Yahoo Finance's Brian Sozzi speaks with former Honeywell CEO and 'Winning Now, Winning Later' author David Cote about how CEOs can plan for the future while still keeping investors happy in the short term.
While the U.S. government narrowly dodged a partial shutdown and the House of Representatives ousted its speaker for the first time in history, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe Washington politicians cannot put aside their partisan differences to do their jobs. Some 64% of the respondents in the two-day poll completed on Wednesday - including 61% of Democrats and 66% of Republicans - disagreed with a statement that politicians in the capital can "put partisan differences aside for the good of the nation." Disputes between Republicans and Democrats have triggered three partial government shutdowns in Washington in the past decade and earlier this year brought the federal government within days of defaulting on $31.4 trillion in debt.
Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Gloria Johnson raised $1.3 million to kick off a 2024 U.S. Senate bid fueled by a failed Republican attempt to expel her, but GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn more than doubled that haul and has millions more in the bank to defend her seat, the two campaigns said Wednesday. Johnson announced her campaign early last month after starting an exploratory committee in August, which allowed her to fundraise to support efforts like traveling and polling before becoming a candidate. Johnson’s team said it received about 25,400 donations, at about $51 apiece, for an opening fundraising quarter unmatched by a Tennessee Democrat running for Senate in at least four decades.
More than 300 former patients filed new sexual abuse claims against a former Columbia University gynecologist in court this week.
Republican Kevin McCarthy is the first Speaker of the House to be voted out of the position. These 8 Republicans voted against him.
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he would deliver a "major" speech about funding for Ukraine.
President Biden today wiped away an additional $9 billion in student debt. Since he took office, his administration has discharged $127 billion in student loan debt for more than 3.5 million borrowers.
The defense of the fallen crypto star began on Wednesday as Sam Bankman-Fried's defense attorney argued that his client 'didn't intend to defraud anyone.'
American politics has been sliding into crisis and dysfunction for more than a decade, and the total breakdown in the House over Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as speaker is only the latest chapter in a longer story.
From hotels to trains to theaters, Paris seems to be crawling with bedbugs — but experts say there are some ways to protect yourself. Here's what to know.
Wall Street stocks got a respite from the bond rout as investors increasingly accept the idea that the era of low interest rates is ending.
A new study found that trans people reported experiencing discredited and harmful conversion therapy at a higher rate than gays and lesbians.
Foxx is one of those actors, blessed with an allure and glamour that runs so deep that it’s almost tempting to dismiss a performance like this as one that’s natural. The same could be said for “The Burial,” which is glossy, appealing and goes down suspiciously easy. Is there a catch or did director and co-writer Maggie Betts just prove her commercial chops in her sophomore feature?
Tens of thousands of health care workers in the United States walked off the job Wednesday, beginning one of the sector's largest strikes in recent history, as America's year of labor discontent rolled on.The union, which says this will be the largest health care worker strike in US history, is pushing for pay increases and protections against subcontracting and outsourcing of labor.
A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was given medical treatment and then taken to a hospital shortly before he was due to speak at an election rally in Bavaria on Wednesday, police said. There were few details about what exactly happened at the event in Ingolstadt, before a state election on Sunday. The party said that Tino Chrupalla, one of its two co-leaders, was hospitalized following what it called a “violent incident,” German news agency dpa reported.
Pro-choice Republican Rep. Nancy Mace earned criticism from more-mainstream members of the GOP with her vote to oust McCarthy as House speaker.
The man accused of murder in connection with the gang-feud slaying of rapper Tupac Shakur a quarter of a century ago appeared in a US court Wednesday. The formal arraignment was delayed and Davis did not enter a plea to the charge of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang.
TODAY show's Jill Martin was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She talks about treatment, including chemotherapy and a double mastectomy.
President Joe Biden touted his administration's efforts to address student debt, including $9 billion more in loan relief that the White House announced.
A spokesperson for Gates' foundation says he did not make such a statement. The claim originated on a website known to publish misinformation.
Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign said Wednesday it will move about a third of its staff to Iowa, underscoring the do-or-die importance the Florida governor is placing on the leadoff caucuses. The development, a little more than three months before Iowa Republicans launch the 2024 nominating calendar, comes as DeSantis seeks to visit all of the state's 99 counties in an effort to outmaneuver former President Donald Trump.
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