Oil hits two-month high on tighter U.S. market, Venezuela sanctions risk
Reuters - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices hit a two-month high on Monday, lifted by a tightening U.S. crude market and the threat of sanctions against OPEC-member Venezuela.
View ArticleThis Week: Jobs, Trade Data, More Big Earnings
Wall Street Journal - The Wall Street Journal's Eric Morath and Lev Borodovsky break down what's in store for the week's economic calendar. Then, Miriam Gottfried joins the show to preview another week...
View ArticleAre Amazon's Expansion Costs Taking a Toll?
Wall Street Journal - With Amazon eking out its smallest quarterly profit in nearly two years, the Wall Street Journal's Laura Stevens talks the high cost of its increasing dominance of retail.
View ArticleHedge Fund Managers Face Big Tax Bills
Wall Street Journal - Hedge-fund managers have accumulated offshore gains without paying federal and state taxes for years. Now Uncle Sam wants to get paid. The Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman has...
View ArticleMorning Report for Monday, July 31st
Wall Street Journal - Tanya Bustos previews the coming week's economic calendar.
View ArticleVanderbilt hospital settles Medicare lawsuit for $6.5m
AP - After six years in court, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has settled a federal lawsuit for $6.5 million over claims that the hospital overbilled Medicare and Medicaid. WPLN-FM reports that in ?
View ArticleOfficials: Afghan children smuggled to Pakistan seminaries
AP - KABUL, Afghanistan ? Afghan authorities say a new generation of Taliban is being educated in seminaries in Pakistan's Quetta. Their parents call it a desperate need for education they can't find...
View ArticleU.S. blasts Venezuela's "step toward dictatorship"
CBS News - President Nicolas Maduro called vote for new assembly to rewrite constitution, but many see thinly-veiled effort to forge an autocracy
View ArticleAudubon aluminum plant to expand in Henderson
AP - An aluminum producer is expanding its plant in western Kentucky with an $8.3 million investment. Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's office says Audubon Metals is expanding its Henderson plant and creating ?
View ArticleVegas defends title at RBC Canadian Open
AP - OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) ? Jhonattan Vegas successfully defended his RBC Canadian Open title Sunday at Glen Abbey, beating Charley Hoffman with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
View ArticleWest Virginia board resignations over funeral director vote
AP - CHARLESTON, W.Va. ? Three members of a West Virginia board have resigned after a decision to temporarily suspend the license of a Putnam County funeral home over its business practices. The...
View ArticleHeineken profit beats expectations on strong Europe
CNBC - Heineken, the world's second-largest beer maker, reported higher than expected earnings in the first half of 2017, with the strongest profit growth in Europe thanks to a late Easter and an early...
View ArticleN Carolina governor to visit site of utility damage on coast
AP - RODANTHE, N.C. ? Gov. Roy Cooper plans to visit the Outer Banks bridge where three transmission cables were damaged, causing the evacuation of tourists from two North Carolina islands. A news...
View ArticlePhilippine troops capture key bridge near Marawi militants
AP - MANILA, Philippines ? The Philippine military says troops have captured a key bridge leading to the main position of Islamic State group-linked militants in the southern city of Marawi, but that...
View ArticleHummingbird Festival set at Land Between the Lakes
AP - GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) - Ruby-throated hummingbirds are coming to Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and the park is offering special programs to mark the occasion. Among the...
View ArticleNo treatment referrals in 2016 West Virginia overdoses
AP - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A follow-up study of a drug overdose outbreak in West Virginia last year found that none of those who were treated at hospitals were referred for long-term substance abuse...
View ArticleTurnout in Venezuela assembly vote another point of conflict
AP - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro's ruling socialist party with...
View ArticleRescued snake doesn't seem to be very grateful
AP - SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (AP) ? An Ohio woman called 911 in a panic Thursday afternoon with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her...
View ArticleLongview woman gets charged with drunken driving, taking trooper's car
AP - MADISONVILLE (AP) ? A 31-year-old Longview woman arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated is in bigger trouble for driving off in a state trooper's ...
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