Southwest to pause some hiring, summer internships in cost-cutting measure
Gary Kaltbaum, president of Kaltbaum Capital Management, analyzes Nvidia and Southwest Airlines for Varney & Co. Southwest Airlines is aiming to cut costs by canceling some hiring and most summer internships. “As we focus on reducing costs, we are limiting discretionary expenses, including hosting this year's Southwest Rally,” a Southwest Airlines spokesperson told FOX Business. […]
US Dollar Forecast: DXY Gains, EUR/USD Drops as U.S. Jobs Data Boosts Fed Pause Case – FX Empire
The index is holding steady above its 50-day moving average of 106.812, confirming a strong intermediate uptrend. The 200-day moving average of 104.557 provides long-term support. DXY rose 0.44% to 109.640, its highest since November 2022, and its sixth straight week of gains, the longest since 2023. Strong payroll data fuels dollar momentum The Labor […]
Court puts plea deal on pause for 9/11 mastermind KSM: 23 years later, justice for terrorists is delayed again
A federal appeals court has ruled that as part of a deal with prosecutors, alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-conspirators were expected to plead guilty in a military tribunal scheduled for Friday. The public hearing was postponed. Although the moratorium has been welcomed by many opponents of the plea deal, it prolongs […]
Trump’s lawyers ask judge to pause ‘hush money’ case sentencing as they try to block it
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday asked a judge to halt this week's sentencing in his “hush money” case while he appeals a recent ruling that upheld the sentence. Trump's lawyers said they plan to ask a state appeals court to overturn it. Judge Juan M. Marchan Last week's ruling set for sentencing […]
South Carolina scheduling executions again after a pause for the holidays
South Carolina is starting to schedule executions again after the holiday period, with the state Supreme Court setting the next execution date for January 31st. The state is considering carrying out the death penalty for several inmates whose executions were delayed because prison officials were unable to obtain lethal injection drugs, although they have not […]
Stock market today: Stocks waver in thin trading after US markets reopen following a holiday pause – Yahoo Finance
Stocks on Wall Street swung in afternoon trading Thursday as gains from tech companies and retailers cushioned losses elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% after bouncing between slight gains and losses. The benchmark index is coming off a three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 10 points, […]
Stock Market Today: Dow futures pause near record levels ahead of looming CPI report – MarketWatch
Citigroup strategists say in a report on the outlook for commodity markets in 2025 that the backdrop for “at-risk” commodities such as oil and base metals is relatively bearish, but the outlook for gold is said the company is “relatively bullish” due in part to the deteriorating economy. US job market. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump […]
TikToks seek pause on US ban or sale pending Supreme Court review
China-based ByteDance has asked a federal court to temporarily block a law requiring it to sell or ban TikTok by January 19, pending review by the Supreme Court. The emergency motion by TikTok's lawyers comes after a U.S. appeals court sided with the federal government to uphold the law. The decision was a major setback […]
Interstellar Voyager 1 resumes operations after pause in communications with NASA
NASA has confirmed that the spacecraft has regained audio and resumed normal operations after communications with Voyager 1 ceased in late October. Voyager unexpectedly turned off its main radio transmitter, known as X-band, before turning on its much weaker S-band transmitter in October. The interstellar spacecraft is currently located some 15.4 billion miles from Earth, […]
Wind farm project off New York coast worth $4.4B ‘on pause’ after Trump election victory
The French energy giant is scrapping plans to build offshore wind farms near the New York and New Jersey coastline following President-elect Donald Trump's victory earlier this month. Total Energy, the Paris-based oil and gas conglomerate, announced it was canceling the project in what industry officials say is a foreshadowing of things to come under […]