Fierce fighting was reported in eastern Ukraine’s transport hub Debaltseve today, as a negotiated ceasefire appeared to be failing to take hold.
Fire Engulfs Japan Rocket Test Site
Large plumes of smoke billowed from the launch site at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, after a malfunction during an engine test. Source link
At least one dead and three injured near Vilnius
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house as it was on its final approach for landing, local authorities said.All 12 people have been safely evacuated from the property, police said.The cause of the crash is still unclear but the defence minister said there were no initial signs it was sabotage or terrorism. The aircraft departed from DHL's hub at Leipzig Airport in Germany just…
Russia Launches New Intermediate-Range Missile at Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British weapons to strike deeper into Russia. Source link
North Korea threatens strong response to DC rights meeting
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Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy run the risk of giving their offspring health problems in later life, researchers have found. Experts discovered that the likelihood of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, or type 2 diabetes during adulthood, was greater in people born to mothers who were overweight during …
Ukraine crisis: Battle rages for Debaltseve despite truce – BBC News
BBC NewsUkraine crisis: Battle rages for Debaltseve despite truceBBC NewsFierce fighting is reported inside the key Ukrainian town of Debaltseve despite a ceasefire deal agreed last week. Rebels say they have taken most of Debaltseve, a transport hub, but the government says it is still in control. International observers tasked …
Egyptian warplanes bomb ISIS targets in Libya after killings of Christians – CNN
The AustralianEgyptian warplanes bomb ISIS targets in Libya after killings of ChristiansCNN(CNN) Egypt's military carried out a series of airstrikes against ISIS militants in Libya on Monday in retaliation for the slaughter of 21 Egyptian Christians by the jihadist group. The bombing raids pulled Egypt deeper into the widening international …
We won’t include family home in assets pension test: Scott Morrison
But the Minister for Social Services is concerned the current system penalises pensioners who sell their homes, a point which Labor says lacks evidence. Social Services Minister Scott Morrison says the government wants to make it easier for older people to sell their homes for income in retirement but has …
Chart: Vanguard Low-Cost Philosophy At Work
The debate between active and passive investing has come full circle. We’ve officially gone from “index funds will never work!” to “index funds are working too well, it can’t keep on going”. Check out the Forbes article Is Vanguard Too Successful? Passive vs. active is …
New Trade: Long TripAdvisor ($TRIP) & Short Pandora ($P)
The last few days were not as great with Travelzoo (one of my short positions) rising a bit but the 6.27{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} return so far this year remains very solid. Today I’m opening a new trade between 2 stocks trading at comparable levels but that I have extremely different longer term …
Weekly Crude Oil and Gold Recap with Mike Seery
It’s time for our weekly commodity futures recap with our trading partner Mike Seery. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets. And frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN …
Key ETF Performance Through President’s Day 2015
Below is a look at the performance of various asset classes through President’s Day 2015 using key ETFs from our daily ETF Trends report available to Bespoke Premium members. For each ETF, we show its performance last week, so far in February, and so far in 2015. US-related ETFs are generally …
Priceline comes down to reality
The stock has come 20{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} from its high. Now that Priceline (PCLN) shares are closer to $1,000 its got me interested. Expedia (EXPE) took a hit this week after disappointing the street, that’s fine, all I care about is Priceline. If you are thinking about investing in the online travel…
Five Tax Breaks for Parents
Chances are, your kid can help with your taxes: The deductions and credits available to parents can really add up. There’s a lot to be said about having children; they’re a joy, they’re a handful — and they’re expensive. How expensive depends upon where you live …
U.S. agency fixes problem hampering Obamacare applications
A day before the open enrollment deadline for private health coverage under Obamacare, some consumers were unable to submit applications because of "intermittent issues" with income verification, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said on Saturday. It said in a statement that it had worked with the …
Transocean: There Goes the CEO
Transocean (RIG) has many problems, but management wasn’t supposed to be one of them. It could be now. Eddie Seal/Bloomberg News The offshore driller announced today that CEO Steven Newman, who has headed up Transocean for the past five years, would step down. The announcement came as Transocean also …
Center Parcs Picks Banks For £2.5bn Listing
The owner of Center Parcs, one of the UK's biggest privately owned leisure companies, has hired investment banks to prepare a £2.5bn stock market listing. Sky News has learnt that Blackstone (NYSE: BX – news) , the company's owner, picked Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley (Xetra: 885836 – …
3 Important Reasons Great Entrepreneurs Must be Great Salespeople
If you were asked to close your eyes and think of the top five traits that a successful entrepreneur should have, what would be on that list? Think about it. Does salesmanship make it onto the list? It should. Why? Because sales is present in almost every area of an …
2,100 Tuesday – S&P Tests Along with Nasdaq 5,000
Holy cow, look at those indexes go! ; With the NYSE finally above our Must Hold line at 11,000 – it may be time to give up on our bearish positions and just "go with the flow" BUT we still have S&P 1,100 and Nasdaq 5,000 to punch through and THEN we…
Average US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.66 pct.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week after four straight weeks of declines, while remaining near historically low levels.