Finance news

• Barr will be subpoenaed if he fails to appear at House hearing: Democrat

  01-05-2019 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr will be subpoenaed if does not appear for a hearing of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries said on Wednesday. "We plan on subpoenaing him if he decides not to show up. He can run but he can't hide," Jeffries told reporters. Barr might skip the hearing on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report because he objects to plans for an extra hour of questioning that would
  
  Read more

• Escalation: Barr Refuses to Testify, Dems Call It ‘Blackmail’

  01-05-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Clodagh Kilcoyne/ReutersAttorney General William Barr will be a no-show for his long-scheduled testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, a move that significantly increases the tension between Barr and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler and may force Democrats to subpoena the attorney general to get him to talk before lawmakers.On Wednesday, Nadler told reporters that the Department of Justice informed him that Barr would not be testifying on Thursday. He said the committee will c
  
  Read more

• Police Praise Hero UNC Charlotte Student Who 'Took the Fight' to Gunman Before He Was Killed

  01-05-2019 23:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Student Riley Howell, 21, "absolutely" saved lives and died a hero during at shooting at UNC Charlotte Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• As ally struggles, US sees narrowing path on Venezuela

  01-05-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  After an uprising in Venezuela quickly fizzled out, the United States is insisting that President Nicolas Maduro's days remain numbered.Juan Guaido, who is recognized as interim president by the United States and more than 50 other countries, on Tuesday claimed support from a group of "brave soldiers" at a base in Caracas, but Maduro quashed ensuing street protests within hours.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Wednesday that "military action is possible." But short of that, the United State
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Student killed in University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting 'died a hero'

  01-05-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Riley Howell, who was killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday, attempted to stop the gunman by jumping on him. 
  
  Read more

• Student killed in University of North Carolina-Charlotte shooting 'died a hero'

  01-05-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  One of the two students who were killed in a shooting at the University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday attempted to stop the gunman by jumpingon him
  
  Read more

• US to give migrants DNA tests to prove family ties

  01-05-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  US border authorities plan to give migrant families DNA tests to determine whether or not the adults and children are related, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday.A "Rapid DNA" test program is being launched in several places along the US-Mexico frontier, where tens of thousands of undocumented migrants have been crossing the border each month, many in family units asking for asylum."We know the problem we are seeing, we know these are fraudulent family units," an official s
  
  Read more

• White House wants $4.5 billion in emergency border funding

  01-05-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for an additional $4.5 billion in emergency funds for the U.S.-Mexico border as it grapples with a surge of Central American migrant families seeking refuge in the U.S.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Guatemalan boy detained by US border agency dies at Texas hospital

  01-05-2019 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  The 16-year-old, who has not been named, is the third migrant child to die in US custody in the past five monthsIt is unclear where and when the boy was detained, but on the evening of 20 April he was taken by Ice agents to a facility run by Southwest Key. Photograph: Bill Wechter/AFP/Getty ImagesA 16-year-old Guatemalan boy has died in a Texas hospital after he was detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), becoming the third migrant child to die in US government custody in the past five
  
  Read more

• Kamala Harris' Exchange with William Barr During His Testimony Before Senate Judiciary on Mueller Report

  01-05-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Kamala Harris' Exchange with William Barr During His Testimony Before Senate Judiciary on Mueller Report
  
  Read more

• Deutsche Bank Subpoena Deadline Pushed Back to Allow for Hearing

  01-05-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives has agreed to extend the time for Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp. to respond to subpoenas seeking the bank records of President Donald Trump, his family and several of his companies, until seven days after a federal judge rules on the Trumps’ request to block them.
  
  Read more

• Three 2020 Contenders Turn Barr Hearing Into Stage for Race

  01-05-2019 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The 2020 presidential candidate and former attorney general of California zeroed in on whether President Donald Trump or anyone in the White House had suggested to Barr that he should investigate anyone in particular.Barr struggled to answer.“I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest,’" Barr said.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: BCA head: Damond probe thorough, independent

  01-05-2019 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a Minneapolis police officer being convicted of murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who had called 911 (all times local):
  
  Read more

• US STOCKS-Wall St drops after Fed chair dampens rate-cut hopes

  01-05-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday and the S&P 500 snapped a three-day streak of record high closes as comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appeared to dampen hopes the central bank could move later this year to cut interest rates.In its policy announcement, the Fed held rates steady as expected and struck a cautious tone on inflation.
  
  Read more

• Slain student hailed as hero for confronting campus gunman

  01-05-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in a classroom, saving others' lives but losing his own in the process, the police chief said Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• 2020 Democratic Candidates Call for Attorney General William Barr to Resign

  01-05-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  REUTERSA host of 2020 Democratic candidates called for Attorney General William Barr’s resignation on Wednesday in response to his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.“AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming efforts to suppress the Mueller report show that he’s not a credible head of federal law enforcement,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tweeted. “He should resign—and based on the actual facts
  
  Read more

• Bernie Sanders blasts Joe Biden over Iraq War vote: ‘The worst foreign policy disaster in modern history’

  01-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Bernie Sanders has attacked Joe Biden for his vote to approve the Iraq War, taking his 2020 challenger to task for his part in the “worst foreign policy disaster in the modern history of America.”Mr Sanders blasted Mr Biden for the 2002 vote on Wednesday, highlighting the legislative measure that led the United States into a lengthy entanglement that left hundreds of thousands of dead.“I voted against the war in Iraq,” Mr Sanders said in the US Capitol. “In fact, he
  
  Read more

• 'Selfless' student killed in UNC Charlotte shooting reportedly jumped on gunman to shield peers

  01-05-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The two University of North Carolina at Charlotte students who were killed during a campus shooting Tuesday evening have been identified as 19-year-old Ellis Parlier and 21-year-old Riley Howell, who reportedly died after jumping on the gunman to protect his classmates.
  
  Read more

• Do You Need a Measles Booster?

  01-05-2019 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  With 704 cases in 22 states reported so far in 2019, the U.S. is experiencing the worst outbreak of measles since the disease was eliminated in 2000. As the number of people with the disease grow...
  
  Read more

• Barr Mounts Dual Defense of Role in Mueller Probe and of Trump

  01-05-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  In a contentious Senate Judiciary hearing, Barr deflected attacks by Democrats on his decision to oppose an urgent request by Mueller to publicly release summaries of the Russia investigation, and he repeatedly excused conduct by President Donald Trump that the special counsel said could constitute obstruction of justice.The attorney general’s robust defense of Trump prompted several Democrats to call him biased and demand his resignation.Barr is scheduled to appear again Thursday, this ti
  
  Read more

• Key takeaways from AG Barr's testimony, Mueller's letter

  01-05-2019 22:46 via finance.yahoo.com
  It was Attorney General William Barr's testimony, but Robert Mueller's words stole the show.In his appearance Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barr was on the defensive after a letter from Mueller surfaced criticizing how the attorney general handled the public release of the special counsel's core findings.The letter laid bare some of the internal tensions between the attorney general and the special counsel as Barr defended his rollout of the Russia report— and President
  
  Read more

• Ilhan Omar Blames U.S. Policy for Upheaval in Venezuela

  01-05-2019 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) blamed the U.S. on Wednesday for the "devastation" in Venezuela and accused America of "bullying" the country's socialist regime.Asked by Democracy Now! about the "U.S.-supported coup attempt against President Maduro," Omar said that America's push for regime change in Venezuela does not help the country's citizens."A lot of the policies that we have put in place has [sic] kind of helped lead [to] the devastation in Venezuela," Omar said. "And we’
  
  Read more

• Barr calls Mueller's letter 'a bit snitty,' but won't give Senate notes from call

  01-05-2019 22:37 via news.yahoo.com
  The attorney general delivers a halting response when asked if he would share his notes about a phone call with Robert Mueller.
  
  Read more

• UPDATE 4-Qualcomm hangs on to most Apple gains after earnings report

  01-05-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  Qualcomm Inc shares fell about 3.5% on Wednesday as investors got their first look at the bottom line impact of a patent fight settlement with Apple Inc , including a multibillion dollar one-time payment and more modest future patent fees.The stock kept most of the 50%-plus gains of the past few weeks, reflecting investor relief that Qualcomm had found a path to resume supplying chips to the iPhone.Qualcomm will book a one-time payment of $4.5 billion to $4.7 billion in the fiscal third quarter
  
  Read more

• Google’s awesome new privacy feature will auto-delete your location history

  01-05-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  We had our first hint this was coming thanks to a beta version of Google Maps from a few months ago, inside of which code was found that revealed Google was considering an excellent new privacy feature. And today, after getting a black eye from reports last summer that revealed Google was tracking and saving your location even when you thought you'd disabled the feature, Google announced the addition of a new privacy control available to users: Auto-deletion of your location history.The feature,
  
  Read more

• 'Snitty' is Twitter's word of the day after Bill Barr's Senate testimony

  01-05-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  On Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee he found Robert Mueller's March letter critiquing Barr's Russia memo "a bit snitty." Snitty!"I think it was probably written by one of his staff people," Barr said.In the letter, which was tweeted out shortly before Barr's hearing began, Mueller's team revealed their concern that Barr's memo on the Russia investigation did not adequately represent the "context, nature, and substance" of his team's findings. "There is
  
  Read more

• Trump's attorney general denies misleading public over Russia report after Robert Mueller criticism

  01-05-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump’s attorney general denied misleading the public over special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian election meddling on Wednesday as a rift between the pair was laid bare. William Barr, who took up the role in February and oversaw the release of the Mueller report, was repeatedly grilled on the topic during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Moments before his appearance a letter was published revealing that Mr Mueller had privately raised
  
  Read more

• Merck steps up U.S. measles vaccine production with increased demand

  01-05-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Merck, the sole U.S. supplier of measles vaccines, said the increased demand was noticeable, but did not amount to a surge, and has not required a significant increase in distribution across the country."Despite what we've seen as a huge uptick in the number of cases ... the demand side of the equation hasn't been outstripping our underlying capacity," Merck Chief Marketing Officer Mike Nally, who also runs the firms Global Human Health business, said in an interview.The U.S. Centers for Disease
  
  Read more

• Barr's Senate testimony

  01-05-2019 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Attorney General William Barr testifies about the Mueller report.
  
  Read more

• Add an excellent backlit keyboard to your iPad for $65

  01-05-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  If you have an iPad that you want to use for more than just browsing the web and streaming your favorite TV shows, a good keyboard is a must. Since there are so many options out there though, it can be difficult to choose a good one. If you want to turn your iPad into the iOS-powered laptop of your dreams, definitely check out the Yekbee Backlit iPad Keyboard Case. It's compatible with the iPad 6 that's currently being sold, iPad 5, iPad Pro 9.7, iPad Air and iPad Air 2, and it's only $65 right
  
  Read more

• Slain North Carolina college student confronted gunman, saved lives: police chief

  01-05-2019 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Environmental studies student Riley Howell of Waynesville, North Carolina, one of two students killed in the Tuesday shooting, played a key role in ending the attack by a former student, said Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.Unfortunately he had to give his life to do so," said Putney, a UNC Charlotte alumnus."He took the assailant off his feet."The other student killed in the shooting was Ellis Parlier, 19, officials said.
  
  Read more

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting: What We Know Now

  01-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The latest: The alleged gunman has been identified as a former student Trystan Andrew Terrell. A vigil is planned for Wednesday. Exams are postponed.
  
  Read more

• Biden and Warren success spells bad news for Sanders

  01-05-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Biden’s entry into the presidential race and Elizabeth Warren’s impressive performance on the campaign trail are bad news for Bernie Sanders.Three polls released this week gave the former vice president a huge bump following his announcement that he was entering the crowded Democratic field, widening his lead over Sanders by a significant margin.
  
  Read more

• Trump seeks huge boost in emergency funds for migrant surge

  01-05-2019 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $4.5 billion in immediate emergency funding, saying a surge in Central American children and families claiming asylum at the U.S. southern border had drained government resources.The money would come on top of the funding President Donald Trump has redirected to make good on a central pledge of his 2016 election campaign - to build a border wall to stop illegal immigrants - ahead of his looming 2020 presidential race.Trump's top aides also
  
  Read more

• Anti-Semitic attacks spike, killing most Jews in decades

  01-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli researchers reported Wednesday that violent attacks against Jews spiked significantly last year, with the largest reported number of Jews killed in anti-Semitic acts in decades, leading to an "increasing sense of emergency" among Jewish communities worldwide.
  
  Read more

• Barr Defends Himself—and Trump—Over Mueller in Blistering Senate Session

  01-05-2019 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The Asahi Shimbun/GettyDemocrats accused Attorney General Bill Barr of misleading Congress and dissembling for President Trump the day after it was revealed Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused Barr of sowing confusion about his investigation. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) accused Barr of engaging in “masterful hairsplitting” to defend previous testimony about handling of the Mueller Report. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) went furthe
  
  Read more

• Guatemalan migrant, a 16-year-old boy, dies in government custody in Texas

  01-05-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  For the third time since December, a migrant child died in government custody, raising questions about the treatment of minors along the border.
  
  Read more

• UNC Charlotte shooting: Two students killed in deadly campus shooting identified

  01-05-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Ellis Parlier, 19, and Riley Howell, 21, were killed Tuesday in a shooting on the campus of UNC Charlotte Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Donald Trump's latest attacks on Joe Biden: More than 60 retweets

  01-05-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has what may have been his busiest morning ever on Twitter attacking Joe Biden
  
  Read more

• Barr Deflects as Democrats Say He Misled on Mueller Summary

  01-05-2019 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Barr was put on the defensive hours before his testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the disclosure that Mueller had written a letter objecting that the attorney general misrepresented his report on Russia interference in the 2016 election.“It was my decision how and when to make that public, not Bob Mueller’s,” Barr said of a summary he released in late March.Barr said questions about Mueller’s concerns are “mind-bendingly bizarre” be
  
  Read more

• Human hedge fund managers embrace robot-rival tools to amp returns

  01-05-2019 21:03
  Traditional stock-pickers in the hedge fund world have been struggling to justify their expenses and weak returns in recent years, as low-cost algorithmic funds have done better.Now, human managers...
  
  Read more

• 'You lied to Congress': Mazie Hirono attacks William Barr

  01-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  After a morning of dodging attacks, U.S. Attorney General William Barr caught one on the chin from Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, a Democrat who is known to aggressively question witnesses.
  
  Read more

• 2020 litmus test: All Democratic candidates should call for Trump impeachment proceedings

  01-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Our country faces an emergency. Presidential candidates who call for Trump impeachment proceedings to begin show they can be trusted to handle it.
  
  Read more

• 7 Best Performing Funds for Your 401(k)

  01-05-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  Best investments to add to your 401(k).
  
  Read more

• Israel's Netanyahu slams global rise in anti-Semitism

  01-05-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denounced a rise in anti-Semitism around the world, at a ceremony on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day."The extreme left and the extreme right (around the world) agree on only one thing: their hatred of the Jews," Netanyahu said at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.Netanyahu said anti-Semitism was also found in a New York Times cartoon depicting him as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind US Presiden
  
  Read more

• 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek talks 'deep, deep sadness' he's facing in cancer battle

  01-05-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is giving an update on his condition and discussed the unexpected challenges he's been facing while battling cancer.
  
  Read more

• U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela 'Possible' as Turmoil Continues

  01-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an attempted "coup" by opposition leader Juan Guaidó has been defeated
  
  Read more

• Pompeo, Lavrov trade accusations on Venezuela in phone call

  01-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traded accusations in a phone call Wednesday that the other power was destabilizing Venezuela after an aborted military uprising.With the United States pushing to topple President Nicolas Maduro, Pompeo charged that Russia and Cuba were instrumental in keeping the leftist firebrand in power.Pompeo "stressed that the intervention by Russia and Cuba is destabilizing for Venezuela and for the US-Russia bilateral relationsh
  
  Read more

• 5 Great Gift Ideas for Mother's Day

  01-05-2019 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Mother’s Day is approaching fast, but there’s still enough time to pick up exactly the right gift to show Mom how much you care—and how much you’ve learned from her. If she brought you up to be a...
  
  Read more

• UPDATE 2-U.S. FAA directive enshrines changes to Boeing 787 Dreamliner

  01-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it was mandating new flight control software and parts to Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner to address what it called an unsafe operating condition of certain products on the plane.The FAA's airworthiness directive to plane operators makes compulsory changes Boeing outlined in service bulletins in 2017 and early 2018 for certain areas in 787's tire and wheel "threat zones" that may be susceptible to damage, the company said.Boeing's carbon comp
  
  Read more

Follow @FinanceUSA_News on Twitter!