article U.S. stocks are broadly lower Wednesday morning as investors react to the departure of Gary Cohn, the top economic adviser to President Donald Trump. Wall Street liked Cohn, a former top executive at Goldman Sachs who opposed the administration’s planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. His departure […]
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Student allegedly brought bomb to school in backpack, tried to detonate it
A Utah high school student, who had allegedly researched information on the Islamic State terrorist group, has been arrested on suspicion of bringing a homemade bomb to school in his backpack and attempting to detonate it, authorities said today. Classmates of the suspect thwarted the alleged bombing attempt Monday at […]
Survey: US businesses hire 235,000 new workers in February
article U.S. companies added a healthy 235,000 jobs last month, led by solid gains in construction, hotels and restaurants, and education and health care, according to a private survey. Continue Reading Below The report Wednesday on February hiring from payroll provider ADP comes after businesses added 244,000 people in January […]
How Do Social Security Benefits for Divorced Spouses Work?
Regular listeners of the Motley Fool Answers podcast will know that Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp are full of excellent investing and personal finance advice. But for this episode — which they are dedicating totally to listener questions — they’ve called in reinforcements: Ross Anderson, a certified financial planner from […]
4 common body language mistakes to avoid making in an interview
If you want to score a job, it’s important to consider how you carry yourself in an interview. In fact, your body language is just as important as what’s coming out of your mouth, says Barry Drexler, an expert interview coach with over 30 years of HR experience. “You have […]
EU warns Trump of trade war, China raises concerns at WTO
FILE PHOTO: Steel bars for sale are displayed at a shop in the Mullae-dong steel product district in Seoul July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo March 7, 2018 By Philip Blenkinsop and Tom Miles LUXEMBOURG/GENEVA (Reuters) – Europe and the IMF urged Donald Trump on Wednesday to step back from […]
Storm-related death reported as nor’easter moves north
For the second time in less than a week, a storm rolled into the Northeast with wet, heavy snow Wednesday, grounding flights, closing schools and bringing another round of power outages to a corner of the country still recovering from the previous blast of winter. The nor’easter knocked out electricity […]
“The worst is yet to come”: Snowstorm hits East Coast
For the second time in less than a week, a storm rolled into the Northeast with wet, heavy snow Wednesday, grounding flights, closing schools and bringing another round of power outages to a corner of the country still recovering from the previous blast of winter. The nor’easter knocked out electricity […]
“The worst is yet to come”: Snowstorm pounds East Coast
Boston neighborhood still flooded even before 2nd storm hits 5:15 p.m.: Joesph Soares was not going to let a little water stop his kids from getting to school. His neighborhood, right on the Duxbury-Marshfield line in Massachusetts, has been flooded since Friday when the first nor’easter hit. By Wednesday, he […]
Married couples are missing out on this key way to save for retirement
If you’re married, you could be missing out on one way to sock away even more money for retirement. Spousal individual retirement accounts let you save money toward retirement for a non-working spouse. Individuals can contribute up to $5,500 per year to an IRA. If you’re 50 or over, you […]