Month February 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top adviser said… Continue Reading →

Netanel and Yaffa Issachar, the parents of Naama Issachar, who was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month for drug charges and returned to Israel after being imprisoned in Russia since April, visited the home of Hagaon Harav Chaim… Continue Reading →

Small business owners have received some upbeat news on the economy this month. Retail sales figures released Friday showed that consumers were inspired by unseasonably warm weather to spend on their homes in January, but that overall sales growth was… Continue Reading →

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. government made good on its warning to Americans who chose to remain on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan, telling them they cannot return home for at least two weeks after they come ashore…. Continue Reading →

Franklin Resources is buyingrival investment managerLegg Mason for $4.5 billion, the latest shakeup in an industry grappling with customers who continue to clamor for lower fees. Franklin Resources Inc., which operates as Franklin Templeton, said Tuesday that it will pay… Continue Reading →

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that health insurance proposals from the Democratic candidates for president would hurt business owners. During a speech in Louisville at a conference for the Distilled Spirits Council, McConnell said… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday via Twitter that he opposes efforts to block the sale of jet engines to China. Trump’s tweets appeared intended to thwart a proposal from within his own administration to limit exports of engines jointly produced… Continue Reading →

Israel’s Central Election Committee announced on Tuesday that special polling stations may be established for Israeli citizens who are in their 14 days of self-quarantine after returning from China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Central Election… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) – What’s more deadly — the flu, SARS or the new coronavirus discovered in China? There are different ways to look at it and even knowledgeable folks sometimes say “deadly” when they may mean “lethal.” Lethality means the… Continue Reading →

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that health insurance proposals from the Democratic candidates for president would hurt business owners. During a speech in Louisville at a conference for… Read more » The post McConnell Takes Aim at Democratic… Continue Reading →

Approximately 24 homes in Lakewood were evacuated this evening after a construction crew struck a gas line, officials say. The incident occurred in the Louisberg Square development shortly before 7PM. “Supervisors on scene have advised that everyone is out and… Continue Reading →

A new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University shows New Jersey Democrats split between supporting candidates Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg for the Democratic nomination. The poll found that self-described socialist Senator Bernie Sanders received 24% support from Democrats or those… Continue Reading →

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year… Continue Reading →

According to a report by the Aram Alliance on Twitter, the Iranian regime is threatening to turn the tombs of Mordechai Hatzadik and Esther Hamalka into a Palestinian embassy. The Aram Alliance is a group that promotes the rights of… Continue Reading →

A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday rejected Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies’ constitutional challenge to a U.S. law that restricted its ability to do business with federal agencies… Read more » The post U.S. Judge Rejects Huawei Challenge… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (JNS) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rebuked a group of Democratic senators on Tuesday who reportedly met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif last week on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference. Sen. Chris… Continue Reading →

BERLIN (AP) — Russia will temporarily ban Chinese nationals from entering the country due to the virus outbreak centered in China that has infected more than 73,000 people worldwide, Russian authorities said Tuesday. The entry ban goes into effect Thursday… Continue Reading →

The IDF announcement on Monday that the body of the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack at the Parsa Junction near Dolev in the Binyamin region two and a half weeks ago was located left many unanswered questions. How… Continue Reading →

On February 3, 2020, Chief Kenneth Corey, commanding officer of Patrol Borough Staten Island (PBSI), convened the first meeting of the newly formed Clergy Task force. “The goal of the… Read more » The post Patrol Borough Staten Island Forms… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has challenged Blue and White candidate Benny Gantz to a debate, to be broadcast live to the nation. “I’m ready to come here or somewhere else,… Read more » The post Netanyahu Challenges Gantz to Debates—Without… Continue Reading →

The Israeli election campaign took a lurid turn on Tuesday night, as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ and Justice Minister Amir Ohana called for publication of evidence suggesting a conspiracy… Read more » The post Netanyahu Demands Publication of Mandelblit-Ashkenazi… Continue Reading →