Kim Jong Un, North Korea blast McCain for ‘crazy fat kid’ remark

North Korea expressed outrage Thursday at Sen. John McCain’s description of President Kim Jong Un as a “crazy fat kid,” calling the former presidential candidate a “noted idiot.” The Arizona Republican made the comment last week on...

Majority of Americans think Trump’s doing a poor job and the country is headed in the wrong direction: Poll

President Donald Trump’s job approval ratings are taking a hit this week, on the heels of the Republicans’ inability to pass a health-care reform bill. Trump’s job approval stands at just 42 percent, according to an NBC News|SurveyMonkey Poll. A...

Trump administration seeks mainly modest changes to NAFTA

The Trump administration is seeking mainly limited changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citingan administrative draft proposal circulated in Congress by the Office of the U.S. Trade...

Corporate America’s top shareholder referee gets tougher on activists

Institutional Shareholder Services, the world’s top proxy advisory firm, is making activist investors work harder than ever to earn its backing in corporate control battles in a shift being led by the new man in charge of its recommendations. Since Cristiano...

ConocoPhillips sells oil and gas assets to Cenovus for $13.3 billion

ConocoPhillips on Wednesday agreed to sell oil sands and western Canadian natural gas assets to Cenovus Energy for C$17.7 billion ($12.74 billion), making it the latest international oil major to pull back from the region. For Calgary-based Cenovus, among...