Amazon testing delivery by drone, CEO says USA TODAY Amazon.com is testing delivering packages using drones, CEO Jeff Bezos said on the CBS TV news show 60 Minutes Sunday. The idea would be to deliver packages as quickly as possible using the small, unmanned aircraft, through a service the company is ... | |
Yen remains under pressure as China PMI, US data eyed Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares could get support from a weaker yen on Monday, while investors were generally cautious as they awaited a Chinese manufacturing survey later in the session as well as key U.S. data this week. HSBC will release its final ... | |
IPO Restart Weighs on Shanghai Wall Street Journal Stocks in China fell Monday after the country signaled an imminent end to its moratorium on initial public offerings, while shares in Tokyo continued to ease off last week's near six-year high. China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.8% and the Shenzhen ... | |
Train derailment in New York City leaves four dead, dozens injured; NTSB ... Washington Post Federal investigators are in New York to determine why a Manhattan-bound Metro-North passenger train spun out of control early Sunday in the Bronx, killing four people and propelling dozens of passengers out of their seats as Thanksgiving crowds headed ... | |
Insights into recovery due with a raft of data Financial Times Economic data released this week could determine the timing of central bank policy changes both in the US and in the eurozone. A very busy week sees labour market data in the US, central bank meetings in the eurozone, UK, Canada and Australia, and the ... | |
Holiday weekend sales dip on discounts; e-commerce jumps Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Heavy discounting took a toll on U.S. retail sales during the Thanksgiving weekend as shoppers spent almost 3 percent less than they did a year earlier, according to data released Sunday by an industry group. That could be an ... | |
Zao Wou-ki painting breaks record at Sotheby's China auction Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - A work by modern painter Zao Wou-ki sold for 76 million yuan ($12.47 million) on Sunday at Sotheby's first major auction in China, breaking the record for the artist's work set earlier this year in Hong Kong. "I'm very, very thrilled," Sotheby's ... | |
#GivingTuesday hopes to feast on goodwill USA TODAY ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When Erica Bell heard about the national #GivingTuesday campaign to encourage charitable contributions on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, she, like thousands of people across the USA, decided to get involved. Bell is the ... | |
After president's first year, Mexico still a mess by many measures Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY — To President Enrique Peña Nieto's supporters, his first year in office has been a time of bold promises kept as he pursues an ambitious agenda of reforms designed, in the long term, to bring peace and economic growth to Mexico. But in the ... | |
UPDATE 1-Holiday weekend sales dip on discounts; e-commerce jumps Reuters By Phil Wahba. NEW YORK Dec 1 (Reuters) - Heavy discounting took a toll on U.S. retail sales during the Thanksgiving weekend as shoppers spent almost 3 percent less than they did a year earlier, according to data released Sunday by an industry group. | |
How Doug McMillon Went From Unloading Trucks At Wal-Mart To Its Next CEO Houston Chronicle When Wal-Mart announced that Doug McMillon would become the retailer's fifth ever CEO starting in February, only the timing was a surprise. McMillon, 47, has steadily risen up the company's ranks and has long been pegged as a possible successor. | |
The Stock Market Is At An All-Time High — Here's Why So Many Americans Don ... San Francisco Chronicle Stocks are at all-time highs, and anyone invested in the market has reason to be happy. But that's just it. It's only the people who are investing who have gotten a piece of this 3.5-year-long bull market, which has seen the S&P 500 explode 170%. According to ... | |
Iran's Hard-Liners Keep Their Criticism of Nuclear Pact to Themselves New York Times Published: December 1, 2013. TEHRAN — In a room in which journalists were outnumbered by security agents and paramilitary fighters, the tall Iranian commander stood and issued his judgment. Enlarge This Image. Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press. | |
Holiday Sales Rose 2.3 Percent, ShopperTrak Says Bloomberg U.S. retailers eked out a 2.3 percent sales gain on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, in line with a prediction for the weakest holiday results since 2009. Sales at brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving and Black Friday rose to $12.3 billion, according to a report ... | |
New Rubik's Cube models include puzzle for blind MiamiHerald.com BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Company executives say new models of Rubik's Cube are being launched in an effort to battle counterfeit models, many of which are made in China. Janos Kovacs, brand manager for Rubik Enterprises, says one of the models has an ... | |
ShopperTrak: Sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday rise just 2.3% Los Angeles Times U.S. retailers eked out a 2.3% sales gain on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, in line with a prediction for the weakest holiday results since 2009. Sales at bricks-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving and Black Friday increased to $12.3 billion, according to a ... | |
Retail Sales on Thanksgiving, Black Friday Rose 2.3%, Report Finds Wall Street Journal Sharp discounts and earlier hours drew slightly more shoppers into U.S. stores on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, according to preliminary results from market researcher ShopperTrak LLC, but tight budgets may have weighed on growth. Foot traffic climbed ... | |
Japan MOF Survey: July-Sept Capex Up 1.5% On Year Wall Street Journal TOKYO--Capital investment spending by Japanese corporations increased by 1.5% from year-ago levels during the July-September quarter, according to a survey released Monday by the Ministry of Finance. The quarterly survey also showed that corporate ... | |
Retail Sales on Thanksgiving, Black Friday Rose 2.3%, Report Finds Wall Street Journal Peggy Penn bags chocolate treats for a customer at The Chocolate Factory during Small Business Saturday in Paducah, Ky. People around the country showed up to support their small local businesses. Associated Press. Sharp discounts and earlier hours ... | |
Thanksgiving Openings Take Sales From Black Friday New York Times Shoppers who braved the sales on Black Friday may have wondered at the size of the crowds. Did they seem a bit smaller than in years past? How Has Black Friday Changed for You? When do you begin your holiday shopping, and where do you look for the ... | |
What to know about buying health insurance on individual market Washington Post A look at questions related to recent health-care news. Today's focus: people who buy insurance on the individual market. Q. I have a private health insurance plan, not through my employer. How will the Affordable Care Act affect me? More health and ... | |
Early Retirement or Forfeited Earnings? Wall Street Journal Last month's column on how to consider the full retirement age generated unusually heavy email, much of it from retirees in their early 60s who think waiting until 70 to leave the workforce is bunk. They might be right, but there are many factors to consider ... | |
Why Both Parties Lie All The Time About Health Care Houston Chronicle A lot of the recent complaints about the Affordable Care Act go back to one theme: The law makes health care more expensive for some people with moderate incomes. This is true and it's a design feature of the law. And Democrats didn't want people to ... | |
Cyber Monday Deals 2013: The Best Picks From Amazon, Target, Walmart And ... International Business Times Cyber Monday lets shoppers save without the hassle of going to a store. Shutterstock.com. Not done shopping after Black Friday? Well, you are in luck, as Cyber Monday promises plenty of deals without having to leave home. Cyber Monday first served a bit ... | |
OPEC to decide oil output amid demand, Libya strains Economic Times READ MORE ON » West Texas Intermediate | the middle | Opec | North America | New York crude | market conditions. Supplying about one third of the world's oil, the cartel is expected to maintain its output ceiling of 30 million barrels per day. (). Vol: shares ... | |
Train derailment kills three outside Bayard Silver City Sun News Susan Dunlap - Sun-News A locomotive with Southwestern Railroad derailed outside of Bayard Saturday afternoon, killing the three men aboard. SILVER CITY >> Three train operators were killed Saturday when a locomotive for Southwestern Railroad ... | |
Shale gas not source of tap water fire Allentown Morning Call Natural gas that caught fire after it bubbled from a faucet in a Portage County, Ohio, house did not come from a nearby shale well, state officials have concluded. Debby Kline told state officials that a flare erupted from the tap last year when she lit a candle ... | |
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