Field of wheat in central Kansas is nearly ready for harvest.Ricardo Reitmeyer | Getty ImagesWith a population of about 2,100, Neodesha, Kansas, is roughly 100 miles from Wichita and Topeka in Kansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its claim to fame is the 65-foot-tall tower that supported the drilling framework for the first commercial oil well west of the Mississippi River, locals say. But as an old oil town, Neodesha has struggled with a decreasing population and an aging housing supply for years.When the refinery formerly owned by Standard Oil Co. closed in 1971, “the population was cut in half over night,” according…
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For months leading into the American elections last fall, the prospect of a second Trump presidency deepened uncertainty among Ukrainians over how enduring American support would prove in a war threatening their national survival.After President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous meeting with President Trump in the White House on Friday, many Ukrainians were moving toward a conclusion that seemed perfectly clear: Mr. Trump has chosen a side, and it is not Ukraine’s.In one jaw-dropping meeting, the once unthinkable fear that Ukraine would be forced to engage in a long war against a stronger opponent without U.S. support appeared to move exponentially closer…
Morgan Stanley recently called out a few overweight-rated stocks that could have room to run after quarterly earnings. Companies like Robinhood are firing on all cylinders and are worth buying now, the firm’s analysts said. Other stocks include Toast , Cummins and Seagate Technology. Cummins Analyst Angel Castillo is standing by shares of top pick Cummins following the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report. The industrial engine company is well positioned after “another better than expected quarter and guide,” the analyst said. Castillo also said that Cummins has an “ample runway for margin expansion and top line growth setting up another year…
Then Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley testifies before the Senate Committee on the Budget on Sept. 11, 2024.Anna Rose Layden | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesSocial Security has never missed a benefit payment since the program first began sending individuals monthly benefits more than eight decades ago.But the recent actions at the U.S. Social Security Administration by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are putting monthly benefit checks for more than 72.5 million Americans at risk, former commissioner and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley told CNBC.com.”Ultimately, you’re going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits,” O’Malley…
When life gets complicated, our instincts often lead us down the wrong path. We isolate ourselves when community could heal us, or we dream of endless free time when a new challenge could fulfill us.I’ve spent 15 years studying happiness, and I’ve had the opportunity to speak with thousands of people across all walks of life, spanning all income levels — from executives in corner offices to frontline workers. I’ve learned that no matter what their background or circumstances are, the happiest people have figured out how to actively train their brains to seek joy and contentment.DON’T MISS: How to start a…
The S & P 500 may have just notched its second down week in a row, but there’s good news for investors: plenty of companies are oversold and due for a rally on a technical basis. The 500-stock benchmark slipped 1% this week, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged 3.5%. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was the best-performing index on the week, registering a gain of 1%. Additional tariff promises from the Trump administration have rattled investors in recent days, alongside signs of a potential economic softening . AI poster child Nvidia fell 8.5% on Thursday , in the…
Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCompany: Aspen Technology (AZPN)Business: Aspen Technology provides industrial software that focuses on helping customers in asset-intensive industries worldwide. Its software is used in performance engineering, modeling and design, supply chain management, predictive and prescriptive maintenance, digital grid management and industrial data management. The company serves a range of asset-intensive industries, including oil and gas exploration and production; oil and gas processing and distribution; as well as oil and gas refining and marketing.Stock Market Value: $16.8B ($265.25 per share)Stock Chart IconStock chart iconAspen Technology shares in the past yearActivist: Elliott Investment ManagementOwnership:…
For more than four decades, Turkey has been fighting an armed insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., a militant group that says it seeks greater rights for the country’s Kurdish minority.More than 40,000 people have been killed in decades of conflict, in both P.K.K. attacks on military and civilian targets and Turkish military operations against the militants and the communities that harbor them. Turkey, the United States and other countries consider the group a terrorist organization.Now, the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan, has called on Kurdish fighters to lay down their arms and they have declared a cease-fire.…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (2L) attends a Nordic summit meeting with leaders of the five Nordic nations, key backers in Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion on December 13, 2023 in Oslo. Cornelius Poppe | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Norwegian government will soon ask that parliament increases its financial backing for Ukraine, Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK on Saturday.”I can say today that we will go back to parliament in the near future with a proposal to increase the support,” Stoere told NRK.Norway’s parliament late last year agreed to spend a total of 35 billion Norwegian crowns…
A Starlink user terminal attached to the roof of a building.SpaceXVietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Saturday the government wanted to rapidly issue a licence for Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet in the country under a pilot scheme.Chinh, speaking with nearly 40 U.S. businesses in Hanoi, also said that Vietnam was taking measures to rebalance its trade surplus with the U.S., citing potential imports of aircraft, arms, liquefied natural gas, agriculture goods and pharmaceutical products.Hanoi is trying to avoid U.S. duties on its ballooning exports, which contributed to a record trade surplus last year, making the Southeast Asian…
