China Stocks-Factors to watch on Monday
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Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF): Dividend Is Coming In 3 Days, Should You Buy?
Investors who want to cash in on Regions Financial Corporation's (NYSE:RF) upcoming dividend of $0.09 per share have only 3 days left to buy the shares before its ex-dividend date,Read More...
In Mueller Clash, Trump May Define What Presidential Power Means
If Donald Trump prevails in his clash with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, one of his legacies may be to redefine the limits of presidential power -- a constitutional concept so amorphous that even his own lawyers' views on the matter appear to evolve. A private letter from Trump's legal team to Mueller, written in January, asserted what amounts to an unlimited right to halt federal investigations and issue pardons, concluding that a president cannot obstruct justice. "The true extent of presidential power has not been tested because most presidents have avoided going to the outer extent of that power," Harry Sandick, a former prosecutor with the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and now a white-collar defense lawyer, said in a telephone interview.
Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub could be announced as soon as Monday (MSFT)
Microsoft and GitHub have agreed to an acquisition, according to a Bloomberg report. The deal comes amid recent deal talks reported by Business Insider and could be announced as soon as Monday. It's unclear what the price of the acquisition is, though GitHub was last valued at $2 billion.
Fed Has to Hike Rates More Aggressively Than It Thinks, Perpetual Says
Jun.03 -- Matthew Sherwood, head of investment strategy at Perpetual Ltd. in Sydney, talks about Federal Reserve policy, the U.S. economy and his strategy. He speaks with Haidi Lun and Ramy Inocencio on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
Giuliani: Trump would fight any effort to subpoena him
An attorney for President Donald Trump stressed Sunday that the president's legal team would contest any effort to force the president to testify in front of a grand jury during the special counsel's Russia probe but downplayed the idea that Trump could pardon himself. Rudy Giuliani, in a series of television interviews, emphasized one of the main arguments in a newly unveiled letter sent by Trump's lawyers to special counsel Robert Mueller back in January: that a president can't be given a grand jury subpoena as part of the investigation into foreign meddling in the 2016 election.
Microsoft is reportedly acquiring GitHub
New reports out of Redmond this weekend have Microsoft set to purchase the