Section: Business Insider (USA)
Jimmy Kimmel and Donald Trump read over-the-top children’s book, ‘Winners Aren’t Losers’
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”/screenshotBillionaire businessman Donald Trump appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday night and saw his unusual health report mocked by comedian Jimmy Kimmel. On Monday, the Republican presidential candidate released a health summary by his doctor written in Trump-style superlatives. Kimmel simply...
This is how China and Russia see the internet
Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/ReutersSince Russia’s 2014 crisis in its relationship with the West, the country has attempted to pivot to the East, most notably towards China. However, economic woes and a sharp decline in commodity prices have left many announced investment projects hanging in the air. Yet unlike the partnership in the “real”...
Ukraine says Russia looted two Crimean oil rigs
Shamil Zhumatov/ReutersUkraine accused Russia on Wednesday of looting two of its oil rigs after Crimea-based oil and gas firm Chornomornaftogaz moved the equipment off the coast of the annexed peninsula into Russian waters. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine last year and the loss of the peninsula’s valuable energy assets has been a...
It has been an absolutely horrible year for IPO performance
REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoInitial public offering performance has been horrible in 2015. The majority of the big offerings this year are now trading lower than their IPO price. That means that investors who bought into these deals in the hope of a rising share price are instead sitting on losses. That’s not something investors want to see....
Jeb and Trump go at it again: ‘Donald, you’re not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency’
CNN/screenshotRepublican front-runner Donald Trump and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush went after each other again at the CNN debate on Tuesday night. After Bush called Trump a “chaos candidate” earlier in the debate, another back-and-forth began with a question for Trump about his statement that he would go after the families of ISIS...
10 things you need to know before the opening bell (spy, spx, qqq, dia, ba, ge)
Reuters/Mike BlakeHere is what you need to know. The Fed begins its two-day meeting. On Tuesday, the Federal Open Market Committee begins its two-day policy meeting. In addition to expecting the Fed to raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time since June 2006, market participants will be on the lookout for clues as to the pace of the...
The feud between Russia and Turkey has resurfaced at sea
REUTERS/Umit BektasThe nearly month-long feud between Russia and Turkey reached a new battlefield over the weekend: the sea. A Russian warship fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea, ostensibly to avoid a possible collision. The Russian Defense Ministry said the boat came within 1,600 feet of the Smetlivy destroyer, one...
The Prime Minister of Ukraine was crotch-lifted from his podium in an epic parliamentary brawl
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk was pulled from his podium during Friday’s parliamentary proceedings and hoisted up by his crotch by a member of an opposition faction. This prompted a very physical brawl that would last for several minutes as more and more lawmakers got involved in the scuffle. On Friday Yatseniuk was defending...
10 things you need to know before the opening bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, NWL, JAH)
REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoHere is what you need to know. China admits to cooking the books. A report from China’s state-run news agency, Xinhua, says “several” officials in the country’s Northeast have admitted to fabricating economic data to show higher growth than obtained. In one instance, Liaoning gross domestic product...
Russia is becoming an increasingly big player in the arms industry
Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesStockholm (AFP) – Arms manufacturers in North America and Western Europe dominated international arms sales in 2014, but their market share dropped while Russian and Asian companies saw theirs rise, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported Monday. Total turnover for the 100 biggest arms...
