Facebook and Twitter have both been accused of censoring information regarding the 2016 presidential election.
Former employees accuse Facebook of censoring conservative news, and some Twitter users have found evidence that the company is trying to censor their tweets.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley went on record in Defense News to say the U.S. Army is in a state of "high risk" when it comes to its capability of fighting one or more large conflicts or defending the country.
Gen. Milley wasn't saying our military isn't up to the job, far from it. Rather, he meant that this critical capability is a tall order considering the threats we face right now and into the future.
North Korea, for instance, has announced its development of a miniaturized nuclear warhead. It already has a ballistic missile capable of flight to the U.S.' west coast.
Saudi Arabia is fighting a two-front war… Iraq, Syria, and Libya are now failed states and fertile ground for terror groups like Al-Qaeda and Daesh… The European Union and Turkey are reeling from homegrown Islamic State-sponsored terror and a crushing refugee crisis.
Worldwide, conflict and disaster have uprooted more than 60 million people – the highest number of displaced persons ever, even including World War II – in a humanitarian, logistical, and security nightmare.
Meanwhile, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers just released a report saying that we likely couldn't stop a cyberattack that happened simultaneously with a natural disaster, like a Category 5 hurricane, with our current cybersecurity capability.
So clearly, the world is not a safe place right now. And governments here and indeed all around the world have their work cut out for them when it comes to providing a defense that can match and defeat the threat.
Here's where our government is turning to help them do all that - and more...
by David Zeiler
The year-long rally in the U.S. dollar has slowed, but it's far from over.
From July 2014 to March of this year, the U.S. dollar index (DXY) has soared by 25%. Since then, it has pulled back slightly. But the forces that drove the U.S dollar higher remain in place and will intensify in the months ahead.
Here's why the U.S. dollar will keep rising - and how to profit from it...
by David Zeiler
Until this week, a Fed rate hike at the September FOMC meeting seemed more probable by the day.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen had hinted for months that the U.S. central bank finally was ready to raise interest rates above zero for the first time since late 2008.
Then the Chinese central bank devalued the yuan.
Here's how that bombshell will affect the Fed rate hike...
Investors in LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD), FireEye Inc. (Nasdaq: FEYE), Expedia Inc. (Nasdaq: EXPE), Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL), and Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) have seen significant share-price jumps this week.
Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani joined "Varney & Company" on FOX Business Friday to provide a trading expert's take on a rapid-fire list of these noteworthy stocks.
Watch the video below to find out which ones he's buying and selling now...
by David Zeiler
Less than blockbuster Q3 earnings sent Apple stock down more than 8% in after-hours trading yesterday (Tuesday), lopping about $60 billion from the company's market cap.
But a closer look at the AAPL Q3 earnings shows the sharply negative reaction wasn't justified. If anything, it shows that Apple has spoiled investors with spectacular earnings beats.
This sell-off ignored several key points in the Apple Q3 earnings...
by Diane Alter
Investors are eyeing up potential marijuana stock winners like Cannabis Science (CBIS) stock as the industry explodes – but a lot of these picks are not worth the money…
As we warned in February, a lot of these new pot stocks are not good for investors.
Some are scams, while others are just too new to invest in with confidence.
Here's why CBIS stock is among those to avoid...
by Jim Bach
The news of the Japanese recession has taken economists by surprise, but the problems with the Japanese economy have been so entrenched that no negative news should come as a shock.
You see, Japan has been battling with deflation for most of the last two decades, and that's only helped to reinforce this current bout with recession.
Here's how to play the Japanese recession for gains.
Alibaba stock was up as much as 3.5% to $119.07 Wednesday, one day after the biggest shopping day in history.
Nov. 11 was "Singles' Day" in China, and more than $9.3 billion was spent over Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s (NYSE: BABA) network of sites. In just 24 hours, Alibaba processed more than 278 million orders.
That's more than was spent in the entire U.S. last Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday combined.
Here's the best way to play Alibaba stock now that the historic holiday is over...
by Tara Clarke
Best stocks to buy for the week ending March 7, 2014: Geopolitical concerns in Ukraine sparked a shift to gold, crude, and grains early last week, while stock futures suffered. But as the week unfolded, investors came back to the stock markets with cautious optimism…
All eyes were on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index – it closed at 1,878.04 on Friday, marking its fifth record closing high in the past seven sessions. It increased 1% over the course of the week.
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