Credit cards can’t be more convenient. Any time you want to pay for something, you can whip out that piece of plastic. Still, debt is to be avoided — and when it comes to paying for certain expenses, money in the form of cash or a check is better than […]
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Firefighter denounced by company after racist Facebook post
LEBANON, Pa. – A Pennsylvania firefighter has been denounced by his fire company after he posted racist comments about a cereal mascot. Continue Reading Below Justin Snyder, a firefighter with Speedwell Engine and Hose Company in Lebanon, made the comments Wednesday on his Facebook page. The Lebanon Daily News reported […]
Stocks around the world take a pause ahead of frenetic week
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks pulled back from their record-setting run on Monday, and indexes elsewhere around the world took a pause, ahead of a frenetic week for markets. Investors are waiting to see who will be President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Federal Reserve, what several of the […]
Markets Right Now: Stocks trading lower as drugmakers fall
NEW YORK – The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): Continue Reading Below 11:50 a.m. Stocks are trading lower at midday as health care companies continued to decline and banks slip along with interest rates. Big drugmakers fell, with Merck down 4.8 percent after it withdrew a […]
Goldman CEO takes to Twitter again to warn about Brexit
LONDON – The CEO of Goldman Sachs has warned for the second time in two weeks about the dangers of Britain’s departure from the European Union. Continue Reading Below Lloyd Blankfein tweeted an aerial view of the Goldman headquarters building under construction in London, suggesting the bank may not be […]
Affiliated Managers Group Keeps Riding the Bull
Asset managers like it when bull markets push the value of their holdings higher, as it typically means more fee revenue for them. Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG) has made strategic moves to complement the upward impact of a rising market, and its success has helped send its stock to […]
German experts work to free ship grounded after storm
BERLIN – German rescue experts were working to free a cargo ship that ran aground on a North Sea sandbank during a weekend storm, while the country’s railway pressed Monday to reopen several train lines. Continue Reading Below High winds lashed Central Europe on Sunday as Storm Herwart passed through, […]
Russian journalist thanks supporters after stabbing attack
MOSCOW – A Russian journalist who was put into a coma after a stabbing attack by a man who targeted her thanked supporters Monday in her first statement from the hospital. Continue Reading Below Tatyana Felgenhauer, a top host and deputy editor-in-chief at Ekho Moskvy, Russia’s only independent news radio […]
Railroad sues over millions of rail ties it calls defective
ATLANTA – One of the nation’s largest railroads says it must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties under its tracks because they’re degrading faster than expected. Continue Reading Below In a federal lawsuit, Norfolk Southern Railway blames an Alabama company of failing to use proper protective coating on more […]
US consumer spending surges 1 percent in September, strongest gain in 8 years
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