May2017
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Goldman confirms buying Venezuela bonds after opposition cries foul
May 30, 2017News Hour: Goldman Sachs Group Inc has confirmed it bought Venezuelan bonds after being excoriated by the country’s opposition for financing the embattled government of President Nicolas Maduro, who is facing sustained protests. The president of... -
White House communications director quits
May 30, 2017News Hour: The White House communications director has resigned only three months after being hired by President Donald Trump. Mike Dubke, an experienced Republican strategist, was hired in March to revamp the White House media strategy.... -
Syrian rebels say U.S., allies sending more arms to fend off Iran threat
May 30, 2017News Hour: Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into the southeast by Iran-backed militias aiming to open an overland supply... -
‘Shocked’ South Korea leader Moon orders probe into U.S. THAAD additions
May 30, 2017News Hour: South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe after the Defence Ministry failed to inform him that four more launchers for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system had been brought into the country,... -
Trump tweets against Germany, escalating row after tense summits
May 30, 2017News Hour: U.S. President Donald Trump called Germany’s trade and spending policies “very bad” on Tuesday, intensifying a row between the allies and immediately earning himself the moniker “destroyer of Western values” from a leading German... -
Sharp announces new signage platform at Digital Signage Expo
May 30, 2017News Hour: Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation is proud to announce the launch of the SHARP Open Architecture Platform at Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2017 in Las... -
Denmark’s most famous landmark, The Little Mermaid doused in red paint by anti-whaling activists
May 30, 2017News Hour: Denmark’s most famous landmark, “The Little Mermaid”, has been doused in red paint by anti-whaling activists. “Denmark defends the whales of the Faroe Islands” was written in English on the ground in front of... -
Oil prices fell on Tuesday
May 30, 2017News Hour: Oil prices fell on Tuesday on concerns that output cuts by the world’s big exporters may not be enough to drain a global glut that has depressed the market for almost three years. Benchmark... -
LSE to buy Citigroup’s Yield Book fixed-income analytics service and its related indexing business for $685 million
May 30, 2017News Hour: London Stock Exchange (LSE) is to buy Citigroup’s Yield Book fixed-income analytics service and its related indexing business for $685 million in cash, the LSE’s first big deal since its merger with Deutsche Boerse... -
7 people died and 48,000 displaced after heavy flood hit northern Brazil
May 30, 2017News Hour: Seven people have died and 48,000 others displaced after a heavy flood-hit northern Brazil, authorities announced on Monday. In the state of Pernambuco which was most affected, two people died, were declared over 44,000...
