Pentagon sanctions $1bn for Trump’s US-Mexico border wall March 26, 2019 The Pentagon has authorised the first transfer of funds for President Donald Trump's wall at the US-Mexico border since he declared a national emergency. Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan authorised $1bn (£758m) in support from the US Army Corps of Engineers for the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Patrol. Read more: Trump brands Kellyanne [...]
No evidence that Trump campaign colluded with Russia, Mueller probe finds March 24, 2019 US special counsel Robert Mueller’s report has found no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, according to details released this evening. In a summary of the inquiry’s conclusions sent to Congress, attorney general William Barr said Mueller had not found any evidence of collusion, but added he had not reached a [...]
Donald Trump brands Kellyanne Conway’s husband a ‘stone cold LOSER’ in bizarre Twitter blast March 20, 2019 US President Donald Trump has never been shy throwing around insults on Twitter, with historic targets including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (“Rocketman”), former FBI director James Comey (“not smart”) and the media (“FAKE NEWS”). His latest target is more surprising: George Conway, husband of one of his closest aides, Kellyanne Conway. Trump unleashed [...]
For once, John Bercow’s egomaniac meddling actually has a point March 20, 2019 John Bercow is a pompous, smug, self-important showman. The only thing he likes more than the sound of his own voice is being in the limelight – and he isn’t afraid to ruffle feathers in his never-ending search for it. He has turned the centuries-old office of the speaker of the House of Commons into [...]
Gold, the Federal Reserve, and the dollar – what’s driving up precious metal prices? March 19, 2019 Gold has been making a comeback. After a long period with little activity last year, the precious metal’s value has risen as stock markets have struggled and fallen. Combine the volatility of equities with the increase in geopolitical fears, and many investors are re-evaluating whether to increase the amount of gold in their portfolios. The [...]
Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 planes around the world will be grounded for ‘weeks’, according to US March 14, 2019 Boeing’s 737 Max 8 and 9 plane models will remain grounded for a minimum of “weeks,” as the manufacturing giant scrambles to test and install a software upgrade in all of the aircraft affected. Democratic representative Rick Larsen said after a briefing with the Federal Aviation Administrator the software upgrade would take a few weeks [...]
Trump says Federal Aviation Administration will ground Boeing 737-Max 8 planes over safety concerns March 13, 2019 US President Donald Trump has pushed through an "emergency order" to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) "to ground all 737 Max 8 and the 737 Max 9, and planes associated with that line," after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed and killed 157 people. The FAA – and Trump by association – had both come under pressure [...]
Canada bans Boeing crash jet, piling more pressure on ‘dogmatic’ US authorities to follow suit March 13, 2019 Boeing’s misery deepened yet further today as Canadian authorities joined others around the globe in banning its latest jet model from their airspace. The move heaps yet more pressure on US regulators to ban Boeing’s new 737 Max range after it suffered its second fatal crash in five months on Sunday. Read more: Boeing's Ethiopian [...]
ii winter portfolios 2018-19 deliver mega profits March 13, 2019 | City Talk Four months into this six-month strategy and both our winter portfolios are thriving, writes Lee Wild. Finding a trading strategy that works 100 per cent of the time is the Holy Grail of investing. We’re not claiming to have found it here, and seasonal trading is not for everyone, but there is a statistical anomaly backed [...]
Forget Brexit, corporate debt is a bigger issue March 11, 2019 As a few of you might have been told many times already, today is the latest Brexit D-Day for the UK, and for Theresa May in particular. Now, despite the fact that I am – at the moment that you are reading this – down on a chilly College Green in Westminster reporting on the latest [...]