Facebook’s hot streak continued with a strong Q2 2017 earnings report. It earned $9.32 billion and $1.32 in GAAP actual EPS, compared to estimates of $9.2 billion revenue and $1.13 EPS. Revenue growth was 44.7 percent year-over-year, compared to 59 percent in Q2 2016, indicating that revenue growth is slowing...
SINGAPORE - The dollar held above a 13-month low on Tuesday after readings on U.S. factory and services activity beat expectations ahead of the start of a Federal Reserve meeting later in the day, but Asian stocks were subdued with few catalysts to drive them.
The dollar and U.S. Treasury...
There may be water -- a good bit of it -- deep inside the moon, scientists at Brown University say.
By analyzing satellite images, the scientists found evidence of water trapped in "glass beads" in ancient ash and rocks that volcanoes spewed across the surface of the moon, said Ralph...
In the 2016 campaign, there was no one more loyal to Hillary Clinton than her one-time Senate colleague Chuck Schumer. He defended his fellow New Yorker and the race she ran at every turn.
Which makes what Schumer said about Clinton over the weekend all the more intriguing.
"When you lose...
Multiple wildfires continue to blaze across the Golden State, forcing thousands from their homes and threatening thousands of structures in California, according to local officials. There are no reported casualties at this time.
The Wall fire, located about 60 miles north of Sacramento, continues to burn across 5,600 acres and has caused a...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer, characterizing it as standard campaign practice and maintaining that “nothing happened” as a result of the June sit-down.
The remarks in Paris, made in a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, came even...
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter received medical attention for dehydration while in Winnipeg on Thursday, where he is helping build a Habitat for Humanity home.
The statement from the organization said that Carter was being rehydrated in hospital, and his wife was with him.
A Habitat volunteer told Canada's National Broadcasting Corporation...
If you’re the type of person who needs at least one cup of coffee to get out of the house in the morning and a few more to make it through the day, you might think the best thing about java is that it keeps you awake.
But new research...
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett visits the BNSF booth before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Store Capital, a real estate investment trust, said Monday that Berkshire Hathaway invested $377 million in the company.
That amounted to 9.8% of outstanding shares purchased at...
Dietary supplements are intended to complement a diet and provide what a person may lack nutritionally based on daily habits, medicines they're taking or other outside factors.
"Supplements a multitude of things. Whether we're talking about vitamins, minerals, herbal products, it's anything that we use to add to ......