Finance news

• Your tax refund won't be delayed by short-staffed IRS if you do these two things

  23-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Tax refunds probably won't be delayed even if the Internal Revenue Service is short-staffed due to the government shutdown as long as you do this.
  
  Read more

• El Chapo's sons killed Mexican journalist Javier Valdez, witness tells trial

  23-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The sons of former drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman killed Mexican journalist Javier Valdez because he insisted on publishing an interview with a drug trafficker, who told of the murder in court Wednesday.Valdez was an AFP stringer and co-founder of the weekly Riodoce de Sinaloa.
  
  Read more

• Venezuelan opposition rejoices as lawmaker proclaims himself president

  23-01-2019 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Tens of thousands of opposition protesters burst into ecstatic cheering and shouts of joy in the streets of Caracas on Wednesday after parliament leader Juan Guaido proclaimed himself interim president."What's happened today fills us with hope, what these people have today is hope, it is a clear need for us so we can move forward," said Jose Gregorio Flores, a 43-year-old university professor walking in the anti-government march called by Guaido.While other protesters around him honked car horns
  
  Read more

• Losses everywhere overseas drag down Ford fourth-quarter results

  23-01-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  'It was not a year we were happy with.'
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• The Coolest Part of the Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition Is Its Retro Badging

  23-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  The special edition also deletes the third row of seats and brings other visual tweaks.
  
  Read more

• Ford reports 4Q loss on weakness in China, Europe

  23-01-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $112 million following weak performance in China and Europe.The US auto giant, which had notched $2.5 billion profit in the year-ago period, also cited $877 million in one-time pension expenses as a factor in the loss, which Bloomberg News said was just its second quarter in the red since early 2009.Ford last year announced it would halt production of almost all sedans and small cars in the United States to save $11 billion, and earlier this mo
  
  Read more

• 5 people 'senselessly murdered' after gunman takes hostages in Sebring, Fla., bank

  23-01-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Five people were 'senselessly murdered' after a gunman took hostages in a Florida bank, forced them to the floor and began shooting, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• Manafort denies lying to investigators after plea agreement

  23-01-2019 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman on Wednesday denied allegations he lied to investigators after he began cooperating with them.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• The Lesson to Take Away From the Confrontation Between High Schoolers and a Native Elder

  23-01-2019 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  How to tell what is and isn't just noise
  
  Read more

• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen postpones testimony to Congress, citing 'threats'

  23-01-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to crimes including campaign finance violations during Trump's 2016 election campaign and is cooperating with investigators, had received "ongoing threats against his family from Trump" and Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the adviser, attorney Lanny Davis, said in a statement.Trump called Cohen a "rat" in a tweet last month for cooperating with prosecutors.Cohen had been Trump's self-described longtime "fixer" and once said he would take a bullet for the New York real
  
  Read more

• Juan Guaido: the 'kid' taking on Venezuela's Maduro

  23-01-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Guaido did not set out to supplant Maduro, the socialist president who has presided over a spiraling political and economic crisis in Venezuela.US President Donald Trump immediately recognized him as Venezuela's interim president, followed by a string of countries across the region.
  
  Read more

• NASA swaps out astronauts for first manned flight on Boeing’s new ship

  23-01-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  Last year was a huge year for private spaceflight, with a steady stream of very successful launches and huge progress being made on more ambitious ventures. It's already looking like 2019 is going to be an even bigger test for SpaceX, as well as competitor Boeing. Both groups are expected to soon begin their new manned spacecraft systems that will eventually serve NASA's needs, but first NASA has to make sure it has its crews ready.In a new announcement, NASA reveals that it is swapping out one
  
  Read more

• Locked out of House by Pelosi, Trump vows State of Union alternative

  23-01-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  On Speaker Pelosi's move to lock him out of the House, Trump said at a White House meeting on border security, "It's a disgrace."Pelosi told the president that for now she would not consider a measure authorizing the speech, an annual, televised rite in American politics traditionally delivered in the House chamber.“Again, I look forward to welcoming you to the House on a mutually agreeable date for this address when government has been opened,” Pelosi said to Trump in a letter.Earli
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Pope touches down in Panama, meets first couple

  23-01-2019 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest on the pope's visit to Panama (all times local):
  
  Read more

• U.S. recognizes Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido as president; Russia backs Maduro

  23-01-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president in a speech Wednesday before masses of anti-government demonstrators.
  
  Read more

• Ford hourly workers will get $7,600 profit-sharing checks

  23-01-2019 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Ford hourly workers will get $7,600 profit-sharing checks based on 2018 adjusted pretax profit at the automaker, which was $7 billion for the year.
  
  Read more

• Boeing's flying car lifts off in race to revolutionize urban travel

  23-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing Cosaid on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest planemaker bids to revolutionize urban transportation and parcel delivery services.Boeing is competing with arch-rival Airbus SEand numerous other firms to introduce small self-flying vehicles capable of vertical takeoff and landing.Boeing's 30-foot-long (9 meter) aircraft - part helicopter, part drone and part fixed-wing plane - lift
  
  Read more

• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen delaying testimony to Congress

  23-01-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not testify before a House committee next month as scheduled, his adviser said Wednesday, depriving Democrats for now of a prime opportunity to scrutinize Trump, his links to Russia and payments to buy the silence of a porn star.
  
  Read more

• Back to school: Los Angeles teachers return to work after six-day strike

  23-01-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of teachers in Los Angeles returned to the job on Wednesday, fresh off a six-day strike against the nation's second largest school district that disrupted the education of half a million students.Rank and file members of United Teachers Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly late on Tuesday to approve a 3-1/2 year contract agreement that the union and school district had reached before dawn that day, union officials said.The Los Angeles Unified School District kept schools open during the st
  
  Read more

• Senate Democrats question offshore drilling work amid shutdown

  23-01-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. Senate Democrats are questioning the legal basis of the Trump administration's move to continue work on its five-year offshore drilling plan during the partial federal government shutdown.In a letter sent on Tuesday to David Bernhardt, the Department of Interior's acting secretary, and Walter Cruickshank, acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the senators asked them to address why the BOEM's contingency plan was updated in January to allow 40 employees to work on
  
  Read more

• Swedish teen takes climate activism to jet-setters in Davos

  23-01-2019 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — There aren't many people who spend 32 hours on a train to get to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos and plan to sleep in a tent.
  
  Read more

• How the State of the Union Became the Latest Flashpoint

  23-01-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  "He has no more right to come and speak before a joint session than any of us have to crash the White House"
  
  Read more

• Trump says Pelosi canceled the State of the Union because she 'doesn't want to hear the truth'

  23-01-2019 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump says Speaker Pelosi's decision is a 'great blotch' on America, hints he will 'do something in the alternative.'
  
  Read more

• Wild weather forecast: Snow, ice, rain, floods, tornadoes – then more bitter cold

  23-01-2019 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  As a winter storm walloped the central USA, the East braced for flooding.
  
  Read more

• US, S. American nations recognize Maduro opponent as interim leader

  23-01-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  The US, Canada and several major South American nations recognized the head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature as the country's interim leader on Wednesday, leaving President Nicolas Maduro increasingly isolated.Major regional players Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru all gave their backing to Juan Guaido's self-proclamation as Venezuela's acting president, which he made in front of crowd of tens of thousands of supporters in Caracas.Mexico, however, stood apart, saying it recognize
  
  Read more

• Trump ex-lawyer delays testimony over president's 'threats': attorney

  23-01-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen alleged Wednesday that he had been "threatened" by the president and postponed planned testimony in Congress.Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis said in an explosive statement that both Trump and Trump's current personal counsel Rudy Giuliani had menaced Cohen and his family, forcing him to put off his February 7 appearance before the House Oversight Committee, where he was expected to talk about his work for the president."Due to ongoing threats against his f
  
  Read more

• A pot marketplace is offering federal employees free weed during the shutdown

  23-01-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Our political system may be crumbling, but at least federal workers who can't pay for medical marijuana during the government shutdown can get it for free!Called the "Craigslist of weed," BudTrader is a massive pot-trading marketplace that allows users to buy and sell grow supplies, bud, and paraphernalia. As we continue to endure the longest government shutdown in history, the company wants to help federal employees who have gone without pay for 33 days. SEE ALSO: Understanding the confusi
  
  Read more

• The Problem With Savannah Guthrie's Nicholas Sandmann Interview

  23-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Sandmann's MAGA hat and presence at an anti-abortion protest were acts of political speech. As a journalist, Guthrie had a responsibility to press him about those politics. Instead, she took him at his word.
  
  Read more

• Colorado governor works to try to prevent teachers strike

  23-01-2019 22:14 via news.yahoo.com
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Wednesday he is seeking to prevent Denver teachers from walking off the job next week after they overwhelmingly voted to strike over pay.
  
  Read more

• Pelosi: House Will Not Authorize SOTU until Government Reopens

  23-01-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  House speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday formally notified President Trump that the House will not authorize him to deliver his State of the Union address before Congress until the government reopens.“I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber until the government has opened,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to the president.
  
  Read more

• Correction: Native American March-Videos story

  23-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — In stories Jan. 19 and 20 about an encounter between a Native American and a Kentucky student, The Associated Press reported that Indian Country Today said the Native American, Nathan Phillips, was a Vietnam veteran. Military records show that he served in the U.S. Marine Corps but did not serve in Vietnam.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: PG&E objects to judge's proposals on fire risk

  23-01-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on proposals by a U.S. judge aimed at preventing Pacific Gas & Electric Co. equipment from causing any wildfires in 2019 (all times local):
  
  Read more

• United States recognises Venezuela's opposition leader as 'interim president'

  23-01-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has recognised Venezuela's opposition leader as the country's rightful president, as the army fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Caracas.  It is a move that puts the US on collision course with Nicolas Maduro, the beleaguered Leftist president. Mr Maduro announced shortly after Mr Trump's declaration that he was ending diplomatic relations with the US and gave all US personnel 72 hours to leave the country. "The imperial government of the United States is leadin
  
  Read more

• D.C. Is Still Divided Over the Shutdown. But Celebrity Chef José Andrés Briefly Bridged the Gap

  23-01-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  D.C. remains divided on partisan lines on the government shutdown, but celebrity chef José Andrés briefly brought both sides together.
  
  Read more

• How the shutdown affects tuition payments and loans

  23-01-2019 21:48
  With the partial U.S. government shutdown about a month old, a student showed up at the College of Southern Maryland's financial aid office with two preschool children in tow to request emergency...
  
  Read more

• This Kid Asked Each Car Company to Send Him A Decal. They Sent a Lot More Than That.

  23-01-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Way to go, car companies.
  
  Read more

• Read the Terse Letters Trump and Pelosi Sent Each Other About the State of the Union

  23-01-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  They have resorted to sending curt letters about their thoughts on the speech
  
  Read more

• Pelosi Tells Trump No State of the Union in House Until Shutdown Ends

  23-01-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  "I look forward to welcoming you to the House on a mutually agreeable date for this address when government has been opened," said Pelosi, a California Democrat.The president last week denied Pelosi a military plane for an unannounced trip to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan a day after she suggested a delay in the speech.The running dispute has added to the difficulty of finding a resolution to the partial government shutdown that began on Dec. 22.
  
  Read more

• 'Build a wall and crime will fall,' says Trump. But it's been falling anyway.

  23-01-2019 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  As the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on into its 33rd day over Donald Trump's demand that Congress allocate $5.7 billion for a barrier along the U.S. border with Mexico, the president unveiled a new rhyming slogan Wednesday to try to convince more Americans of the logic of his proposal.
  
  Read more

• Verizon cuts jobs at media unit that includes Yahoo, AOL

  23-01-2019 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Verizon is cutting hundreds of jobs from its media division which includes the former internet stars Yahoo and AOL, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday.The source said the cuts amounting to seven percent of the workforce are being made "to focus the business and realign teams" at the Verizon Media unit, which also includes news sites such as HuffPost, TechCrunch and Engadget.The exact number of cuts was not clear, but the Wall Street Journal said it would amount to around 800 positi
  
  Read more

• Mexico backs Maduro as Venezuela president amid crisis

  23-01-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Mexico still backs Nicolas Maduro as Venezuelan president, the government's top spokesman said Wednesday after the head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature declared himself interim president."We recognize the authorities elected in accordance with the Venezuelan constitution," Jesus Ramirez, spokesman for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, told AFP.
  
  Read more

• Michael Cohen postpones congressional testimony, claims 'threats' from President Trump and Rudy Giuliani

  23-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  "Due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and Mr. Giuliani... Mr. Cohen's appearance will be postponed to a later," Lanny Davis, a spokesman for Cohen, said.
  
  Read more

• Kentucky school comes under fire after Washington incident

  23-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  PARK HILLS, Ky. (AP) — Less than a week ago, Covington Catholic High School was known mostly for its seven state titles in football and its rousing motto, "A spirit that will not die."
  
  Read more

• Man charged in Boston kidnapping sent for mental evaluation

  23-01-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  BOSTON (AP) — A man charged with kidnapping a 23-year-old woman in Boston sobbed in court Wednesday as he was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.
  
  Read more

• Venezuela Bond Investors Say the End May Be Near for Maduro's Regime

  23-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  World leaders are now saying they’ll recognize Juan Guaido, the head of the National Assembly, as the interim president.A new leader could also open up the way for a bond restructuring agreement after the government and state-owned oil company fell behind on $9 billion of payments, sending prices for most securities tumbling below 30 cents on the dollar.Siobhan Morden, head of LatAm fixed-income strategy at Nomura in New York:“U.S. recognition will come with responsibilities.
  
  Read more

• U.S. bond funds nab most cash in nearly a year: ICI

  23-01-2019 21:22
  U.S. fund investors returned in force to bonds during the latest week, putting the most cash in debt markets in almost a year, Investment Company Institute (ICI) data showed on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Trump insists speech will be in Congress, Pelosi says no

  23-01-2019 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's insistence that he deliver his State of the Union speech next week in Congress, setting up an unsettling clash among Washington's power elite.The spat about where the annual political set-piece will be staged is a sideshow to the struggle between the White House and Democrats in Congress over partial government shutdown now in its 33rd day.Traditionally the speech, which is scheduled for next Tuesday, is given by the pr
  
  Read more

• House Speaker Pelosi blocks Trump speech until government reopens

  23-01-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The announcement comes after Trump said he plans to deliver the State of the Union address in the House chamber as scheduled on Jan. 29.
  
  Read more

Follow @FinanceUSA_News on Twitter!