World shares and commodities fell on Monday as a recent run of downbeat corporate reports cast a shadow over the economic growth outlook and markets awaited the impact of a huge U.S. hurricane.
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M&S Says Has Investor Support as Profit Falls Less Than Forecast
British retailer Marks & Spencer Plc believes its costly expansion plan is paying off and winning support from investors even after suffering its second straight drop in first-half earnings.
Economists Say Jobs Data to Have Little Impact on U.S. Elections
Stronger-than-expected hiring by U.S. employers in October and a small increase in the jobless rate will have a neutral or insignificant impact on U.S. presidential elections next week, according to most economists surveyed in a Reuters poll on Friday.
Wall Street Flat, Dollar Firm Day Before U.S. Elections
U.S. stocks held steady and the dollar edged up on Monday as investors played it safe on the day before Americans choose their president and as Greece headed into two key votes to secure further rescue funds.
Goldman Sachs Names Insurance Executive Tucker to Board of Directors
Goldman Sachs Group Inc named insurance executive Mark Edward Tucker as an independent director on Monday, expanding its board to a dozen directors, most of whom are independent.
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A $500-million "green jobs" program to train U.S. workers for new jobs and help spark recovery from the great recession has fallen far short of its goals, according to a report from the Labor Department's internal watchdog released on Friday.
Shares on major markets ended little changed on Friday as weak corporate earnings offset better U.S. economic data, though investors remained concerned about slowing global growth.
Sofia Vergara, star of ABC's hit show "Modern Family," is reportedly concerned about "sexy" photos taken of her in her bathroom and bedroom by fiancé Nick Loeb that were stolen from his phone
A decline in the number of available properties, especially in California, prompted a new innovation at the real estate marketplace website Zillow.com. Late Wednesday night the six-year-old Zillow launched a free feature that allows potential home buyers to view homes that are owned by banks or are in the foreclosure process but are not officially listed for sale.
Apple released solid financial results for its fourth quarter Friday, ending Sept. 29. Profits rose 24 percent on the sale of its iPhone 5, which was released on Sept. 21. Its quarterly revenue was up about $8 billion from last year's fourth quarter.
As the job outlook continues to look murky for recent college graduates the costs of tuition and fees for both public and private universities are up, though not too substantially, according to the latest figures released by The College Board Wednesday.
One day after Rajat K. Gupta, formerly of Goldman Sachs, was sentenced to two years in prison for insider trading, a lawyer for Raj Rajaratnam who is currently serving an 11-year sentence in a Massachusetts prison for the same crime, asked that his conviction be set aside, The New York Times reported.
Prosecutors surprised a Jefferson County Courtroom in Colorado on Thursday when they announced they had a confession from 17-year-old Austin Reed Sigg and DNA evidence linking him to the murder of Jessica Ridgeway and the attempted abduction of a jogger back in May, ABC News reported.
The U.S. economy, the number one issue among voters, grew at a two percent rate in the third quarter, according to Commerce Department Data released Friday. Increased consumer and government spending and an uptick in the housing industry were the drivers.
