WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. workers saw their wages and benefits rise in the second quarter at the fastest pace in nearly a decade, a sign that the low unemployment rate is forcing employers to raise pay to attract and keep workers....
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday morning after a three-day losing streak. Industrial companies are making some of the largest gains, and companies including Ralph Lauren and Charter Communications are climbing...
Read MoreSome facts about monarch butterflies and the milkweed plants they need to survive: THE BUTTERFLY —The migratory monarch population that overwinters in central Mexico from eastern Canada and the U.S. declined 84 percent between...
Read MoreATHENS, Greece (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says Greece still faces an uphill struggle after the forthcoming end of its bailouts, and its long-term debt sustainability remains uncertain. In a report made public Tuesday...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer spending rose by a solid 0.4 percent in June, while a key gauge of inflation increased at an annual pace of 2.2 percent for a second straight month — the strongest back-to-back gains in six years. The...
Read MoreQUEBEC CITY (AP) — For generations, North American farmers have despised milkweed and done their best to rid their lands of it. “I hate to have milkweed in my strawberry field,” Nathalie Leonard says from her farm by...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S home prices rose rapidly in May, a trend that is thwarting some would-be buyers and pulling down home sales. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 6.5 percent in May from a year...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street as technology companies rise after a three-day losing streak. Microsoft climbed 1...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer spending rose solid 0.4 percent in June while 12-month inflation reading was 2.2 percent.
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Over the past three months, a handful of highly placed Russians have discovered their secrets seeping onto the web. It happened to a Russian Interior Ministry official whose emails were published online in April....
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