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Facebook’s stock market decline is the largest one-day drop in US history

2 months, 19 days ago

CALIFORNIA: After a surprisingly weak growth forecast in this week’s earnings report, Facebook’s stock price dropped 19 percent. The decline, which erased about $120 billion in market value, is the largest one-day drop in the history of the…

Costliest year in history: Natural disaster damage cost America $306 billion in 2017

9 months, 9 days ago

NEW YORK: Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that cost $306 billion, according to a US government report Monday. In 2017, a total of 16 disasters…

Police seek clues to Las Vegas mass shooting, bloodiest in modern US history

1 year, 15 days ago

LAS VEGAS: Police sought clues on Tuesday to explain why a retiree with a penchant for gambling but no criminal record set up a sniper’s nest in a high-rise Las Vegas hotel and poured gunfire onto a concert below, slaying dozens of people…