US Stocks Slip On Signs Of Weakness In China
U.S. stocks are closing slightly lower following disappointing economic news from China and Japan. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged down a point to…
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Job Gain Despite Winter Blast Lifts Economic Hopes
Brutal winter weather snarled traffic, canceled flights and cut power to homes and factories in February. Yet it didn’t faze U.S. employers, who added 175,000…
Here Are 5 Clues To The Health Of US Job Market
The U.S. economy has been skating on an icy patch in advance of the February jobs report being released Friday. Hiring skidded in December and…
Stocks Move Higher As US Job Market Improves
Stocks moved higher in morning trading Thursday after the government reported that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to the…
Survey: Cost A Growing Factor In College Decisions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new survey of the nation’s college freshmen has found that the percentage attending their first-choice school has reached its lowest…
US Taking Steps To Help NATO Allies In Europe
The Obama administration took steps Wednesday to support the defenses of U.S. allies in Europe in response to Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Testifying…
Facebook To Delete Posts For Illegal Gun Sales
Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday to delete posts from users selling illegal guns or offering weapons for sale without background checks.…
MVMT50 Tackles Key Issues For Blacks In Tech
The SXSW Interactive Festival has only gotten bigger and bigger with each year. This year’s SXSW, this weekend, includes more than 800 sessions on a variety of innovative…
Target Tech Chief Resigns As It Overhauls Security
Target Corp. Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday as the retailer overhauls its information security and compliance division in the wake of…
US Stocks Are Little Changed After Jobs Survey
Stocks opened little changed Wednesday after a survey showed that U.S. companies added slightly more jobs in February than in the previous month. The Standard…
