Ash Carter

WTI crude oil prices have surged more than 7 percent in the past two days following surprise news of an OPEC production cut deal. On Wednesday, OPEC agreed to cut global crude oil production from 33.4 million barrels per day to an anticipated range of 32.5–33 million barrels per day. While...

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and founder of SpaceX just met with the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and high level officials at the Pentagon. The topic of conversation however won't be disclosed, for obvious reasons. However, the conversations did focus...

Earnings week continues to heat up the financial markets; General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) released earnings early Thursday with beneficial news. The automotive giant kept raking in SUV and pick-up sales despite the slowdown in China, as GM posted earnings that topped analyst expectations....

Reuters reported on Friday that U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with China’s General Fan Changlong this week to discuss South China Sea land reclamation, U.S.-China military cooperation and a potential U.S. visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year. Military presence and...