Reuters – A vote by Ford Motor Co union workers to authorize a strike if negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Ford turn sour is well on its way to passage, union officials said on Wednesday.
The greenback was higher at the close of North America trade with the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (Ticker: USDollar) advancing 0.26% on the session. The gains come on the back of a mediocre performance in US equities that saw early gai…
Reuters – President Barack Obama on Wednesday picked September 7 to unveil new jobs proposals in a speech to Congress, but the top Republican lawmaker objected to the date, adding more political theater to a back-and-forth over the economy.
Reuters – The International Monetary Fund has estimated European banks could face a capital shortfall of 200 billion euros ($287 billion), a European source said on Wednesday.
AP – A California solar-panel manufacturer once touted by President Barack Obama as a beneficiary of his administration’s economic policies — as well as a half-billion-dollar federal loan — is laying off 1,100 workers and filing for bankrup…
It was a quiet end to a wild month for financial markets.
Stocks edged higher for a fourth straight day Wednesday on a report that factory orders surged in July. The Dow Jones industrial average turned higher for the ye…
AP – An unprecedented deal that gives Russia’s state-controlled oil company part-ownership of U.S. oil fields is unlikely to be scuttled by political or national security concerns for a simple reason: Russia doesn’t need the oil.
AP – An unprecedented deal that gives Russia’s state-controlled oil company part-ownership of U.S. oil fields is unlikely to be scuttled by political or national security concerns for a simple reason: Russia doesn’t need the oil.
AP – Cities with highest, lowest unemployment rates
AP – Unemployment rates for cities in the West
