BOZEMAN – Twenty current and emerging leaders from Montana’s natural resource industries have been selected to take part in Class IV of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership). Class IV will begin their leadership journey on September 12, 2019 at their first seminar in Bozeman. “REAL Montana continues to strengthen its mission of building Read More…
HARLOWTON, Mont. — Bridger Brewing, Montana Space Grant Consortium at Montana State University and Bozeman-based Crooked Yard Hops have partnered on a project that sent beer ingredients into space. The retrieved ingredients were then used to brew a commemorative beer celebrating the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. While other breweries are Read More…
WASHINGTON— Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +1.38% Chief Executive Jeff Bezos tries never to schedule a meeting before 10 a.m. “I go to bed early, I get up early, I like to putter in the morning” reading the newspaper, drinking a cup of coffee and eating breakfast with his children, he said. Mr. Bezos schedules “high IQ” meetings before lunch, and tries Read More…
Montana judge James A. Manley had previously ruled that the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) had violated the rights of developer MTSUN by cutting both the rates paid for electricity and contract lengths under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), for the express purpose of undercutting the viability of solar power. This was in Read More…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Republican members of U.S. Congress, including House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday urging him to move forward with a $10 billion cloud contract with the Defense Department. FILE PHOTO: House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-CA) chairs a committee Read More…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Friday following a report that the Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates by only a quarter-percentage point at the end of the month. The benchmark S&P 500 erased earlier marginal gains after a Wall Street Journal report on the Fed’s plans. According to the Read More…
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Ford is seen on a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski TORONTO (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) will lay off about 185 employees in September at a Canadian manufacturing plant in Oakville, Ontario, with the possibility of Read More…
NEW YORK, July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased shares of Omnicell Inc. (“Omnicell” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: OMCL) between October 25, 2018, and July 11, 2019, inclusive (the “Class Period”). The Read More…
DUBLIN, July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global Hydraulic Press Market Size, Market Share, Application Analysis, Regional Outlook, Growth Trends, Key Players, Competitive Strategies and Forecasts, 2018 To 2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The hydraulic press market estimated to grow with a CAGR of 5.04% during the forecast period from 2018 to Read More…
AMSTERDAM, July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Trivium Packaging B.V. (“Trivium”) announces that its subsidiary, Trivium Packaging Finance B.V., has priced the following transactions, totalling approximately $2,850 million equivalent ($/EUR): EUR355 million of Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2026, at EURIBOR plus 3.750%; EUR625 million of Senior Secured Notes due 2026, at a coupon of Read More…
The weekend is expected to attract 20,000 attendees throughout the three days. 200 chefs, farmers, educators and makers including Alice Waters, Ron Finley, Drew Deckman, Kristen Essig, Caroline Glover, Jennifer Jasinski, Sandor Katz, Adrian Miller, Kevin Mitchell, Davia Nelson, Urvashi Rangan, Steven Satterfield, Alex Seidel, Alon Shaya and Pierre Thiam will be participating in the Read More…
ARLINGTON, Va., July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Today, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear praised President Trump’s choice of Eugene Scalia as the nominee for Secretary of Labor. “I have had the privilege of knowing Gene Scalia for nearly two decades, and as former colleagues, know firsthand his expansive breadth of experience with Read More…
DUBLIN, July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global Referral Management Market Analysis & Trends – Industry Forecast to 2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Global Referral Management Market is poised to grow strong during the forecast period 2017 to 2027. Some of the prominent trends that the market is witnessing include integration Read More…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Friday after steep losses a day earlier, supported by rising tensions between the United States and Iran, even as concerns that slowing economic growth could dent global oil demand cast a cloud. FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen at sunset outside Vaudoy-en-Brie, near Read More…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks declined after early gains dissipated on Friday as expectations for a strongly dovish U.S. Federal Reserve at its next meeting were dialed back, pushing the dollar higher. Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 16, 2019. Read More…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had a very good talk with his Chinese counterpart, amid signals from China that officials could soon meet face-to-face in their bid to end a yearlong trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for Read More…
(Reuters) – J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) has hired advisers to explore debt restructuring options that would buy more time for the money-losing U.S. retailer to forge a turnaround, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A J.C. Penney Company Inc. store is pictured at a mall in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, U.S. November Read More…
Traders walk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes edged lower on Friday following a report that the Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates by only a quarter-percentage point at the end of the Read More…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Friday granted American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) and Qantas Airways Ltd (QAN.AX) final approval to operate a joint venture after a prior effort was rejected in 2016. FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines airplane sits on the tarmac at LAX in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March Read More…
An Airbus concept aircraft with a wing design inspired by nature, dubbed Bird of Prey, is displayed at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Raf Fairford, near Fairford, Britain July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Tim Hepher RAF FAIRFORD, England (Reuters) – Airbus (AIR.PA) on Friday unveiled a concept aircraft with splayed wingtips and a fanned tail inspired Read More…
A deal to make satellite TV provider Dish Network the nation’s fourth largest mobile carrier is days away from being finalized — thanks to the Department of Justice, The Post has learned. Under pressure from DOJ antitrust officials, T-Mobile and Sprint are on track to announce a deal to sell a slew of mobile assets Read More…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock (BLK.N) Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Friday the European Central Bank will need to purchase equities to stimulate Europe’s economy, and that leaders should find ways to have investors embrace an “equity culture” there. FILE PHOTO: Larry Fink, Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock, stands at the Bloomberg Global Business Read More…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager, took in less cash last quarter as investors moved into lower-cost bond funds, and it made less money lending out stocks. The BlackRock logo is seen at the BlackRock Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The company, manager of Read More…
(Reuters) – American Express Co (AXP.N) warned of higher operating costs this year as the credit card issuer spends heavily on rewards programs to attract customers in an increasingly crowded market, sending its shares down 2.5% on Friday. FILE PHOTO: American Express logo and trading symbol are displayed on a screen at the New York Read More…
JC Penney has hired advisers to explore debt restructuring options that would buy more time for the money-losing US retailer to forge a turnaround, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The 117-year-old department store chain’s move represents a high-stakes attempt to get its financial house in order before its cash coffers dwindle and Read More…
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WARREN, Mich. — When you first lay eyes on the new 2020 Corvette, a modern version of the classic American sports car isn’t the first thing that pops into your head. Instead, you think Lamborghini, Lotus, McLaren. The eighth-generation ‘Vette, dubbed C8, is radically different from its predecessors, which for 66 years had the engine Read More…
Owners of the trendy Bowery Hotel so infuriated a NY judge with their delay tactics that she has refused to hear their defense in a multimillion-dollar fraud case. Now it’s time for them to pay up. The epic legal struggle over the Lower East Side hot spot — known for entertaining A-listers Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Read More…
Richard Greenfield and other key analysts on BTIG’s technology, media and telecommunications team have formed a breakaway shop but will continue to partner with the financial services firm they’ve served for nearly a decade. Noted BTIG analysts Walter Piecyk and Brandon Ross will join Greenfield in what BTIG co-founder Steven Starker introduced on Thursday as Read More…
A New Jersey woman is suing casino chain Caesars for fostering a male-dominated culture that looked the other way as she was retaliated against for complaining about a creepy incident with a superior, according to her lawsuit. Jocelyn Agnellini Allison says her career at Caesars started to suffer after she complained in May 2017 about Read More…
Prosecutors are trying to keep sensitive financial information out of the hands of an ex-Goldman Sachs banker linked to the money laundering scandal behind “Wolf of Wall Street.” Assistant US Attorney Drew Rolle said his office was particularly concerned about former banker Roger Ng viewing “the entire contents of personal email accounts” that are not Read More…
Yet another bold buyout engineered by Paul Singer is in danger of fizzling. The hard-charging billionaire’s activist hedge fund Elliott Management has slashed the price of its takeover bid for energy company QEP Resources, throwing the $2 billion deal into doubt, The Post has learned. Elliott — famous for staring down high-profile targets ranging from Read More…
GateHouse Media is deep in talks to buy USA Today owner Gannett — a merger that would create America’s biggest newspaper chain, The Post has learned. Fairport, NY-based GateHouse — which owns nearly 700 papers across 39 states, including 156 dailies like the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio — is owned by Fortress Investment Group, a Read More…
BOZEMAN – Twenty current and emerging leaders from Montana’s natural resource industries have been selected to take part in Class IV of REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership). Class IV will begin their leadership journey on September 12, 2019 at their first seminar in Bozeman. “REAL Montana continues to strengthen its mission of building Read More…
The first two new Toys ‘R’ Us stores will open in November as part of a small comeback of the defunct iconic toy chain in the US. Plans for a Toys ‘R’ Us comeback were first reported by The Post in January. Richard Barry, a former Toys ‘R’ Us executive and now CEO of the Read More…
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The Dutch airline KLM took a social media beating this week after its India team shared a tweet about the seats where passengers are most likely to die, according to a new report. The tweet in question, posted by @KLMIndia along with the hashtags #TuesdayTrivia, #Aircraft and #Facts, has since been deleted. “According to data Read More…
A troubled insurance company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations by New York’s top financial regulator that it jacked up prices on unwitting customers, The Post has learned. Linda A. Lacewell, the superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, settled with Applied Underwriters and Read More…
Thursday, Aug. 15. Mark this date on your calendar. A very good source of mine says a report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz of the Justice Department on spying and other nastiness during the 2016 presidential election will be out by then. And, I believe, it will be a blockbuster. So investors and all Americans Read More…
Here we go again. The president said this week that negotiations with China over trade are far from resolving anything. So he’s talking punitive tariffs again. And that is bothering the stock market. The Chinese tactic is to stall. Trump could be out of office in 2021, so why should they negotiate with him when Read More…
As I was saying in a column back on May 22, bitcoin and all the other phony cryptocurrencies need to be investigated. They are “bitcons” — confidence games that are going to eventually cheat anyone foolish enough to entrust their money to these scams. And they are dangerous because they allow rogue governments and crooks Read More…
A US senator is about to turn up the heat on Subway Restaurants amid complaints by mom-and-pop franchisees that they are victims of the restaurant chain‘s downsizing efforts. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on Wednesday announced she will introduce legislation this month to require companies like Subway to disclose their rate for defaulted government-backed small Read More…
Shares of Netflix plunged more than 10% in late trading after the streaming giant reported a rare slowdown in subscriber growth. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based company on Wednesday said it added 2.7 million subscribers in the quarter ended in June — down 2.3 million from its forecast of 5 million new viewers. The company behind Read More…
Norah O’Donnell’s debut as the new “CBS Evening News” anchor drew much media fanfare but fewer viewers. The former co-host of “CBS This Morning” came in last place among evening shows on Monday despite a much-publicized premiere that included a sit-down with Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world. O’Donnell not only trailed “ABC’s Read More…