Having finished digesting its acquisition of Harris-Teeter, grocery store giant Kroger (NYSE:KR) is rumored to have an appetite for yet another acquisition.
(AP/Iranian Presidency Office) The Obama administration on Wednesday paid $490 million in cash assets to Iran and will have released a total of $11.9 billion to the Islamic Republic by the time nuclear talks are scheduled to end in June, according to figures provided by the State Department.
Read our memo on the new 10-year $38 billion aid package to Israel just signed by President Obama. *Source: The Congressional Research Service's report U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel, written by Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, dated December 22, 2016.