdings in the precious metal. June gold fell $9.30, or 0.7 percent, to $1,386.90…
Oil Reverses Early Losses, Tops $95 a Barrel
Oil followed a familiar pattern Thursday, moving higher despite some less-than-stellar economic reports. Benchmark oil for June delivery rose 86 cents to close at $95.16 per barrel on the New…
Wall Street Closes Lower After A Muddled Day of Trading
Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the stock market down Thursday. There was plenty of discouraging news. Applications for unemployment benefits…
Badgered on Several Fronts, Obama Seeks a Rebound
Initial Jobless Claims Jump to 360,000, Most Since March
Initial jobless claims last week unexpectedly jumped to a six-week high of 360,000, after declining to a post-recession low this month, the Labor Department said Thursday. The number of people…
Bill Gates Once Again World’s Richest Man
He may be retired, but that’s not kept Bill Gates from regaining the top spot as the richest man in the world. Gates, 57, who co-founded and led Microsoft to…
Dell’s Dismal 1Q Illuminates PC Maker’s Challenges
Dell’s financial decay worsened during its latest quarter, as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets. The dismal performance announced…
Cisco 3Q Net Income Rises 14 Percent
Cisco’s net income jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter, as revenue at all four of its divisions rose for the first time in a year-and-a-half. Cisco earned $2.5 billion,…
Bloomberg Editor Apologizes on Information Access
The editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News apologized Monday for the financial news service’s practice of accessing private data on clients through the company’s information service. Journalists at Bloomberg News, until recently,…
More Gas in the Pipeline
As the debate over the state’s natural gas policy continues to heat up, another natural gas deposit has been discovered about 50 miles northwest of Haifa, according to media reports.…
Agriculture Ministry Seeks International Help on Locusts
Minister of Agriculture Yair Shamir has said that the locust infestation in southern Israel has reached “a turning point,” and that he intends to appeal to the U.N. for international…
Jimmy Carter Pushes EU to Label Yehudah and Shomron Products
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter added to his anti-Israel record this week by urging the European Union to impose a requirement that products from Yehudah and Shomron be labeled as…
Revealing the Real Jonathan Pollard
Having observed Jonathan Pollard in a variety of circumstances for more than two decades, I feel confident in stating that his extraordinary character has not been tarnished by 28 long…
When Not Spending Is the Greatest Form of Giving
It is often said that the chessed exhibited by our generation is unparalleled in our history. The collective amounts of tzedakah being raised and disbursed for a seemingly endless list…
Web of Deceit
Whether or not we accept former Senator Al Gore’s claim that he invented the internet — the medium by which information is transmitted throughout the world in a flash —…
Brachos and Sand Castles
The Apta Rav, zy”a, finished davening and walked to the other side of the beis midrash, where kiddush was prepared. Suddenly he instructed that a surprising announcement be made: “Whoever…
Of, For, and Off the Wall: Media Coverage at the Kosel
Early last Friday morning, different groups gathered at the Kosel plaza. The largest group, estimated at well over 10 thousand women and girls from across the spectrum of Torah Jewry,…
Benghazi: Truth or Consequences
Americans want two things from their government: transparency and integrity. They want to be certain that whatever is being done is for the good of the nation, not for political…