I'm enjoying a bit of
a break this week from teaching, and getting out from under a rough week.
I'm taking a little
break this week from The Breastfeeding Diaries and thought I could take this time to highlight a few of my very favorite stories, in case you missed them!
Not exact matches
For plenty of young Americans, spring
break is a
week - long vacation
from school that involves gorgeous beaches and plenty of partying, at least ideally.
Where you get your
break —
from an hour on blogs, a day in the park, or a
week golfing at Martha's Vineyard — doesn't matter so much as that you get it.
As a record -
breaking 550 influential conservative donors prepared to gather in California for their annual winter retreat, the network overseen by Charles and David Koch highlighted its preferences for an immigration bill in Congress — parts of which differ
from the plan the White House laid out last
week.
A range of prominent individuals and brands have hopped on the #DeleteFacebook train since the Cambridge Analytica news
broke a
week and a half ago,
from Elon Musk to WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton to actor Will Ferrell to Playboy magazine.
Yahoo said last
week that it gets nearly half of its audience
from mobile visits, but the company's mobile ad sales are so insignificant that it does not
break them out separately in earnings reports.
Shares in Bollore Transport & Logistics Cote d'Ivoire fell 9.7 percent over the
week from April 24, when news of the investigation
broke, BRVM said.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Baumgartner, who became the first man to
break the sound barrier after leaping
from 128,100 ft above the Earth almost two
weeks ago, urged the US Government to divert the money it spends on Mars toon environmental projects on Earth.
And Reim was just a
week away
from breaking the news to everyone at his company.
LPGA golfer Stacy Lewis is having a good
week even though she has to take a
break from her career as a professional golfer.
Kuhl, on the other hand, opted for a low - cost alternative
from a popular retailer and was dismayed when it
broke apart after only two -
weeks use.
According to a recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, about 20 % of Americans had stopped using the site while more than 60 % admitted to taking
breaks of a
week or more
from it.
GLASGOW, Scotland — The British political establishment descended on Scotland Wednesday to plead for a united United Kingdom, after polls suggested the once - fanciful notion of Scots voting to
break from Britain has become a real possibility in next
week's referendum.
I've also launched an investigation, and, in the upcoming
weeks, I will be gathering more information
from Equifax, the other credit reporting agencies, federal regulators, and legal experts with an eye toward fixing this
broken industry.
Despite the backlash, the SNB will face
from those who are nursing potential losses that could run into billions, many analysts thought the decision was inevitable in light of next
week's expected announcement by the ECB to
break new ground in its efforts to inject life into the ailing 19 - country eurozone economy.
Two
weeks removed
from the worst month in the history of Canadian politics, the House is presently taken with the question of who here is the least disgraceful, even if only to pass the time until the summer
break.
But most people have time, even if it's getting away
from the desk and jotting ideas down during lunch
breaks during the
week, and an hour or two on the weekend.
A simmering dispute between Dauman and Redstone, who has so far successfully fought off legal claims about his competency,
broke into public view last
week when he fired Dauman and Abrams
from the trust and told Viacom executives he opposed the company's plan to sell a stake in the Paramount Pictures division.
Critics of the proposed tax
breaks rallied last
week in front of Twitter's offices, accusing the company of hypocrisy for espousing social consciousness while seeking concessions
from the city.
$ IHI
broke out
from its last base three
weeks ago, and the price is still trading near its highs (above the 10 - day moving average on the daily chart).
The second ticker on our «official» watchlist going into today, $ QTWW, is consolidating in a tight range on the weekly chart, after
breaking out
from a tight range on big volume a few
weeks ago.
I had the opportunity to dust off my copy of Think and Grow Rich (
from 1960, with dog - eared and coffee - stained pages) a few
weeks back during the holiday
break.
After
breaking out
from a tight, seven - month long base of consolidation, the Guggenheim Shipping ETF ($ SEA) has pulled back over the past few
weeks to near - term support of its 20 - day exponential moving average.
Designed to follow the price of continuous corn futures contracts, the Corn ETF ($ CORN)
broke out
from a short - term consolidation on heavy volume yesterday (March 31), after a three -
week consolidation.
The financial sector has picked up some momentum the past few
weeks, with the S&P Select Financial SPDR ETF ($ XLF)
breaking out
from a six - month base on -LSB-...]
However, the rally of the past
week was more about stocks bouncing
from deeply «oversold» levels than fresh bullish setups
breaking out
from quality basing patterns.
Old Spice in the US has
broken further away
from key competitors in the men's deodorant category in recent
weeks, according to YouGov BrandIndex, the only daily consumer perception research service of brands.
Old Spice in the US has
broken further away
from key competitors in the men's deodorant category in recent
weeks, according t...
Although there is no indication yet that Aramco would want yuan for its oil, the Saudis said a couple of
weeks ago that they would be willing to consider issuing yuan - denominated bonds, in what could be a
break from the practice to issue debt only in U.S. dollars.
MNAs began a two -
week break Thursday
from the national assembly.
The Euro has been losing ground to the US Dollar in recent
weeks, descending in a narrow channel after
breaking below a rising trend line
from April 2017.
Netflix shares
broke out
from trendline resistance ahead of second quarter financial results expected next
week.
Last Wednesday (January 25th) the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration ETF (XOP)
broke out
from a three
week consolidation pattern on huge volume and appeared ready to surge to higher ground.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- In an almost annual ritual, Congress has passed a last - minute package of temporary tax
breaks, sparing millions of businesses and individuals
from unwanted tax increases just
weeks before start of filing season.
Visa (V)
broke from a short, three
week long consolidation today.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham is going on a one -
week «Easter
Break»
from her show as advertisers boycott The Ingraham Angle over a tweet criticizing anti-gun Parkland student activist David Hogg.
It is back to
break - even
from when I first recommended it and has outperformed the sector by significant about (28 %)-- it's also up 6.5 %
from when I posted the original update last
week:
Take a
break from shopping to get money smart at this
week's Cyber Monday Carnival of Personal Finance.
But the phenomenon appears to be spreading: this
week Venetians have been voting on
breaking away
from Italy, albeit in a referendum not recognized by Rome or regional authorities.
The Biotechnology cohort has finally
broken out and reached a 52 -
week high while making up much of the lost ground during the pummeling
from both sides of the political isle during the 2016 presidential race.
Two
weeks ago Bloomberg News reported that Vivendi will consider
breaking itself up and will perhaps separate C + Group
from the rest of its businesses.
$ GXG may still need another
week or two of basing action above its 10 and 40 -
week moving averages, as well as new support of its prior swing highs
from July, before
breaking out.
Last
week the 10 - year
broke out
from its month long slumber and narrow consolidation band to extended its 4 - month downmove to a 0.618 retracement of the 2.5 year upmove and is within striking distance of its 2.5 year Bull trend line.
Often we pray because we want to resolve what's
broken from our day,
week, month or year.
«Jewish Americans were a strong part of the coalition that elected Barack Obama in 2008 only to feel like they were left at the altar after numerous
broken promises
from the president,» Kirsten Kukowski, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, told CNN this
week.
Did you take a
break from opinions this
week?
Sometimes during the
week I take a «
break»
from work by scrolling through my social media feeds for a while.
«Despacito» is still going strong, but Taylor Swift's music video for «Look What You Made Me Do» just
broke the record for most YouTube views in 24 hours and will probably claim the top spot next
week, keeping «Despacito»
from breaking the all - time record.
I knew I needed a little
break from the computer when we lost our internet connection for about 48 - hours last
week and I went into complete panic mode.