Monday, February 6, 2017

Tesla Is a Top Pick for 2017 on New Model, Baird Analyst Says and other top stories.

  • Tesla Is a Top Pick for 2017 on New Model, Baird Analyst Says

    Tesla Is a Top Pick for 2017 on New Model, Baird Analyst Says
    The bank says potential upside to the company's energy storage business and Model 3 production could boost the stock. Other analysts are skeptical either will impact results in 2017. Lou Whiteman. Dec 30, 2016 2:17 PM EST. 2017 figures to be a pivotal ...
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  • When unpaid student debt leads to a smaller Social Security check

    When unpaid student debt leads to a smaller Social Security check
    × When unpaid student debt leads to a smaller Social Security check There are more people over the age of 65 with student loan debt than ever before, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. And those who are in default may have faced decades of reduced wages and benefits. In 2015, the government reduced Social Security checks for a total of 173,000 Americans, up 380 percent from 36,000 in 2002. That includes younger people receiving Social Security disability pay..
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  • Cuomo's Second Avenue subway security is another jab at de Blasio

    Cuomo's Second Avenue subway security is another jab at de Blasio
    The Cuomo-de Blasio feud is heading underground for New Year’s. In what NYPD cops are seeing as a blatant dig at Mayor de Blasio, Gov. Cuomo is putting his own teams of MTA and State Police front and center at Saturday night’s grand-opening party for the new Second Avenue Subway. Sidelined will be the city’s own cops, who actually have to police the subway day-to-day. The mayor and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill are invited VIPs to the gathering and have RSVP’d yes. But just eight cops from NY..
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  • U.S. Ethics Chief Ordered Gushing Responses To Trump's Tweets

    U.S. Ethics Chief Ordered Gushing Responses To Trump's Tweets
    Newly obtained records reveal that the head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics personally ordered several oddly enthusiastic tweets after President-elect Donald Trump’s recent claim that he planned to sever ties to his business operations to avoid conflicts of interest as president. “We told your counsel that we’d sing your praises if you divested and we meant it!” read one of the gushing tweets issued by the department. Another read: “Brilliant! Divestiture is good for you, good for Amer..
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  • Cabela's tumbles after warning that Bass Pro deal faces scrutiny

    Cabela's tumbles after warning that Bass Pro deal faces scrutiny
    Photo: Bob Owen, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS A Bass Pro Shop in San Antonio is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. A Bass Pro Shop in San Antonio is pictured Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. Photo: Bob Owen, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS A stuffed white tail deer stands next to stairs on the floor of the newest Bass Pro Shops in San Anton..
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  • 2017 could be another good year for Wall Street's bull

    2017 could be another good year for Wall Street's bull
    The final trading week of the year was the worst week for the Dow and S&P 500 since Nov. 4, the week before the election. For the first time since then, the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all lost ground for three consecutive sessions. The Dow flirted with 20,000 early in the four-day week but was down 0.8 percent to close at 19,770 Friday. The S&P 500 lost 1.1 percent to 2,239, and the Nasdaq was off 1.5 percent for the week at 5,383. As stocks sold off, buyers went into bonds and the 10-year yi..
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  • China Bans Its Ivory Trade, Moving Against Elephant Poaching

    China Bans Its Ivory Trade, Moving Against Elephant Poaching
    Those goals were reiterated this past June in Beijing during a summit meeting between the United States and China that addressed economic and strategic issues. A statement from that meeting noted that China enacted a ban on ivory imports and related products in March 2016 and that it would publish by the end of 2016 a timetable for ending its domestic commercial trade. Even with the import ban, smuggling continues as long as a domestic market exists.“Demand for elephant ivory has skyrocketed in..
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  • SoftBank Hopes Trump Connection Reopens Doors for Sprint

    SoftBank Hopes Trump Connection Reopens Doors for Sprint
    The last time Sprint Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son wanted something from U.S. telecom regulators, it didn’t go so well. Now, with power changing in Washington, the Japanese mogul sees a new opportunity. Mr. Son, sometimes called the Bill Gates of Japan, got a frosty reception from regulators in 2014 when he sought to merge Sprint with rival T-Mobile US Inc., leading him to abandon a deal that was key to his decision to buy Sprint a...
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  • Russian hackers' code detected at Vt. power utility

    Russian hackers' code detected at Vt. power utility
    BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A state electric utility confirmed on Friday it had found on one of its laptops a malware code the U.S. government says is used by Russian hackers.The Burlington Electric Department said U.S. utilities were alerted by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of a malware code used in Grizzly Steppe, the name Homeland Security has applied to a Russian campaign linked to recent hacks. Advertisement Burlington Electric, which is municipally owned, said it detected ..
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