Guns In U.S. Politics: 10 Recent Examples In the wake of the Saturday shooting of in Tucson, Ariz., Rep. Peter King (D-N.Y) announced he will introduce legislation to make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official — but if recent political events are any indication, there’s been little interest [...]
U.S. stock index futures dip; Intel earns eyed * U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.15 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.02 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.03 percent at 0846 GMT. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! [...]
New U.S. Politics Brings Mixed Message for Israel Fresh Republican support for the Israeli government after the U.S. midterm elections may be offset by Tea Party suspicion of foreign aid. Read more on New York Times
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Fall; Oil Shares Drop, Priceline Gains in Germany U.S. stock-index futures fell, indicating that the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will retreat for a second day as oil dropped from a two-year high. Read more on Bloomberg
U.S. Stock Futures Drop After Cisco’s Forecast Misses Estimates Cisco, the sixth-largest U.S. technology company by market value, slumped 13 percent. S&P 500 futures expiring in December dropped 0.3 percent to 1,210.90 at 12:51 p.m. in Hong Kong. Contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index, which gets 65 percent of its value from computer-related companies, lost 0.7… [...]
U.S. senior diplomat to travel to Bahrain, UAE, Czech U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale will travel to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the Czech Republic from Nov. 5-12, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday. Read more on People’s Daily
Indications: U.S. stock futures gain on Election Day Stock-market futures rise with midterm elections under way and earnings reports from Pfizer and Archer Daniels Midland, among others. Read more on Market Watch
Politics › Japan, U.S. should adopt comprehensive China strategy: report Japan and the United States should adopt a comprehensive strategy combining military, legal and political approaches to counter China’s increasing military power and hold dialogue… Read more on Japan Today
Stocks May Give Back Ground In Early Trading – U.S. Commentary (RTTNews) – Stock futures are pointing to modest declines in morning trading on Tuesday as the markets await data on home prices and consumer confidence. The major index futures are all in negative territory, with the Dow futures down by 32 points. Read more [...]
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport adds flights to U.S. International travel just got a bit easier for troops stationed in the greater Tokyo area. Read more on Stars and Stripes
