Author: usaeverydaylife

Pope Francis on Monday placed Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan modernist once called “God’s architect” for his work on the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s world-famous basilica, on the path to sainthood.Francis recognized his “heroic virtues” and authorized a decree declaring him “venerable,” a move toward sainthood, the Vatican said in a statement. For the next step, beatification, a miracle attributed to him would have to be verified. After that, a confirmation of yet another miracle would be required for Gaudí to be declared a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. The process can take years, even centuries.The basilica marked the pope’s decision…

Read More

The view of Nanjing Road East Pedestrian Mall, the main shopping street in Shanghai.Bruce Yuanyue Bi | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets mostly rose Tuesday after all three key benchmarks on Wall Street rose on a tech rally.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 started the day 1.12% higher, while the broader Topix index was rose 1.31%.In South Korea, the Kospi index added 0.44% in early trade, while the small-cap Kosdaq fell 0.26%.Meanwhile, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was flat.Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 21,585, pointing to a stronger open compared to the HSI’s last close of 21,417.40.India is expected to release…

Read More

Stocks rose again on Monday in another volatile session , marking the third positive day in four for the S & P 500 as Wall Street tries to recover from the tariff sell-off earlier this month. But the index did briefly drop into the red in midday trading, a sign that investors may still be uneasy. .SPX 1D mountain The S & P 500 suffered a midday swoon on Monday. History suggests that they are right to be skeptical. Paul Ciana, Bank of America technical strategist, said in a note to clients Monday that the market may need to retest…

Read More

The Trump administration could cut nearly 50 percent of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal memo laying out a downsizing plan being given serious consideration by department leaders, said two U.S. officials. The plan was drawn up as the White House pressures agencies to make significant budget cuts.The memo, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, proposes eliminating almost all funding for international organizations like the United Nations and NATO, ending the budget for supporting international peacekeeping operations and curtailing all of the department’s educational and cultural exchanges, like the Fulbright…

Read More

Investors need to practice patience amid a ‘very much intact bull market,’ says OppenheimerIt’s essential for investors to practice patience and not got swept up in trepidation amid this period of heightened uncertainty, according to Oppenheimer.In a Monday note, Oppenheimer chief investment strategist John Stoltzfus reiterated his bullish stance on equities.”We remain positive on stocks and consider near-term volatility tied to the uncertainties surrounding the tariff regime structure — which for now remains in our view very much ‘a work in progress’ — as not atypical of a period in market history which is laden with watershed caliber developments in…

Read More

It may not have been the tax-evasion trial of the century — the second century, that is — but it was of such gravity that the defendants faced charges of forgery, fiscal fraud and the sham sale of slaves. Tax dodging is as old as taxation itself, but these particular offenses were considered so serious under Roman law that penalties ranged from heavy fines and permanent exile to hard labor in the salt mines and, in the worst case, damnatio ad bestias, a public execution in which the condemned were devoured by wild animals.The allegations are laid out in a…

Read More