Unemployment claims in Ohio increased last week

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Ohio rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to 4,968 in the week ending March 23, up from 4,258 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 210,000 last … Read more

international law allows ground troops in Ukraine

According to the German parliament’s lower house (Bundestag) Research Services, the deployment of ground troops by a NATO country in Ukraine would not automatically make all other NATO countries parties to the conflict. It is true that the state in question would itself become a party to the conflict, as emerges from an as yet … Read more

CrowdStrike Stock Is Up 150% Over The Last Year. Why It’s Poised For Another Big Move.

The market is voting, and CrowdStrike stock is the clear leader in the cybersecurity group. “There is a lot of strength there,” Irusha Peiris, portfolio manager at O’Neil Global Advisors, told Investor’s Business Daily’s “Investing with IBD” podcast. “There were a number of names out there that were doing well, and they all kind of … Read more

State of Oregon fights Frank Gable over compensation for wrongful conviction, imprisonment

PORTLAND, Ore. (Portland Tribune) — The Oregon Department of Justice is fighting Frank Gable’s request for compensation for being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for killing Oregon Corrections Director Michael Francke. Gable has filed a petition in Marion County Circuit Court seeking $2 million under an Oregon law that allows compensation to individuals who can prove … Read more

Only ‘Doomsday Scenario’ Would Spur South African DA-ANC Tie-Up

(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance may consider entering a coalition with the ruling African National Congress to avoid the country being governed by more leftist parties after this year’s election. Most Read from Bloomberg A “doomsday scenario” in which the ANC teams up with the Economic Freedom Fighters or the Jacob Zuma-backed … Read more

Crispr Stock, A Cathie Wood’s Holding, Dives For The Fifth Straight Week — Here’s Why

Crispr stock is tumbling for the fifth straight week as the top Cathie Wood’s holding struggles amid dimming expectations for its new Vertex-partnered gene-editing drug. X Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) gained Food and Drug Administration approval for Casgevy on Dec. 8. On the same day, the FDA signed off on a rival … Read more