Stocks held steady on Friday after a report showed that the U.S. job market strengthened last month, but not by quite as much as expected. While stock indexes flipped between small gains and losses, bond and commodity markets...
Read MoreTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Entrepreneur Gene Bicknell is suing Kansas as part of a long-running dispute over a $42 million tax bill stemming from the sale hundreds of Pizza Hut franchises he owned. Bicknell, a Pittsburg native, once...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — How much of the House GOP tax plan is tailored to benefit America’s middle class? That’s uncertain based on the details that have been provided so far. What is clear is that many of the benefits for...
Read MoreProposed changes in the GOP tax plan could affect homeowners in more expensive neighborhoods and car buyers interested in electric vehicles. Investors in tech companies could see higher dividends. Future retirees and asset...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — US added 261,000 jobs in October as hiring rebounded from hurricane damage.
Read MorePeople who use rent-to-own stores often end up paying twice the retail price — or more — for anything they buy. So why do millions of people rent to own? Researchers say people who patronize rent-to-own outlets aren’t...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — With fanfare and a White House kickoff, House Republicans unfurled a broad tax-overhaul plan that would touch virtually all Americans and the economy’s every corner, mingling sharply lower rates for...
Read MoreISTANBUL (AP) — Shoppers at the fashion retailer Zara in Istanbul have found unusual tags on their garments: put there by Turkish workers complaining they have not been paid for the merchandise in the store. Workers of an...
Read MoreANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s coast guard says rescuers have found the bodies of two crew members of a cargo ship that sunk in the Black Sea, off the coast of Istanbul. A statement said divers located the bodies on Friday...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly four years into Janet Yellen’s history-making turn as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, the economy is growing, the unemployment rate is low and the stock market is setting record highs....
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