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Westmoreland Resource Partners Wins 2016 Active Mine Reclamation Award – Appalachian Region

Oct 04, 2016 23:00 pm UTC| Business

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 04, 2016 -- Westmoreland Coal Company (NYSE:WLB), and Westmoreland Resource Partners (NYSE:WMLP), announced today that their Daron-Consol Mine received the Active Mine Reclamation Award...

Westmoreland Resource Partners Wins 2016 Active Mine Reclamation Award – Appalachian Region

Oct 04, 2016 23:00 pm UTC| Business

BJ’s Restaurants Opens in La Jolla, California

Oct 04, 2016 23:00 pm UTC| Business

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Oct. 04, 2016 -- BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) today announced the opening of its restaurant in La Jolla, California. The new BJ’s Restaurant opened on Monday, October 3, 2016, on Villa...

Donations & Discounts Honor World Sight Day at San Antonio Optometry, The Vision Place

Oct 04, 2016 22:35 pm UTC| Business

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 04, 2016 -- October 13 is World Sight Day, which the World Health Organization (WHO) established to focus attention on blindness, vision impairment and ways to work toward universal eye health. San...

WisdomTree Commodity Services LLC Temporarily Suspends Ability of Authorized Participants to Purchase New Creation Baskets in GCC

Oct 04, 2016 22:15 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, Oct. 04, 2016 -- WisdomTree Commodity Services LLC (“WCS”), in its capacity as the managing owner and commodity pool operator of WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund (ticker: GCC), has temporarily...

Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II Announces Termination of Merger Agreement with USI

Oct 04, 2016 21:28 pm UTC| Business

HOUSTON, Oct. 04, 2016 -- Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:HCAC) (NASDAQ:HCACU) (NASDAQ:HCACW) (“HCAC” or the “Company”)announced today that the Company and USI Senior Holdings, Inc. (“USI”) have mutually...

Southwest Bancorp, Inc. Announces Schedule for Third Quarter 2016 Earnings Release and Conference Call

Oct 04, 2016 21:00 pm UTC| Business

STILLWATER, Okla., Oct. 04, 2016 -- Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKSB), (“Southwest”), today announced that it plans to issue a news release reporting third quarter 2016 results after the market closes on Tuesday,...

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Economy

Trump's Greenland Gambit Ignites Transatlantic Tariff War: Global Markets on Edge

Tariff Threats Rise Over Greenland Annexation Drive Effective February 1, 2026, President Trump has significantly increased pressure on Denmark by threatening to levy 10% tariffs on major NATO and EU alliesincluding...

Asian Fund Managers Favor Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea for 2026 Amid AI and Chip Boom

Asian fund managers are growing increasingly bullish on Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, while sentiment toward India has turned negative, according to Bank of Americas January fund manager survey. The shift reflects...

Trump Says $2,000 Tariff Dividend Possible Without Congress Approval

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration may be able to issue a $2,000 payout to American citizens without needing approval from Congress, citing the surge in revenue generated from his trade...

Japan Government Bond Rout Deepens as Election Spending Fears Shake Markets

Japans government bond market is experiencing a sharp sell-off as investors react nervously to rising political promises of tax cuts and fiscal stimulus ahead of a snap election. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichis decision to...

WTI Crude Oil Prices Slide as Inventory Concerns and Geopolitical Risks Weigh on Market

West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices declined on Wednesday as traders focused on mounting geopolitical uncertainty and expectations of a build in U.S. crude inventories, which overshadowed supply disruptions from...

Politics

Trump Signs Executive Order to Limit Wall Street Investment in Single-Family Homes

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening signed a new executive order designed to curb Wall Street investors from buying and speculating on single-family homes, a move aimed at improving housing affordability and...

Trump’s Greenland Ambition Sparks NATO Tensions, Trade War Fears, and Global Market Turmoil

U.S. President Donald Trump has reignited international controversy by declaring there is no going back on his ambition to control Greenland, a move that has unsettled NATO allies, strained U.S.-Europe relations, and...

Syria Announces Ceasefire With Kurdish Forces as U.S. Pushes Integration Deal

Syria has announced a four-day ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces in the northeast, marking one of the most significant shifts in territorial control since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad over a year ago. The...

U.S. Plans NATO Staff Reductions, Raising Fresh Concerns Over Alliance Commitment

The United States is planning to reduce the number of personnel stationed at several key NATO command centers, a move that is already heightening concerns across Europe about Washingtons long-term commitment to the...

Trump Says U.S. and NATO Will Reach Agreement on Greenland’s Future

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States and NATO will eventually come to an agreement regarding the future of Greenland, emphasizing that any deal would satisfy both Washington and the military...

Science

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Technology

Elon Musk Says Tesla Cybercab and Optimus Production Will Start Slowly Before Rapid Growth

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has cautioned investors and technology enthusiasts that the early production rate of the companys highly anticipated Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid robot will be agonizingly slow before...

Micron to Buy Powerchip Fab for $1.8 Billion, Shares Surge Nearly 10%

Shares of Taiwans Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp jumped nearly 10% on Monday following news that U.S. memory chip giant Micron Technology plans to acquire one of Powerchips fabrication facilities in Taiwan,...

Tesla Revives Dojo Supercomputer Project With AI5 Chip at the Core

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is set to restart development of its next-generation supercomputer, Dojo3, marking a renewed push into artificial intelligence infrastructure. Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday that work on...

South Korea Seeks Favorable U.S. Tariff Terms on Memory Chip Imports

South Korea is moving to secure favorable treatment from the United States on tariffs affecting memory chip imports, following recent trade actions announced by the U.S. government. A spokesperson from South Koreas...

South Korea Sees Limited Impact From New U.S. Tariffs on Advanced AI Chips

South Koreas trade minister said a newly announced U.S. tariff on certain advanced computing chips is expected to have only a limited short-term impact on South Korean companies, while cautioning that future measures could...