President Trump again wagged his finger at the Federal Reserve Sunday, telling reporters that the Dow could be “5,000 to 10,000 points higher” if those at the central bank knew what they were doing. “If the Fed knew what it was doing, they would lower rates and they would stop quantitative tightening,” Trump said, referring … Continue reading "Trump: Dow could be 10,000 points higher if not for the Fed"

2020 watch: Dems Will Regret Their Hard-Left Turn As recently as 2016, calling leading Democrats socialists was a slander. But “today, a good portion of them will get angry if you do not address them as Democratic socialists,” notes Bradley Blakeman in The Hill. Yes, the party’s platform in 2016 was “aggressively progressive,” but even … Continue reading "Democrats will regret their hard-left turn and other commentary"

FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank said Sunday it would cut 18,000 jobs by 2022, downsizing its volatile investment banking division in a restructuring aimed at restoring consistent profitability and better returns to shareholders. The Frankfurt-headquartered bank said it would cut roughly a quarter of its total annual costs, from 22.8 billion euros ($25.6 … Continue reading "Deutsche Bank slashing 18K jobs by 2022"

The Yankees are going back to their Triple-A well. Deep breaths: It’s not because of another injury. Breyvic Valera will make his Yankees debut at second base against the Rays on Sunday. The 27-year-old’s call up comes as DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres were given off days ahead of their All-Star appearances this week. Valera … Continue reading "Yankees call up raking Breyvic Valera"

Google is in talks to help create a fourth US wireless carrier, even as Sprint and T-Mobile struggle to get their controversial merger cleared with federal and state authorities, The Post has learned. Alan Mulally — a former chief executive at Ford Motor and a current Alphabet director — has recently been in discussions with … Continue reading "Google joins Dish Network in talks to create 4th mobile carrier"

An explosion at a Florida shopping center injured more than 20 people, two of them seriously, and damaged several buildings Saturday morning. The blast at a vacant pizza restaurant undergoing renovations demolished a sizeable portion of the one-story strip mall about 30 miles north of Miami, leaving only a twisted metal frame hanging over the … Continue reading "Multiple injuries reported in gas explosion at Florida shopping center"

CLEVELAND — It comes with the territory of being a Yankees prospect, and as far as Deivi Garcia is concerned, he’ll pitch in whatever territory will have him. The 20-year-old Dominican right-hander Garcia has enjoyed a breakout 2019, and it took another step on Sunday when he learned he would start the Futures Game for … Continue reading "All eyes are on Yankees’ stud prospect Deivi Garcia"

So the Devils appear flush with cap space for 2020-21 even after assuming P.K. Subban’s full $9 million hit, which is a good thing because they are going to need it in order to keep Taylor Hall in New Jersey beyond this season. For if Artemi Panarin, an elite talent, was able to attract a … Continue reading "Clock is ticking on Taylor Hall and the Devils"

The Zion Williamson Show is taking a summer hiatus The Pelicans’ No. 1-overall pick in this year’s NBA draft will sit out the rest of NBA Summer League after bruising his left knee on Friday against the Knicks. “Zion will move forward from this incident without issue,” Pelicans Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David … Continue reading "Zion Williamson’s NBA Summer League comes to a sad end"

Most of the time, novelists turn in their manuscripts, complete edits and then hope that their book is well received once it makes its way into the bookstore displays and library shelves. And sometimes they receive a gift from the universe in the form of a breaking news alert. Such was the case for Bruce … Continue reading "The real-life college admissions scandal was even crazier than this novel predicted"