State health exchange swamped with enrollees Los Angeles Times California's health exchange is struggling to keep pace with a surge of applicants who are encountering long waits and website problems as they try to meet a Dec. 23 deadline. In response to higher-than-expected demand, the Covered California exchange ... | |
Microsoft to encrypt data in its services in bid to prevent snooping Washington Post Microsoft plans to encrypt data flowing through all of its communication, productivity and other services as it seeks to reassure users in the United States and beyond that it will guard their personal information from snooping governments, the company ... | |
Asian shares sink, euro awaits ECB Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets were mostly under water on Thursday as never-ending speculation about the fate of U.S. stimulus lifted bond yields globally, while Japanese shares struggled to find their footing after a spill. Moves were modest ahead of ... | |
Estimate of third-quarter economic growth revised up Washington Post The U.S. economy grew faster than originally estimated during the third quarter, according to government data released Thursday, but analysts say that pace is unlikely to be sustained through the end of the year. More business news ... | |
Box Raises $112M Round At $2B Valuation With IPO Filing Planned For Before ... Forbes Box has closed a new Series E funding round for $112 million on a $1.95 billion post-money valuation, FORBES has learned. The late-stage raise, first rumored last month after a report by VC Experts, is led by a group of strategic Japanese investors who will ... | |
SolarCity to Back up Solar With Tesla Batteries ABC News The solar panel installer SolarCity is beginning to address one of solar power's big drawbacks: The sun doesn't always shine. The solution: big battery packs that will provide backup power while lowering electric bills. The supplier: electric car maker Tesla ... | |
Draghi Forecasts Seen Signaling 2014 Stimulus Odds: Euro Credit Businessweek While Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), said last month that the institution is "technically ready" for a rate below zero, he also cautioned that the consequences aren't clear. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg. Mario Draghi ... | |
Credit Suisse to Sell German Private-Banking Business Wall Street Journal ZURICH--Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) will sell private-banking business booked in Germany to ABN Amro for an undisclosed price, it said on Thursday. The deal is subject to customary conditions and is expected to close during 2014. "We have been ... | |
Body of missing worker recovered from collapsed Washington silo Fox News ROY, Wash. – Emergency crews have recovered the body of a feed mill worker who had been buried under tons of spilled corn at a collapsed grain silo in Roy, Wash. South Pierce Fire Chief Bob Vellias said the body of 44-year-old Steve Green was ... | |
China feeds bitcoin frenzy CNN Beijing, China (CNN) -- When 23-year-old magazine editor Liu Xinda looked to make his first investment in 2012, he considered the stock market. Many Chinese investors have jumped on the skyrocketing property market, but it was too rich for Liu's blood. | |
US GDP Grew 3.6% In Third Quarter, More Than Previously Thought Forbes Logo of the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis, a part of the Department of Commerce. (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Economic growth is up while jobless claims are down, according to new economic data released Thursday morning. But in a case of ... | |
Democrats Urge McDonald's to Raise Store Workers' Wages Bloomberg Democrat members of the U.S. Congress are urging McDonald's Corp. (MCD) and other fast-food chains to raise wages for store workers. "Too many hard-working families are being forced to depend on poverty-level wages," 53 members of Congress wrote in ... | |
As Boeing charts plans for a new airliner, doubts arise about where to build it Washington Post Judging from the early returns, the Boeing Company's 777X will be a hit, garnering hundreds of advance orders by combining fuel-efficient materials and technology with a popular existing-plane design. Now, for the United States, comes the crucial question: ... | |
Pantone's 2014 Color: Radiant Orchid Wall Street Journal Move over, emerald! Christina Binkley joins Lunch Break to exclusively unveil Pantone's new pick for the color of 2014. Photo: Getty Images. Move over, emerald. The color watchers at Pantone say the "It" color of 2014 is a pinky purple known as "radiant ... | |
Pickup in Demand Fuels Gasoline Wall Street Journal Gasoline prices are rising as the holiday season kicks off, as stronger demand in the U.S. and elsewhere takes a bite out of fuel supplies. Gasoline futures, which tend to dictate prices at the pump, are up 7.6% in the past month, to $2.7192 a gallon on ... | |
Why Bezos's Drone Is More Than a Joke Wall Street Journal WSJ's Farhad Manjoo applauds Amazon's Jeff Bezos for proposing new, friendlier uses for drones. Photo: Amazon. Let's get this out of the way first: Jeff Bezos's announcement that Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.80% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $382.87 -3.09 ... | |
Treasury Chief to Declare Big Gains in Financial Reform New York Times Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is scheduled to speak on Thursday about financial regulation. Evan Vucci/Associated Press Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is scheduled to speak on Thursday about financial regulation. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew will ... | |
FOREX-Yen firmer but still shaky; focus shifts to ECB meeting Reuters ... slideshows. * Yen holding off five-year trough vs euro. * Euro in slim range vs USD ahead of ECB policy decision. * Markets also cautious as U.S. payrolls loom. By Ian Chua and Masayuki Kitano. SYDNEY/SINGAPORE, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The yen nudged ... | |
Yield on 10-Year Note Sets Sights on 3% Again Wall Street Journal Treasury bond yields rose to their highest level since September amid revived concerns that the Federal Reserve may cut back its $85-billion-a-month bond-buying program before the end of this year. Bond prices fell Wednesday, sending the 10-year note's ... | |
This Is What Ford's All-New 2015 Mustang Really Looks Like TIME Fifty years after Ford first unveiled the Mustang at the New York World's Fair, the American automaker is betting a total redesign can make the vehicle appeal to drivers around the world. TIME got an exclusive look into the sixth-generation Mustang's ... | |
George Osborne has given the Tories a working plan for victory Telegraph.co.uk It is easy to guess the coverage that George Osborne's Autumn Statement will receive in tomorrow's newspapers. Events have started to move his way, for the first time. Official economic forecasts will be revised upwards rather than downwards. The British ... | |
JPMorgan warns 465000 card users data hacked Times of India NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co is warning some 465,000 holders of prepaid cash cards issued by the bank that their personal information may have been accessed by hackers who attacked its network in July. The cards were issued for corporations to ... | |
BNP Paribas agrees to buy Polish Rabobank unit for $1.4 billion Reuters Canada WARSAW (Reuters) - France's BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA: Quote) agreed to buy its Dutch rival Rabobank's RABO.UL Polish unit Bank BGZ BGZ.WA, in a deal which values the target at 4.2 billion zlotys ($1.4 billion) and is the latest example of consolidation ... | |
Southwest Airlines Is Less Than Promised Southwest News-Herald Flying on an airplane used to be fun. But these days, it's changed. And it's not just because of Sept. 11. It has more to do with greed. Southwest Airlines is a good example. Cited 10 times by Fortune Magazine for its financial management, it knows little about ... | |
Stock futures edge higher, on track for strong month Daily Caller NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 off for a fourth straight session as investors worried that the market's rally to record levels was not justified, given uncertainty over when the Federal Reserve will start to slow its ... | |
Families face uncertainty, unite in prayer as search for crash victims continues Deseret News For the families of five people lost in a plane crash in a remote area of Idaho, the hardest part of the search so far is the uncertainty. KSL. Summary. For the families of five people lost in a plane crash in a remote area of Idaho, the hardest part of the search so ... | |
CTA Blue Line Rehab: $492 Million, Four-Year Overhaul Coming DNAinfo THE LOOP -- The CTA's Blue Line from Downtown to O'Hare will be overhauled in a four-year, $492 million plan to be announced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel Thursday. The city bills it as the biggest investment in the O'Hare Branch since it was extended from ... | |
General Motors' semiprecious gem(s) NorthJersey.com It's a rare find on our shores, but an Opel is a common find in Europe. The German automaker has made cars there for 114 years. For 82 of them, it has been under the ownership of General Motors. Despite more than a decade of losses, the company remains ... | |
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