Badminton deserves more than a shrug from colleges
This article is one of the winning submissions from the New York Post Scollers Contest published by. Command Education. For the past year I woke up at 6am and practiced a badminton swing in my backyard in front of school. For a few days I blasted out YouTube tutorials with footwork and asked a friend […]
Dow jumps over 600 points to end wild week as investors shrug off China’s tariff retaliation
US stocks jumped Friday after the White House optimistically signalled a trade deal with China. This returned early in the morning with a 125% tax on US goods, but ended a very unstable week on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average scored 619 points (1.6%) after plunging 1,014.79 the day before. The Blue Chip […]
Why Dems may shut down gov’t, don’t shrug off failed bombings and other commentary
Liberal: Why Dem might shut down the government If “current suspension spending measures expire on March 14th,” then don't bet on a contract to avoid government shutdown. Warns Ed Kilgore of New York Magazine. “It was only three weeks before the money was gone, and there were virtually no actual negotiations,” and “The parties are […]
European stocks shrug off U.S. tariff threat as Stoxx 600 brushes record high; BP gains 7% – CNBC
European stock markets appear to shrug President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement. Pan-European Stoxx 600 It temporarily touched on a record peak of 554.89 points in London at 2:30pm. Most sectors benefited, but stocks in the Stoxx 600 construction and materials index were slightly lower. US President Donald Trump told reporters he plans to announce […]
Mystery NJ drones, lack of answers spark fury among residents as authorities just shrug shoulders: ‘Scratching their heads’
Wharton, N.J. — For New Jersey residents concerned about sightings of a mysterious car-sized drone over the Garden State, state and federal officials have only one answer: “Fuggedaboudit!” is. And that's no longer the limit. Frustration boiled over Wednesday after both the Pentagon and Trenton officials failed to answer worrying questions about a strange object […]
Netflix shares hit all-time high as investors shrug off subscriber slowdown
Netflix shares rose on Friday, buoyed by investor optimism that its strong content lineup will help the streaming giant maintain strong subscriber growth even as the password-sharing crackdown wanes. reached an all-time high. The company, widely seen as the winner of Hollywood's streaming wars, saw its stock rise nearly 10% to $754.90, and if it […]
Illegal Migrant Child Labor Rampant in NYC Subways as Authorities Shrug
Child labor is now commonplace in New York City’s subways. But because child laborers are sacred illegal immigrants, once proudly progressive city and state officials now look the other way and declare, “It’s not my problem.” of new york times came out with report Wednesday brought about what every New Yorker already knows: the subways […]
City Hall is pointing to migrant flood to shrug off NYC’s sagging population
New York City’s high crime rate and taxes are still displacing large numbers of residents, but City Hall pretends that’s okay — because they’re being replaced by illegal immigrants. seriously? About 78,000 New Yorkers got out of Dodge last year, and the city’s population fell to 8.26 million, according to new census data. hang on! […]
Chinese Stocks Fall as Traders Shrug off Rate Cut: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Chinese stocks fell as a cut in China’s reference interest rate for mortgages failed to erase the gloom surrounding the world’s No. 1 mortgage. 2 Economy. The dollar followed the rise in US yields. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg While mainland and Hong Kong stock prices fell, Japanese stock prices reversed their early […]
‘Why We Can’t Shrug Off the Fani Willis Scandal’
Georgia attorney Andrew Fleischman published an opinion piece in the left-leaning Daily Beast on Tuesday, arguing that allegations made by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to benefit the special prosecutor and his girlfriend are true. He said he should resign. Mr. Fleischman is a partner at Sessions & Fleischman. I have written In his […]