Jill Stein's effort to force statewide recount of Donald Trump Pennsylvania victory ends
A court case seeking to challenge Donald Trump's victory in Pennsylvania through a statewide recount is over, according to the attorney who filed the case last week. The grassroots effort could not afford the $1 million bond that was required by the court, said Larry Otter, the Bucks County attorney who filed the case on behalf of Jill Stein, who ran as the Green Party candidate for President of the United States. The bond "gave us one million reasons to reconsider our decision," Otter told Pen..>> view originalAirbnb is done fighting with New York City
Supporters of Airbnb stand during a rally before a hearing at City Hall in New York Thomson Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Airbnb and New York City said on Friday they had resolved a lawsuit brought by the company challenging a law it argued could expose it to significant penalties for advertising short-term apartment rentals. Airbnb filed the suit in October after New York state enacted a law imposing fines of up to $7,500 on hosts who advertise illegal short-term ren..>> view originalNo price like home: Big spenders reappear in China
A woman walks past a boutique of the Burberry luxury goods company in Beijing Thomson Reuters By Jackie Cai and Jake Spring SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China's wealthiest shoppers are spending at home again, roused from a three-year slumber by a weaker yuan, lower prices and a crackdown on overseas sales agents - a welcome boost for the world's luxury brands. China's rich make up almost a third of the world's luxury shoppers, up from only 2 percent around the turn ..>> view originalStart-up CEO Sacks resigns; report says Trump team next
Start-up CEO Sacks resigns; report says Trump team next Jessica Guynn , USA TODAY , KHOU 9:35 PM. CST December 03, 2016 Photo: Steve Jennings, Getty Images for TechCrunch SAN FRANCISCO — Zenefits CEO David Sacks is stepping down amid speculation that he has been tapped by billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel to assist president-elect Donald Trump.In a memo to Zenefits staff, Sacks said late Friday he would become chairman of Zenefits and lead a search for..>> view originalStanding Rock Pipeline Protesters, Ordered to Leave, Dig In
“I ain’t going nowhere,” Mr. Plenty Wolf said one night as he cradled a buffalo-hide drum and reflected on grievances that run deeper than groundwater among Native Americans here. “We’re getting tired of being pushed for 500 years. They’ve been taking, taking, taking, and enough’s enough.” The approaching deadline to leave the camps and the dwindling days of President Obama’s term create a feeling that any opportunity to stop the Dakota Access pipeline is fading. The fight has drawn thousands o..>> view originalFord Willing to Work With Trump If Policies Are Right: CEO
Ford Motor Co. was a target of Donald Trump’s criticism on the campaign trail for building cars in Mexico, and now that Trump will be president, Ford said it’s willing to work with him to keep jobs in the U.S. -- provided Trump puts the right policies in place, according to the automaker’s chief executive officer.“We will be very clear in the things we’d like to see,” Mark Fields said in an exclusive interview Friday at Bloomberg offices in Southfield, Michigan.Among them, according to Fields: ..>> view originalRPT-Fed official stands by Wall St reforms, says must complete work
(Repeats to widen distribution)NEW YORK Dec 3 The United States "absolutely must" complete unfinished work ending the too-big-to-fail bank problem that helped plunge the global economy into recession eight years ago, an influential Federal Reserve policymaker said on Saturday.In remarks that appeared to pre-empt President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to roll back Wall Street regulations, New York Fed President William Dudley said much progress has been made making the financial system ..>> view originalWhat November's solid jobs report means for interest rates and Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Solid job gains and a nine-year low unemployment rate in November put the Federal Reserve on track for an interest rate hike this month and indicate that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a steadily growing labor market — although one that still needs some key improvements.The U.S. economy added 178,000 net new jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell 3 percentage points to 4.6 percent, the lowest since 2007, the Labor Department said Friday.The performance virtuall..>> view originalPhilippines urges Bangladesh to share results of heist investigation
MANILA The Philippine government wants Bangladesh to share the findings of its investigation into how unknown hackers pulled off one of the world's largest cyber bank heists, to help speed up recovery of the stolen funds. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, who last week met with a Bangladesh delegation, said Manila "strongly recommended" Dhaka share the results of its investigation. He assured the visitors the government was doing it everything it could to find Bangladesh's missing money...>> view originalMourinho, Ronaldo deny tax evasion claims
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday denied hiding millions of euros in offshore accounts in a effort to avoid the tax man.An international consortium of media organisations claimed that a huge data leak involving 18 million documents showed Portuguese skipper Ronaldo hid 150 million euros from image rights in a British Virgin Islands tax havens.According to the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) consortium, Mourinho is said to ..>> view original
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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