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  BC-Money & Markets Digest

  October 26, 2018 22:15 IST

  Money & Markets modules for Saturday, Oct. 27THE WEEK AHEADFacebook reports its latest quarterly results Tuesday. Starbucks serves up its third-quarter results Thursday. The Labor Department issues its October tally of hiring by nonfarm employers Friday.SPOTLIGHTMellanox shares soared to a four-month high as investors reacted to a report that the maker of high-tech gear for supercomputers and data centers could be a takeover target.CENTERPIECEIndustrial weaknessCompanies that make machinery and

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  Investigators find 19 bodies in pits in western Mexico

  October 26, 2018 22:15 IST

  Prosecutors in western Mexico say they have found the badly decomposed remains of 16 men and three women in clandestine burial pits

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  Democrats try to retake Illinois district won over by Trump

  October 26, 2018 22:15 IST

  Democrat Brendan Kelly is trying to retake a Southern Illinois House seat that Democrats held for more than 30 years before Republican state Rep. Mike Bost won it in 2014

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  Police: Attack likely retaliation for one on Chicago rapper

  October 26, 2018 22:15 IST

  Authorities say an attack in Chicago that wounded five people was likely in retaliation for one earlier this week in which an aspiring rapper and five other people were shot at a funeral

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  German, Czech leaders want EU migration deals with Africa

  October 26, 2018 22:00 IST

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Czech counterpart Andrej Babis have showed a rare unity in their conflicting views of migration

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  Report: Syrian troops shell northern villages

  October 26, 2018 22:00 IST

  Syrian opposition activists say government forces have shelled rebel-held villages in the country's northwest, inflicting casualties

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  Classic movie streaming service FilmStruck to shut down

  October 26, 2018 21:45 IST

  The classic film-focused streaming service FilmStruck is shutting down after two years of operation

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  Robert De Niro, target of pipe bomb, calls on people to vote

  October 26, 2018 21:30 IST

  Robert De Niro is calling on people to vote in light of the series of bombs mailed to targets of right-wing anger

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  Conservative groups target Tester after clash with Trump

  October 26, 2018 21:00 IST

  Conservative groups linked to wealthy donors are saturating Montana airwaves with ads attacking Democratic Sen. Jon Tester as they try to capitalize on President Donald Trump's feud with the lawmaker

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  German police arrest 7 Syrians, 1 German in drug-rape case

  October 26, 2018 21:00 IST

  German authorities have arrested seven Syrian men and a German on suspicion of raping an 18-year-old woman in the southwestern city of Freiburg

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  Alexandra Pelosi's listening tour across America

  October 26, 2018 21:00 IST

  Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi wanted her sons to see America outside the liberal bubble of their New York City home. She ended up with an HBO film.

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  Authorities: Mexican man illegally voted in Texas for years

  October 26, 2018 20:45 IST

  Officials say a Mexican national who has been living in the San Antonio area for decades under a stolen identity voted regularly during that time, including in the 2016 election

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  Stocks sink, giving up a big gain from a day earlier; Dow industrials lose 500 points, go negative for the year again

  October 26, 2018 20:45 IST

  Stocks sink, giving up a big gain from a day earlier; Dow industrials lose 500 points, go negative for the year again

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  Kipchoge's marathon record, Mayer's decathlon score ratified

  October 26, 2018 20:45 IST

  Eliud Kipchoge's marathon world record and Kevin Mayer's record score in the decathlon have been ratified by the IAAF

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  UK fracking firm Cuadrilla pauses drilling after tremor

  October 26, 2018 20:45 IST

  The only firm drilling for shale gas in Britain has temporarily suspended fracking after a mild earthquake

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  The Latest: Military working out border deployment details

  October 26, 2018 20:45 IST

  A U.S. official says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has directed the military to work out details of a troop deployment to the southern border that could number 800 or more

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  German convicted in Turkey of membership in Kurdish group

  October 26, 2018 20:30 IST

  A German man has been convicted in Turkey of membership in a banned Kurdish organization and sentenced to six years and three months in prison

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  Jacobs eyes title, bigger place in middleweight picture

  October 26, 2018 20:30 IST

  Danny Jacobs meets Sergiy Derevyanchenko at Madison Square Garden, with the winner taking the IBF's vacant version of the 160-pound title

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  Sri Lanka's president sacks prime minister, replaces him with former strongman

  October 26, 2018 20:30 IST

  Sri Lanka's president sacks prime minister, replaces him with former strongman

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  Marcel Hirscher voted skier of the year by journalists

  October 26, 2018 20:30 IST

  Overall champion Marcel Hirscher voted skier of the year by journalists for 4th time

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  Scottish Conservative leader gives birth to baby boy

  October 26, 2018 20:30 IST

  Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson and her partner Jen Wilson say they have had a baby boy

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  Osaka retires with injury, Bertens reaches WTA semifinals

  October 26, 2018 20:30 IST

  U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka finishes her debut appearance at the WTA Finals with an injury and an 0-3 record, while Kiki Bertens advances to semifinals

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  Rival Palestinian groups clash in Lebanon refugee camp

  October 26, 2018 20:15 IST

  Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says sporadic clashes have resumed in a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's south shortly after rival groups reached a truce brokered by the militant Hezbollah group

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  Explosion at Indian fireworks factory kills 8 people

  October 26, 2018 20:15 IST

  Police say an explosion at a fireworks factory in northern India has killed at least eight people and injured three others, as Hindus prepare to celebrate the highly popular Diwali festival early next month

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  Iran small boats shadow US ship carrying top US commander

  October 26, 2018 20:15 IST

  Iran small boats shadow US ship carrying top US commander in the Middle East

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  US stocks slide, erasing gains from a rally a day earlier

  October 26, 2018 20:15 IST

  U.S. stocks are down broadly in early trading, erasing the market's gains from a rally a day earlier and putting major indexes back into the red for the year.

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  Israel's Netanyahu pays surprise visit to Oman

  October 26, 2018 20:15 IST

  Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the Israeli prime minister has returned from a visit to the Gulf state of Oman

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  UK court: Barclays won't face trial on Qatar deal

  October 26, 2018 20:00 IST

  Britain's High Court says Barclays will not face trial on charges relating to its emergency fundraising from Qatar at the height of the financial crisis