Once-soaring commodities firm sees shares plummet nearly 50 percent after profit warning

At its peak in 2010, Noble was Asia’s largest commodity trader with a market cap of more than $10 billion. Shares hit an all-time high of 17 Singapore dollars in 2011, but have since fallen as it struggles with the aggressive commodity price decline in recent...

White House Aides Think Trump Will Let Sessions Stay, for Now

By PETER BAKER and JENNIFER STEINHAUER July 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — For a week, some of President Trump’s top aides have tried to talk him down from his public campaign against Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Not only was it exposing...

Senate Soundly Rejects Repeal-Only Health Bill

By THOMAS KAPLAN July 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday soundly rejected a measure that would repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act without providing a replacement, leaving Republicans still searching for a path forward to fulfill...

A top senator just said ‘no way’ to confirming a new attorney general this year

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley appeared to send a warning to the White House on Wednesday evening: If you fire Jeff Sessions, we won’t confirm you a new attorney general anytime soon. In a message on Twitter, the Republican senator from Iowa...