Dow, S&P fall for third straight day; retail weighs Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 fell for a third straight day on Tuesday, dropping from record levels in a broad decline as investors took profits amid signs of a weak holiday shopping season. Retail and consumer discretionary stocks were ... | |
CFPB gaining wider clout over student-loan servicers Washington Post Companies operating outside of the banking system that process student loan payments will be subject to federal examinations for the first time, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday. Starting March 1, the government watchdog will regulate ... | |
Asian shares sag as Fed taper talk heats up, BOJ sounds easy Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares eased and the dollar firmed on Tuesday as unexpectedly strong U.S. factory activity bolstered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon trim its stimulus, while the yen tumbled on speculation of further central bank easing. | |
Lampert Fund Distributed Sears Stock to Investors Wall Street Journal Investors who decided to exit Edward Lampert's hedge fund this year got paid in Sears stock. The fund, ESL Partners, said it distributed 7.4 million shares of Sears Holdings Corp. to those investors. The stock was worth about $445 million at the closing price ... | |
10 Things to Know for Wednesday Washington Post Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday: 1. WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED NYC DERAILMENT. An anti-Government protester raises his fist after getting into the compound of Government ... | |
Newsweek Plans Return to Print New York Times Newsweek, the struggling weekly magazine that ceased print publication last year, plans to turn the presses back on. Add to Portfolio. IAC/InterActiveCorp · Go to your Portfolio ». The magazine expects to begin a 64-page weekly edition in January or February ... | |
Applebee's to serve tablets at every table USA TODAY That endless wait for the restaurant check soon may be over. Applebee's, the nation's largest casual dining chain, on Tuesday will announce plans to place tablets at every table in every one of its U.S. restaurants by the end of 2014. Folks can use the tablets ... | |
Cost of Health Care Law Is Seen as Decreasing New York Times WASHINGTON — The rollout of President Obama's health care law may have deeply disappointed its supporters, but on at least one front, the Affordable Care Act is beating expectations: its cost. Enlarge This Image ... | |
Huawei reportedly decides to abandon the US market CNET After years of being accused of cyberespionage, the telecom gear maker reportedly decides to cut its US ties. Dara Kerr. by Dara Kerr. December 2, 2013 6:31 PM PST. Follow @darakerr. Huawei's US headquarters. (Credit: Huawei). It's no secret that Chinese ... | |
RV Industry Shows More Signs of Recovery ABC News RV manufacturers expect to pass another milestone in their steady recovery from the recession that landed the industry in a deep ditch. Led by sales growth for towable RVs and pricier stand-alone motor homes, recreational vehicle makers expect to ship ... | |
Underground drone economy takes flight USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says in the future drones delivering packages will be as common as mail trucks. But for many entrepreneurs, the drone economy is already here. "There are many people out there making extraordinary ... | |
Doctors Face A 24% Pay Cut In Both Medicare And Medicaid Reimbursements Forbes Doctors seeing Medicare patients face a 24 percent cut in reimbursements beginning January 1. But almost no one has grasped that those cuts will hit Medicaid too—thanks to Obamacare. Unless Congress acts, we're likely to see a huge exodus of doctors ... | |
Krispy Kreme Reports Financial Results For The Third Quarter Of Fiscal 2014 Wall Street Journal WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) (the "Company") today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014, ended November 3, 2013. The Company also raised the lower end of its ... | |
HealthCare.gov has rocky relaunch Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – The Obama administration's overhauled healthcare website got off to a bumpy relaunch Monday as a rush of consumers caused an uptick in errors and forced the administration to put thousands of shoppers on the HealthCare.gov site on ... | |
Asian Morning Briefing: US Stocks Retreat Wall Street Journal Upbeat U.S. manufacturing data triggered worries about a pullback of the Federal Reserve's stimulus measures, sending stocks, Treasurys and gold to a lower finish. Oil and the dollar rose. OPENING CALL. Watch for trading in Asia to heat up Tuesday as U.S. ... | |
US Stock Futures Little Changed Ahead of ISM Data Wall Street Journal NEW YORK--U.S. stock futures were little changed, as investors paused following the recent run to record highs while they assessed mixed readings on holiday shopping and weakness in Europe. European markets were weighed down by downbeat ... | |
New 2014 Mitsubishi i-MiEV: More Standard Features and a $6000-Plus ... MarketWatch CYPRESS, Calif., Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is proud to announce that the company's new 2014 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric-powered production vehicle not only receives an expanded standard ... | |
Stocks mixed on disappointing holiday sales Los Angeles Times NEW YORK—. Shoppers spent less over the Thanksgiving weekend and that is weighing on stocks. Shoppers turned out in record numbers over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, but they spent less than they did last year. It was the first decline in ... | |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will renew existing health plans Chicago Tribune Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will allow existing individual health insurance policies to be renewed for another year, even if they don't meet new standards set by the Affordable Care Act, the insurer said late Monday. The insurance company, the ... | |
Ford, General Motors are Tuesday's stocks to watch MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session with major auto makers scheduled to report U.S. sales. Ford. Enlarge Image. 2014 Ford Escape. Auto sales are ... | |
Abenomics brings dilemmas for business Financial Times The outlook for Japan's engineers and entrepreneurs is the brightest for 20 years – on the face of it. Prime minister Shinzo Abe's three-pronged strategy to revive the economy – known as Abenomics – aims to help both ventures starting out and conglomerates ... | |
Analyst: Macy's Wins Black Friday, JC Penney Starts Strong Fox Business Sterne Agee declared Macy's (M) the retail winner on Black Friday, as sales of cold weather apparel and discounted items fueled store traffic over the holiday weekend. Analysts at the firm also hailed J.C. Penney's (JCP) return to its old playbook as a success, ... | |
Lawmakers consider tax incentives for ADM, others San Francisco Chronicle SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Lawmakers began considering a new set of tax incentives worth $92 million for Archer Daniels Midland Co., chemical distributor Univar and newly merged OfficeMax and Office Depot on Monday that includes a proposed satellite ... | |
Trump rips AG Schneiderman for 'only' 97 scam vics New York Daily News That all you got? Lawyers for Donald Trump have filed court papers mocking New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for finding "only" 97 additional alleged Trump University victims. RELATED: MORE VICTIMS OF TRUMP SCHOOL SCAM COME ... | |
Volcker Rule Said Set for Dec. 10 Approval by U.S. Regulators San Francisco Chronicle Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- At least three U.S. regulators will meet on Dec. 10 to adopt the final version of the Volcker rule banning banks from making speculative bets with their own money, according to three people familiar with the planning. The Federal Reserve ... | |
NatWest in technology meltdown on 'Cyber Monday' Telegraph.co.uk NatWest customers rushed to Twitter and other sites on Monday evening to report their debit and credit cards were being decined in shops across Britain. Other said they couldn't use the bank's website or smartphone apps, either. Reports started to emerge of ... | |
Silvio Calabi: 2014 Cherokee goes where no Jeep has Wicked Local The red tow hooks—there's another one at the rear—are for yanking others out of trouble. The 5-passenger Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk's off-road chops are stellar. 2014-jeep-cherokee-trailhawk.jpg · 2014-jeep-cherokee-limited.jpg · jeep-selec-terrain.jpg ... | |
Wall Street down on Fed tapering fears; 3M sinks on downgrade Proactive Investors USA & Canada In commodities, after the manufacturing reports stoked bets that the Fed could soon be ready to slow the pace of its stimulus, February gold declined 2.3% to finish at $1,221.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. | |
Vail Daily column: Having long-term insurance is worthwhile Vail Daily News According to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, one in three callers to their office expresses great frustration when looking to buy long-term care insurance protection. Many inform the association that they have met with an agent and ... | |
Guam tests toxic mice to kill invasive snakes The Herald | HeraldOnline.com HAGATNA, Guam — Biologists on Guam are trying to find out if mildly toxic dead mice can help eradicate an invasive species of snake that has caused millions of dollars in damages by creating power outages on the island. Crews on Monday distributed mice ... | |
'TipsForJesus' Is Leaving Thousands Of Dollars For Servers ideastream At a restaurant in Indiana, three men added $10,000 to their bar bills. In other places, hundreds and thousands have been added to checks. In recent months, the anonymous benefactors have given away about $54,000. They say they're doing the Lord's work ... | |
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Proposed IRS "Dark Money" Regulations The Nonprofit Quarterly How invested are America's nonprofits in the task of cleaning American politics of the pernicious effects of secret money and, alternatively, in the protection of the nonprofit sector's role in mobilizing the electorate to register and vote? These two very different ... | |
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