The men were armed with submachine guns. Now that Korean smartphone maker Samsung's phones have caught up in price and prestige to the once dominant California tech company Apple's iPhone, the gadgets are more coveted and, sadly, more susceptible to theft.
On Monday, Crumbs Bake Shop, a New York-based bakery chain closed all of its stores abruptly. The news has shocked employees, who were not given much notice.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the start of 2014 provided four million job openings, but there were 10.2 million job seekers. Young workers face "steeper" competition in the job market against older workers because they have less work experience.
Following the decision by Seattle's Democrat-controlled City Council to increase the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour last month, several Seattle businesses banded together to repeal the newly enacted law.
What does the Queen of Music Madonna, have planned? The original Material Girl Madonna is making headlines once again by investing in economically depressed Detroit.
Three fuselages ended up in the Clark Fork River in Montana following the derailment. Few planes can operate on water, and the Boeing 737 is not one of them.
Business group has submitted petition, public vote to repeal could follow. A Seattle business group has taken a big step toward the possible repeal of Seattle's recently approved $15 minimum wage, according to a report from Reuters.
The for-profit college industry has been dealt a serious blow by the federal government. Corinthians Colleges, the largest of the companies, has reached an agreement with the government to begin closing some of its campuses.
What were the events and the reasons that led to the fight between the fishermen and police? Some fishermen are supposed to be aware of how much fish they can catch, but for the fishermen of Chile and their government there seems to be a disagreement about how much fish they should be catching.
Elderly people in Puerto Rico are going to have to start paying for leisure activities. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed a law Thursday that eliminates the free passes to those who are 75 and up at public events.
This week, the “study hit the fan” for Facebook, as the world of online media picked up on the controversial Facebook emotion research that we reported early last Saturday and a privacy group filed a formal complaint with the FTC. Meanwhile, Twitter could introduce an integrated “Buy Now” button, Vine added “Loop Counts” and YouTube was found to be more popular than television.
Immigration into Chile jumped 24 percent last year as workers from countries like Colombia, Peru and Spain came to the wealthiest country in Latin America looking for jobs.
Former New Mexico Republican Gov. Gary Johnson has joined a new company that will make marijuana-based products. Now that two states have legalized recreational marijuana use and multiple states allow its medicinal use, new business ventures are springing up.
The film industry may begin to take crew safety more seriously following the death of a 27-year-old camera assistant and the indictment of three producers of the independent film "Midnight Rider."
Some businesses are open, others are closed The Fourth of July is America's Birthday and many Americans are with their families or taking vacations, but what about businesses and stores? Are they open or closed today? Mail Services There will be no mail delivery on the Fourth.
Higher paid Latino jobs have watched their weekly earnings grow 4.4 percent from $1,604 to $1,675 since the beginning of the Great Recession to date — 2007 to 2013. The same is not being experienced those earning lower wages who saw their weekly wages fall by 9.4 percent or $278 to $252 according to Pew Research Analysis.
