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Case dismissed: Lawyer refuses to wear mask
Welcome to Monday, the 22nd anniversary of the first time the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the day above 10,000. Here are some news items to get your week started. […]
Trumped-up First Amendment concern grows
First Amendment concerns under Trump head news summary including fugitive physician, shrinking federal docket and a registry of exonerated convicts.
Lockheed Martin named to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Lockheed Martin has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for 2015 for a second consecutive year, the company announced today. The 2015 Index represents the top 10 […]
Stocks slump; Dow briefly plunges 1,000 points
U.S. stocks slumped again Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging more than 1,000 points at one point in a sell-off that sent a shiver of fear from Wall […]
U.S. companies post most jobs in 7 years in May
U.S. employers advertised more jobs in May than in any month in the past seven years, a sign that this year's strong hiring trend is likely to continue.
U.S. employers add 217K jobs; rate stays at 6.3 pct
U.S. employers added 217,000 jobs in May, a substantial gain for a fourth straight month, fueling hopes that the economy will accelerate after a grim start to the year.
Wall Street puts its focus back on earnings, not D.C.
NEW YORK — The stock market hit an all-time high Thursday as investors put the government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis behind them and focused on corporate earnings. The Standard […]
Strong news from IBM lifts Dow to 5-year high
NEW YORK — Strong earnings from tech giants nudged the stock market to a five-year high Wednesday. Investors drew encouragement from a vote by the House of Representatives to let […]
Weak U.S. job market weighs on broader economy
WASHINGTON — The sluggish job market is weighing on the U.S. economy three years after the Great Recession ended and it doesn’t look to be getting much better any time […]
With Apple in, Dow would have set record long ago
Apple is the world’s most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world’s best-known stock index. So don’t they deserve each other? Consider this: If Apple had […]
Marianne D. Fishler: Assessing risk can be, well, risky
Life is full of risks. Usually we can identify risk and measure it. In our personal lives, it is deciding whether to speed up or slow down when confronted with […]
Dow closes above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008
The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the Great Recession — bailouts, bank failures, layoffs by the million and a […]
