What a tumultuous year 2016 has been. Just around this time last year, we were looking back at 2015 and analyzing how 2016 would unfold. The August 24-25, 2015 “Flash Crash” was the talk of the day, where the S&P 500 faltered with an over 10% decline from its all-time highs. It was the first time in over 4 years that the noble index fell from grace so badly; and January and February 2016 brought more pain for the index.
With the number of Californians demanding secession soaring post-election, President Trump maybe just about to give them another reason for Caliexit. While all eyes and ears were focused on his Russian comments, President Trump had some choice words for Californians during his recent interview with Fox's Bill O'Reilly.
Having caused quite a stir domestically when in an interview with Donald Trump airing just before the Superbowl, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" as he tried to press the U.S. president to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart, on Monday the Kremlin slammed O'Reilly's "factual statement" and said it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments.
Kremling spokesman Dmitry Peskov
The onslaught targeting President Trump's immigration executive order continued overnight, when virtually all US tech corporations, from Apple to Zynga, including Twitter, Netflix, Google, and Microsoft, banded together late on Sunday to file an "impassioned" brief condemning Trump's temporary immigration ban, arguing that it "inflicts significant harm on American business."
Trump meeting with tech CEOs