Tuesday, May 24, 2016

#USA - Costco Reports Earnings on Wednesday. Toll Bros. Had an Amazing Quarter. What Jim Cramer Is Watching

Published on 24 May 2016
TheStreet's Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer said Costco's upcoming earnings report, released on Wednesday, is the company's last bad quarter.
Published on 24 May 2016
Toll Brothers

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#France - blockades hit 'all oil refineries' as labour dispute hardens: euronews (in English)

Published on 24 May 2016
euronews (in English)
The strike over French labour laws has become more entrenched, amid union claims that all of the country's oil refineries have been affected by blockades.

French oil and gas company Total says it will "seriously consider" its investment plans in France because of the disruption, iTele television reported the group's chief executive as saying.

The government has warned that the action won't be tolerated and that sites will be liberated.

Riot police moved in before dawn to break up a strike pic…
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#France - Google's Paris HQ raided over $1.6 billion back taxes: USA TODAY

Published on 24 May 2016
USA TODAY
As part of a probe over tax payments, a source close to the finance ministry told Reuters on Tuesday, French investigators are raiding Google's Paris headquarters.
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#Syria - IS 'destroyed airbase' used by Russia - BBC News

Published on 24 May 2016
A strategically significant Syrian airbase, used by Russia, appears to have been almost completely destroyed - according to new satellite imagery exclusively seen by the BBC. Stratfor analyst Sim Tack explains.
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#Belgium - LIVE: Violent clashes during Belgium anti-austerity protests


 
Published on 24 May 2016
Fighting broke out on Tuesday at the end of a major demonstration that gathered tens of thousands in the center of Brussels to protest the center-right government's social and economic policies.

At the end of the peaceful rally that gathered some 50,000 people, a few dozen started throwing rocks at police and scuffles broke out among protesters.

At least one policeman was injured and several protesters.

Police used water cannons to disperse protesters.

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#USA - Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend

Published on 24 May 2016
GasBuddy.com senior consumer analyst Vera Gibbons on low gas prices and terrorism concerns leading consumers to take road trips for their family vacations.
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#UK - The company that gave every woman a pay rise - BBC News

Published on 24 May 2016
The London company that says they have found a way to tackle the gender pay problem. They call it the "Pay Gap Tax".
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#Ukraine - Eurovision winner's parents respond to controversy

Published on 23 May 2016
Jamala's parents say they're upset with Crimea residents' negative reaction to their daughter's Eurovision song about the Crimean Tatars deportation. Sara Hemrajani reports.
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#Greece - Riot police begin clearing Idomeni refugee camp - Tweets

Published on 24 May 2016
Greek authorities have began an operation to clear the country's largest refugee camp of Idomeni - on the Macedonian border - after sending in more than 400 riot police.

The camp, which sprung up at an informal pedestrian border crossing for refugees heading north to Europe, is home to an at least 8,400 people - including hundreds of children - mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Al Jazeera's Rob Matheson reports.
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Netflix Exclusivity Deal With Disney Kicks Off in September - IGN News

Published on 23 May 2016
Netflix has announced its exclusive partnership with Disney will go into effect later this year.

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/2...
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#China - The forgotten children of China's prisoners | Guardian Docs

Published on 24 May 2016
In a government building in Nanzhao, the Zhang children’s father awaits his fate.

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He accidentally killed a child and will probably be executed. The Chinese state makes no provision for prisoners’ children. The Sun Village orphanage takes in sisters Wei and Yan and their brother Won, but without their father they cannot verify their legal status. Will the children ever be able to study and work?
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#Iraq - Battle for Falluja intesifies with ISIS and Iraqi forces

Published on 23 May 2016
Feisal Istrabadi, a professor at Indiana University, looks at Iraq's battle to retake the city of Falluja from ISIS
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#Eygpt - Missing EgyptAir flight made no "swerves" before crashing - Cairo: Why Has No One Claimed Responsibility if Terrorism?

Published on 23 May 2016
The EgyptAir flight that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea last week did not made sudden swerves or turns before crashing, according to an Egyptian air navigation official.

Published on 23 May 2016
It's been four days since EgyptAir Flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. In the immediate aftermath, some were quick to blame terrorism.
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#Syria - Islamic State hits President Assad’s heartland: Channel 4 News

Published on 23 May 2016
 Channel 4 News
Around 150 people have been killed and at least 200 others have been hurt, as five suicide devices and three car bombs exploded through the cities of Tartous and Jableh, along the road to Latakia. It's a highly symbolic blow against the Syrian leader by the Islamic State - already sparking reprisals.
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