President-elect Trump announced several appointments to his administration Thursday, including the team that will work with his nominee for the U.S. Treasury, Scott Bessent. In a post on Truth Social, Trump announced that Ken Kies will serve as assistant secretary for tax policy. Kies, who has worked as a tax lawyer for 47 years, has served as the chief of ...
Accident investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Jeju Air flight to belly land without its landing gear down at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 people on board as it burst into flames in the nation’s worst air disaster in decades. South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok ordered an emergency inspection of the ...
The College Football Playoff quarterfinal game at the 2025 Sugar Bowl has been postponed after 15 people were killed and about 30 people were injured early Wednesday morning in New Orleans when an armed man drove a pickup truck into a large crowd on Bourbon Street in a deadly attack. Jeff Hundley, Sugar Bowl committee CEO, announced that the game ...
Josef Schachter of the Schachter Energy Report outlined his outlook for oil and natural gas in 2025, saying he sees oil prices moving higher. In his view, West Texas Intermediate could reach US$90 per barrel in Q4. ‘I’m now looking for potentially US$80 to US$82 for the average in 2025,’ Schachter added. ‘But the big thing is I think we’re ...
PEAQ price skyrocketed 35% and VANA soared by 10% following a listing announcement by Bithumb, one of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges. The listing has boosted market confidence in both tokens, with the Peaq token nearing its all-time high and VANA showing steady gains. These price movements reflect growing interest in the unique utilities of these tokens, as investors gear ...
The Palestinian Authority has suspended Al Jazeera from broadcasting and operating in the occupied West Bank. It accused the network of broadcasting “inciting materials” and “misleading reports” that “provoke strife and interfere in Palestinian internal affairs,” Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, said Wednesday. “The decision also includes the temporary suspension of all journalists and staff associated with it, as ...
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a warning on Tuesday that the United States must maintain ‘judicial independence’ just weeks away from President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Roberts explained his concerns in his annual report on the federal judiciary. ‘It is not in the nature of judicial work to make everyone happy. Most cases have a winner and a loser. ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Detroit Lions completed their revenge tour Monday night. They added the San Francisco 49ers to their list of vanquished teams – along with the Dallas Cowboys – that did them wrong the previous season. With that unfinished business now finished, the Lions can look forward to something even better: a chance at a fairy-tale ending ...
Lode Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: LOD) (OTCQB: SBMIF) (‘Lode Gold ‘ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce it has closed $350,000 financing, previously announced on December 12, 2024. A total of 1,944,444 units at $0.18 per unit (each, a ‘Unit’) been issued. Each $0.18 unit shall consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant ...
Ethereum price remains under pressure on the first day of the year. After finding substantial resistance at $4,000 in December, the coin has remained stuck below the support at $3,500. Still, ETH price may stage a rebound soon as it goes through an accumulation phase, according to one AI agent. AI Agent Predicts Ethereum Price Is Ripe For A Breakout ...
The damaged flight data recorder from the Jeju Air passenger jet that crash-landed in South Korea will be sent to the United States for analysis, Seoul’s transport ministry said Wednesday, as bereaved families began visiting the crash site. The recorder is one of two “black boxes” retrieved from the Boeing 737-800 after it belly-landed at Muan International Airport in the ...
The Santa Claus Rally may be iffy, but a 23.31% gain in the S&P 500 ($SPX) for the year isn’t too shabby. It was a stellar year in the stock market, especially for the top 10 weighted stocks in the S&P 500, and that’s worth making a toast as we close out 2024. In terms of the performance of S&P ...