Banks’ capital return plans: Big stock buybacks, dividend increases
Following stress test results, several banks released plans late Wednesday outlining a round of share buybacks and dividend hikes.
Following stress test results, several banks released plans late Wednesday outlining a round of share buybacks and dividend hikes.
Following stress test results, several banks released plans late Wednesday outlining a round of share buybacks and dividend hikes.
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Aaron Persky, the judge who sentenced 20-year-old Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, is presiding over a plea agreement in which a Latino man faces three years in prison for committing a similar crime, The Guardian reported.
The harsher sentencing in the case, which bears striking resemblance to details in Turner's case, has drawn rebuke and further accusations of Persky's perceived bias.
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Iggy Azalea reportedly ended her engagement with her fiancé, Nick Young after learning his ex is pregnant.
The 20-year-old British citizen could get up to 30 years in prison.
Jim Cramer says stocks are in a "weird nirvana."
"I'm just happy to be in a situation where I can excel and feel good about myself coming to the rink every day."
The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the nation’s largest banks appear to have the financial muscle to withstand ugly economic scenarios, like a housing market crash or double-digit unemployment. But two banks — Deutsche Bank and Santander Holdings — failed the Fed’s annual stress test. Both failed the tests last year and Santander has become the first bank to fail it for three consecutive years.
The veteran coach has been linked with vacant England manager's role but the Gunners are keen to ward off interest from the FA by tying down their boss of 20 years
Airbnb
Hoping to delay an IPO and free up cash flow as it expands, home-rental startup Airbnb is reportedly looking to raise upwards of $1 billion in its current funding round from a handful of strategic investors.
That funding raise would value the company at approximately $30 billion, according to an earlier report in The New York Times.
But in an interesting twist, The Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler, Douglas MacMillan and Maureen Farrell reported Wednesday that the... Читать дальше...
A federal judge authorized a new plan Wednesday allowing demonstrators at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month to protest in an area that will be readily visible to conventiongoers. Approved by U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster, the new plan also cuts in half the size of a so-called event zone where demonstrations and mobility will be limited and gives protesters more time to demonstrate.
Police don’t know where the dismembered body came from
Law enforcement have been warning the city is not ready to host the games
Zika virus and lack of resources have threatened their success
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It was a big shock.
PepsiCo is bringing back Crystal Pepsi, the colorless cola that was launched in 1992 with great fanfare before sales quickly fizzled.
One is a ruthlessly carnivorous maneater, and the other is a shark.
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Security, Libya
Congress should have investigated the decision to go to war—and its serious consequences.
The much-anticipated report by the House Select Committee regarding the 2012 Benghazi incident in which U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed proved to be decidedly anti-climactic. Despite years of GOP partisan hype and the length of the report (some eight hundred pages), there was no “smoking gun” proving... Читать дальше...
ROCA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 53-year-old Roca man has lost some fingers on his right hand after a fireworks explosion.
It was a tragic trifecta for the maniac charged with murdering NYPD Detective Randolph Holder.
Western Technical College’s Business Division will host information sessions for the Sales Management program.
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Investigators have downloaded data from one of the black box flight recorders on EgyptAir Flight MS804 and are preparing to analyze it, bringing them closer discovering what caused the jet to crash, Egypt's investigation committee said on Wednesday.
The Airbus A320 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, killing all 66 people on board. The cause of the crash remains unknown.
"Preliminary information shows that the... Читать дальше...
Starz and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. both gained in late trading Wednesday after Bloomberg News reported that the two entertainment companies were in advanced talks to merge. Lions Gate was close to acquiring Starz for more than $30 a share and a deal could be announced in the next few days, Bloomberg reported. Rumors of a deal between the two media companies has circulated for more than a year, after Starz's largest investor, Liberty Media Corp. Chairman John Malone, swapped out a stake... Читать дальше...
OTTAWA — The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico pushed back Wednesday on calls for walling off their nations from free trade, arguing that more commerce with the outside world is inevitable and will deliver measurable benefits for their citizens. President Obama’s meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto come at a time of growing isolationist sentiments, not only aimed at the three nations’ North American Free Trade Agreement. Britain’s... Читать дальше...
All but one division completed their appointed rounds as mostly sunny weather greeted the 41st annual Budweiser Dairyland Super National Truck and Tractor Pull last weekend at Tomah’s Recreation Park.
Amazon is back in the smartphone business, selling two Android smartphones, one for just $50, subsidized by Amazon ads.