Angry relatives wait for news after deadly ferry crash
Police inspector Alamgir Hossain confirmed the death toll included 24 women and 19 children. The double-decker ferry sank after it was hit by a cargo vessel around midday Sunday, police…
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Fish Oil Benefits: Here’s What You Need To Know
It’s been drilled into our heads by doctors for years that a fish-rich diet is actually good for our bodies. It’s suggested that we eat fatty fish that are also…
BP Posts Net Loss of $4.4 Billion in Fourth Quarter
With the price of crude oil plummeting, why some countries are faring much better than others. LONDON — BP on Tuesday reported a net loss of $4.4 billion in the…
Royal Dutch Shell Posts Rise in Earnings Despite Lower Oil Prices
LONDON — Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014 rose as improved performance in marketing and refining offset the effects of lower oil…
How 2014’s Huge Market Moves Are Affecting the Economy in 2015
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 27, 2015 Neil Irwin – The same forces that led to a rising dollar in recent months have meant lower long-term…
Bernie Sanders Got Republicans To Make His Argument For Universal Health Care
WASHINGTON — In Republicans’ ongoing efforts to roll back or hamstring Obamacare, this is probably not what they hoped for in their first Senate hearing on the matter: The Senate’s…
Sheldon Silver, Speaker of New York Assembly, Is Arrested in Corruption Case
The powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday, sending shock waves through the political establishment and upending the new…
This Was The Best Moment Of Obama’s State Of The Union Address
President Barack Obama drew some unexpected applause during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address following a line he has often repeated since his 2012 re-election. – “True to form,…
More oil jobs are disappearing: Baker Hughes cuts 7K jobs
The cost cutting may not end there either. Baker Hughes, which recently agreed to be acquired by rival Halliburton (HAL), is reviewing its operations for potential facility closures as well….
Plunging oil prices won’t solve China’s economic problems
“Given no evidence of a sharp and sustained improvement in demand growth on the horizon, the boost from lower oil prices will be washed out by the many persistent and…
Citigroup traders will get smaller bonuses this year
While the markets ended the year up, many traders were hurt by lower trading volumes, the plunge in oil prices and currency fluctuations. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data…
Where the jobs are and who’s being hired?
Black men led the way, with a 6% increase in the number employed. That’s not surprising, says Valerie Wilson, labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute, since whites usually see…