Stocks: 3 things to know before the open
Click chart for in-depth premarket data. Welcome back from the long weekend! There are four trading days this week but there are only three things you need to know before the week begins. Here they...
View ArticleChina has spent $236 billion on its stock market bailout
Goldman Sachs: Reaction to China’s slowdown is overdone The Chinese government has spent 1.5 trillion yuan ($236 billion) trying to prop up the country’s plunging stock market, according to analysis...
View ArticleApple’s stock is a screaming buy right now
5 stunning Apple stats Ask Siri what she thinks of Apple’s share price and she’ll tell you that she can’t help you buy or sell stocks. “It’s your opinion that counts.” Well, here’s mine. Apple’s stock...
View ArticleBulls on parade: Stocks bounce back … for good?
A short history of cheap money Is the worst finally over for stocks after a dismal August and rocky start to September? The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot up nearly 250 points, or 1.6%, on Tuesday...
View ArticleWhy Netflix won’t offer offline viewing
Netflix CEO: We’re focusing on great shows Watching movies offline is a nice idea, but Netflix isn’t convinced that a lot of people will actually do it. “It’s not going to be instant, you have to have...
View ArticleJapan’s Nikkei surges 8% as global markets rebound
Goldman Sachs: Reaction to China’s slowdown is overdone Problems in China? What problems? Investors appear to have put aside worries over a slowdown in the world’s second biggest economy, giving a...
View ArticleSteve Wozniak: Steve Jobs film is ‘unlike any other movie’
See the latest ‘Steve Jobs’ trailer Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks the upcoming ‘Steve Jobs’ biopic does a great job capturing his complicated former business partner. “It is a stellar...
View ArticleThe stock market is in ‘all or nothing’ mode
Investors have been taken on a wild ride this summer that’s been nearly unprecedented. The craziness was punctuated by the Dow’s 1,000-point nosedive on August 24, its largest intraday point decline...
View ArticleAmerica has 5.8 million job openings
America has a record number of job openings. There were 5.8 million job openings in the United States in July, according to the Labor Department. That’s much more than the previous high — 5.4 million...
View ArticleDebt collectors ordered to refund millions to consumers
The two largest debt collectors in the country are refunding millions of dollars to customers over allegations they used deceptive practices to collect bad debts. The Consumer Financial Protection...
View ArticleHands on with Apple’s newest devices
Apple’s iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus in :90 Apple’s new iPhones, that giant iPad Pad Pro, and the completely overhauled Apple TV aren’t available until later this year, but I was able to get my...
View ArticleThis is how you make math fun
Sidharth Kakkar is obsessed with the idea of making math fun. The 29-year-old entrepreneur cofounded Front Row, a startup that reimagines how math is taught in school. The app-based program is a...
View ArticleCan Barnes & Noble survive?
E-books make self-publishing easy The final chapter for Barnes & Noble’s corporate history has yet to be written. But the bookseller’s recent performance is scarier than a Stephen King novel....
View ArticleEurope rules workers must be paid for travel time
A new ruling ensures European workers who travel regularly will get paid if they get stuck in this kind of traffic. Here’s some good news for workers who are constantly on the road. Europe’s top court...
View ArticleT-Mobile’s $20-a-month iPhone 6S deal comes with caveats
Apple’s iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus in :90 T-Mobile has what sounds like a compelling iPhone 6S deal: $20 a month (compared to $27 a month on the other carriers). But there’s a few things to consider...
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