U.S. workers have reason to hope for slightly better pay raises this year, a shift that could add momentum to the economic recovery. With corporate America sitting on large piles of cash and manufacturers seeing a surge in exports to fast-growing emerging markets, signs are mounting that some of the benefits will start trickling [...]
Reuters - World stocks rose on Monday, hovering near a 29-month high on further signs of global economic recovery, and copper rallied to a record high while U.S. 10-year Treasury yields hit their highest in 10 months.[Read more...]
Reuters - Japanese stocks eased on Thursday as escalating violence in Egypt prompted investors to move to safer assets, while commodities extended their recent gains, underscoring growing inflationary pressures that could threaten the global economic recovery.[Read more...]
As the financial crisis of 2008 fades into the past, corporate executives are having to navigate an unbalanced global economic recovery, marked by supercharged growth in the developing world and painfully slow growth in the mature economies that suffered most during the downturn. Multinational corporations such as YUM! Brands and Manpower Inc., lured by [...]
Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Friday as General Electric Co’s earnings put a positive tone on the economic recovery, snapping a two-day losing skid for the benchmark index.[Read more...]
President Barack Obama is riding a surge of public support into next week’s State of the Union address, with more Americans approving of his performance and more seeing him as a political moderate, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Journal Community [...]
FRANKFURT—German imports surged to a record high in November but retail sales slumped unexpectedly, indicating that while domestic demand is still gaining strength, the recovery in household demand remains fragile. Germany imported a record €75.1 billion ($97.74 billion) in total goods in November, up 4.1% from a month earlier and 33.3% from a year [...]
Stocks extended their winning streak to five days, adding to their New Year’s run as encouraging data from the labor market and service sector pointed to a firming economic recovery. Kristina Peterson wraps the day in the financial markets, including why stocks ended higher, how today’s [...]
LONDON—U.K. manufacturing expanded at its fastest rate in 16 years in December, adding weight to indications that the country’s economic recovery is picking up pace. But other figures also released Tuesday provided a more cautious view of economic prospects. The Bank of England said growth in the money supply accelerated only slightly in [...]
Reuters - Stocks racked up a fourth straight week of gains on Thursday, as investors expected optimism about the economic recovery to support equities through year-end.[Read more...]
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FBI searches for missing Mo. baby in Kan. landfill
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