US stocks fall, oil rises on Middle East conflict

US stocks fall, oil rises on Middle East conflict

Passersby are seen walking past an electronic board displaying Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage firm in Tokyo, Japan on March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo Get license rights Asian stock markets: Oil prices rise nearly 4% on Middle East hostilities Safe-haven Treasuries, gold and the yen all gained The Israeli central bank acts to…

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3 unions representing about 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff to begin historic strike over contract negotiations

3 unions representing about 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff to begin historic strike over contract negotiations

(CNN) Three unions representing about 9,000 Rutgers University faculty and staff will go on strike Monday morning, the unions said, marking the first academic strike in the university’s nearly 257-year history after nearly a year of contract negotiations. Members of the unions will picket at Rutgers’ three main campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden,…

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Iowa caucuses today: What to watch

Iowa caucuses today: What to watch

Follow along Live coverage of the Iowa caucuses. Republicans in the state are former President Donald J. The coldest Iowa caucuses in history arrived Monday night amid expectations that they would put Trump in the running for a third GOP presidential nomination. The tight second-place race between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina…

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