Small-company stocks have stumbled after racking up strong gains for much of this year. The Russell 2000 index, a benchmark of small and mid-sized companies, is up about 9 percent this year. But since August, it’s down...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of housekeepers, cooks and other workers at Marriott-affiliated hotels went on strike in San Francisco and San Jose Thursday after months of negotiations for a wage increase. Unite Here Local 2...
Read MoreTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a series of coordinated announcements, authorities in United States, Britain, The Netherlands and Australia on Thursday accused the shadowy Russian military intelligence agency known as GRU of a...
Read MoreThe executive who guided classic American whiskeys Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark through the transition of being acquired by a Japanese company four years ago has announced he’ll step down as CEO of spirits company Beam...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — On the long list of concerns for small-business owners, the threat of rising interest rates is closer to the bottom than the top. Maybe not for long. Rising rates are already starting to bite into some...
Read MoreCHICAGO (AP) — A violinist who organizes concerts for the homeless, a professor whose research is being used to increase access to civil justice by poor communities and an activist pastor are among this year’s MacArthur...
Read MoreCHICAGO (AP) — People from a wide range of fields are among this year’s MacArthur fellows . The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Thursday named 25 people, including academics, activists, artists, scholars...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged slightly lower this week, taking a pause after five straight weeks of increases. Costs for would-be homebuyers have been climbing, and the key 30-year rate has been running...
Read MoreNEW DELHI (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India on Thursday for a two-day visit during which India is expected to sign a $5 billion deal to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems despite a new U.S. law ordering...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Global stocks are slipping as interest rates keep rising. The yield on 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.18 percent Thursday, a...
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