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Why China's Latest Cash Crunch Is Scarier This Time
Wall Street Journal - 24 Mar 2017 12:26
China's short-term borrowing costs are surging again. This time round, the problem has become even more complex.
5 Daily Choices the Most Successful People Always Make
inc - 24 Mar 2017 11:30
If you want to live happy, do what the smartest and most successful people do: Live in peace, leave the past in the past, and three more things.
11 Thoughts Successful Leaders Banish From Their Minds
inc - 24 Mar 2017 16:30
The stories you tell yourself either lift you into greatness or keep you stuck. Here are 11 thoughts that successful leaders banish from their minds.
TransCanada's Keystone pipeline receives Trump presidential permit
USA Today - 24 Mar 2017 16:30
The company will also abandon its previous bankruptcy claim through NAFTA.
Nebraska preliminary jobless rate 3.2 percent in February
Miami Herald - 24 Mar 2017 16:24
A new report says Nebraska's preliminary unemployment rate for February dropped a tenth of a point from 3.2 percent in January. The Nebraska Labor Department said in a news release …
Miami commissioners back mayor in his fight against Airbnb
Miami Herald - 24 Mar 2017 16:20
City commissioners are supporting Miami's mayor in his fight to restrict rentals through Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms. The commissioners voted 3-2 Thursday to reaffirm zoning regulations prohibiting short-term...
Theranos Offers Shares to Investors--Only If They Promise Not to Sue
inc - 24 Mar 2017 16:15
The embattled blood-testing company plans to give investors additional shares--that is, if they pledge not to sue.
Ivanka Trump's 'seat at the table' not inspiring many women in the workplace
Chicago Tribune - 24 Mar 2017 13:00Black Lives Matter groups joining forces with wage activists
Miami Herald - 24 Mar 2017 07:26
A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups and the organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage are joining forces to combine the struggle for racial justice with the fight …
Samsung shareholders welcome stock price gains, rue scandals
ABC News - 24 Mar 2017 07:02
Samsung Electronics shareholders are praising the company for gains in its share price while lamenting its involvement in a massive scandal that brought the arrest of the company's de facto leader
Chrome-plating company at NY arsenal inks deal with Army
Miami Herald - 24 Mar 2017 06:59
A chrome plating and surface finishing company with an operation at Watervliet Arsenal has inked a $16.9 million contract with the U.S. Army. The deal with Swiss-based Hartchrom, Inc., will …
Trump's reputation as a dealmaker is on the line with the GOP's troubled Obamacare replacement bill
Business Insider - 24 Mar 2017 06:03
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The widespread opposition to the Republican Party's American Health Care Act appeared to reach a tipping point on Thursday, with a delayed vote and policy huddles that stretched into the night on C...
Curious Quirks in How Credit Suisse Makes Money
Wall Street Journal - 24 Mar 2017 19:14
Something unusual in Credit Suisse's earnings deserves investors' attention.
Wall St. opens higher; healthcare bill vote awaited
Reuters - 24 Mar 2017 16:42
(Reuters) - Wall Street opened higher on Friday, helped by a rise in technology shares and ahead of a closely watched vote on a healthcare bill seen as a test of President Donald Trump's ability to pass his legislative a...
What's In The Health Care Bill Changes Unveiled Late Last Night
TPM - 24 Mar 2017 16:38
Late last night, after scuttling a planned vote on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans huddled behind closed doors in the basement of the Capitol to attempt to hash out their difference. What resulted w...
South Carolina unemployment rate unchanged in February
Miami Herald - 24 Mar 2017 16:32
South Carolina's unemployment rate has remained unchanged as the number of people working in the state has risen. The Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday that South Carolina's unemployment …
Disney investors are facing 4 big questions (DIS)
Business Insider - 24 Mar 2017 16:27
Walt Disney World/Facebook Disney's stock price has risen 23% to $112.50since hittinga multi-year bottom around $90 in October 2016. In the firstedition of RBC's "Media Fight Club" series, released March 24, the bank add...
US stocks start higher ahead of uncertain health care vote
ABC News - 24 Mar 2017 16:23
US stocks are opening higher as technology companies like Micron Technology and Western Digital climb
Halliburton warns of first-quarter profit miss as costs rise
Reuters - 24 Mar 2017 16:16
(Reuters) - Halliburton Co , the world's No. 2 oilfield services provider, warned that its first-quarter profit would likely miss analysts' expectations due to higher costs and weak demand in markets outside North Americ...
Will This Small Bank See Texas-Sized Gains?
Barron's - 24 Mar 2017 13:34
Plano-based Legacy Texas Financial Group is delivering double-digit loan growth and trades for less than peers.
CEO of Chinese paper company departs
News Observer - 24 Mar 2017 08:11
A top executive at a Chinese pulp and paper company planning a $2 billion manufacturing plant near Richmond has left the company. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports ( ) Dong Lan …
Gov. Baker, Sen. Warren celebrate Amazon warehouse opening
News Observer - 24 Mar 2017 06:59
Gov. Charlie Baker and Sen. Elizabeth Warren are planning to be on hand to celebrate the opening of an Amazon warehouse in Fall River. The Republican governor and Democratic senator …