Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

JPMORGAN CFO: Markets are tough and Q4 is going to disappoint

JPMORGAN CFO: Markets are tough and Q4 is going to disappoint

  JPMorgan has reported third-quarter earnings, which missed analyst estimates. On a conference call following the earnings release, Chief Financial Officer Marianne Lake made a… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton seized her first opportunity to rip Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton seized her first opportunity to rip Bernie Sanders

  Hillary Clinton slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) over gun control early in the first Democratic debate Tuesday night. When asked by CNN moderator Anderson… Read More ›

Anderson Cooper grills Hillary Clinton: ‘Will you say anything to get elected?’

Anderson Cooper grills Hillary Clinton: ‘Will you say anything to get elected?’

  CNN debate moderator Anderson Cooper kicked off Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate by grilling the party’s front-runner, Hillary Clinton, on her alleged reversal of… Read More ›

West Bank – Palestinian Winemakers Preserve Ancient Traditions

West Bank – Palestinian Winemakers Preserve Ancient Traditions

  West Bank – In a valley between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, Palestinians are using native grapes to make fine wines at the site of an… Read More ›

New York – Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit To University Of Wisconsin, Faces $682 Million In Damages

New York – Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit To University Of Wisconsin, Faces $682 Million In Damages

  New York – Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Tuesday found the iPhone maker… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Approves To Seal Off Parts Of Arab Areas In Jerusalem, Revoking Residency

Jerusalem – Israel Approves To Seal Off Parts Of Arab Areas In Jerusalem, Revoking Residency

  Jerusalem – Israel’s security cabinet on Tuesday night authorized a series of measures to boost security in Jerusalem and thwart would-be attacks, in an… Read More ›

Turkey bombings: ISIS focus of investigation, Prime Minister says

Turkey bombings: ISIS focus of investigation, Prime Minister says

  Though no group has claimed responsibility for the deadly weekend bombings in Ankara, the focus of the investigation is the Islamic extremist group ISIS,… Read More ›

Knesset advances tougher punishments for stone throwers

Knesset advances tougher punishments for stone throwers

Lawmakers vote 42-11 in favor of bill that would up minimum sentence and slap hefty fines on people convicted in attacks   The Knesset on… Read More ›

Lions’ Gate stabber named as East Jerusalem teen

Lions’ Gate stabber named as East Jerusalem teen

Jabel Mukaber resident Mustafa Khatieb, 17, shot to death; his target, a Border Police officer, protected by vest   A teenager from the East Jerusalem… Read More ›

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of war crimes

Amnesty accuses Syria Kurdish forces of war crimes

Rights group says autonomous administration displaced scores of civilians without justifiable military grounds   Waves of forced displacement and home demolitions carried out by Kurdish… Read More ›

Jerusalem businesses feel terror crunch

Jerusalem businesses feel terror crunch

Business owners report fifty percent drop in revenue; City councilwoman turns to Netanyahu to request immediate assistance. The series of attacks in Jerusalem have badly… Read More ›

Sirens sound in Haifa as part of Air Force drill

Sirens sound in Haifa as part of Air Force drill

City’s residents to hear heavy air traffic and explosions during military exercise Sunday   Two sirens were set to sound in Haifa Sunday — at… Read More ›

Cabinet to vote on Roni Alsheich as new police chief

Cabinet to vote on Roni Alsheich as new police chief

Shin Bet number-two seen as outsider appointment meant to shake up top ranks of ailing force   The cabinet is slated to vote Sunday on… Read More ›

California’s Golden Gate Bridge has a big problem that California is investing $76 million in steel cables to solve

California’s Golden Gate Bridge has a big problem that California is investing $76 million in steel cables to solve

  More than 1,400 people have jumped to their deaths off the 220-foot-tall Golden Gate Bridge, and the state of California has finally had enough.… Read More ›

5 important countries are dumping US debt

5 important countries are dumping US debt

  Five large purchasers of US Treasuries – China, Russia, Norway, Brazil, and Taiwan – have changed their minds. They’re dumping Treasuries, each for their own… Read More ›

‘A couple steps above Valerie Plame’: Clinton email about CIA asset in Libya could prompt new intelligence investigation

‘A couple steps above Valerie Plame’: Clinton email about CIA asset in Libya could prompt new intelligence investigation

  An email forwarded by Hillary Clinton to a colleague that identified a top CIA informant in Libya could trigger an intelligence investigation and add… Read More ›

New York – Training Aims To Help NYC School Aides To Kids With Autism

New York – Training Aims To Help NYC School Aides To Kids With Autism

  New York – The icebreaker was simple: Choose a partner and learn three things about her. The catch: Your partner will pretend she does… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Woman Detonates Explosive At Ma’aleh Adumim Checkpoint

Jerusalem – Woman Detonates Explosive At Ma’aleh Adumim Checkpoint

  Jerusalem – A woman detonated an explosive and lightly injured a police officer at the A-Zaim checkpoint on the road between Ma’aleh Adumim and… Read More ›

San Francisco – Obama Urges Supporters To Stay Engaged, Says He Will Too

San Francisco – Obama Urges Supporters To Stay Engaged, Says He Will Too

  San Francisco – President Barack Obama on Saturday encouraged supporters to be politically active, saying that he plans to remain so when his presidency… Read More ›

Central Islip, NY – How Drunk? Estimates Questioned In Drunken-driving Cases

Central Islip, NY – How Drunk? Estimates Questioned In Drunken-driving Cases

  Central Islip, NY – The way prosecutors see it, Oneil Sharpe Jr. was drunk when he raced down a Long Island highway at nearly… Read More ›