NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. Once it’s implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help, similar to calling 911 for emergencies or 311 for city services. […]
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Economist Jim O’Sullivan has a lot of smart things to say about the U.S. economy and where it’s going, but right now he’s going keep quiet and let his forecasts do the talking for him. O’Sullivan, who won his record 24th Forecaster of the Month contest for the U.S. economic data released in November, has gone silent temporarily. At the […]
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Biotech has been a great performer since I suggested it as a contrarian play on Oct. 11. In that time, the SPDR S&P Biotech exchange-traded fund XBI, +0.58% jumped 24% through Wednesday, and the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology IndexIBB, +0.68% advanced 20%, compared with a 5.2% gain for the S&P 500SPX, +0.86%. The seven stocks I singled out in that column have […]
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Peloton shares continued to tumble Thursday amid a short-seller’s warning that the company’s stock will plunge to a paltry $5 because the pricey bike’s fitness app can be used on similar — and cheaper — models. Shares in the embattled high-end stationary bike firm were down 3.2 percent at $31 as of 1:11 p.m. after Andrew Left’s Citron Research slammed […]
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Carter Page on IG report: There’s more coming out Former Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Carter Page discusses Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s testimony on Capitol Hill. The inspector general report into the origin of the Russia investigation found that the FBI omitted key information in its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court applications to obtain spy warrants on Trump campaign staffer Carter Page, who says more […]
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Varney on impeachment: The tide is turning and Trump is winning FOX Business’ Stuart Varney on the House impeachment push’s backfiring on Democrats and leading to increased support for President Trump. The tide is turning and President Trump, who has already been winning on the economy, is about to get a win on impeachment too, FOX Business' Stuart Varney argued in […]
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The Japanese financial services major also believes that the first quarter of 2020 will see a “weak” uptick in GDP growth at 4.7 %. India’s economy is expected to grow at 4.3 % in December quarter this year amid concerns over crisis in the NBFC sector, according to Nomura. The Japanese financial services major also believes that the first quarter […]
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Amazon coming to NYC ‘was always going to happen’: NYC council minority whip New York City council minority whip Joe Borelli (R) discusses Amazon’s goal in having a ‘footprint’ in New York City and the possible bias in the IG report. NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Mulvihill has felt optimistic enough about selling books that he bought a third bookstore […]
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Big loss for Boeing; Peloton pedaling backwards Morning Business Outlook: United Airlines plans to replace 50 of its aging Boeing planes with Airbus jets; stock for Peloton drops 7 percent after the brand’s holiday ad went viral for the wrong reasons. The Boeing 737 MAX was allowed to stay in the air after its initial deadly crash even though the Federal […]
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