S&P 500 eyes 2,000 level. The Dow Jones industrial average hit 17,000 Thursday for the first time thanks to a better-than-expected jobs report. Thursday, an abbreviated trading session and the last trading session of the week, saw the unemployment rate fall to 6.
Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, won a groundbreaking and controversial case in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week regarding contraception coverage to its employees.
For the first time in its three-year run, Jay Z's Made in America music festival will be held outside of Philadelphia and come to Los Angeles where it will be simultaneously held in both cities on Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30-31.
NASA on Tuesday approved the production of rocket believed to be the most powerful to ever launch in history, which will explore areas beyond our moon including near-Earth asteroids and Mars by the end of the decade.
The U.S. Labor Department released its June 2014 Employment report on Thursday showing the latest job gains and losses and reporting 288,000 jobs were added in June. A separate report showed the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, down 2 percent from last month. The number of unemployed persons decreased by 325,000 to 9.5 million. The Hispanic unemployment rate remained steady at 7.8 percent.
Unemployment dropped to 6.1 percent, numbers not seen since 2008. The U. S. economy has seen unprecedented job growth this year and that will benefit both the economy and the unemployed if the trend continues.
On Wednesday, workers from Florida's agricultural industry asked Congress to work on immigration reform so the businesses will have an adequate number of workers.
This is a big step for the US Burger King came up with a new way to let its customers have it their way as the fast-food chain joined the LGBT community in a celebration of gay pride by packaging their famous Whoppers in special wrappers and calling the burger "Proud Whopper" instead.
Tim Draper, of 'Six Californias', wins. Not long after the U. S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced updates about its recent auction of Bitcoins that were seized from the online black market known as Silk Road, the federal agency announced that a single bidder has emerged as the take-all winner.
California's minimum wage has increased by $1, but residents are unsure about the decision. Latinos, however, are in favor increasing the state's minimum wage even further.
Looks like DirecTV is one hot commodity around the telecommunications block. Recent documents show that Dish Network was also interested in purchasing DirecTV and that talks stopped only this year in light of AT&T's offer.
Standing in front of a Tesla Model S electric car in a Chargepoint site in Manhattan today, Heather Leibowitz from Environment New York said, "We are in the middle of a technological revolution that is helping to clean up our air, and reduce our dependence on oil — the rise of electric vehicles."
Retail chain cites effort to maintain "family-friendly" environment in stores Target Corp. on Wednesday became the latest chain to enter the gun-debate fray and take a stance on whether or not to allow guns in stores, the Washington Post reported.
On Wednesday, Target announced that it doesn't want residents of areas that permit "open carry" of registered guns to bring the weapons into their stores.
The German automaker playing catch up with luxury rivals BMW plans to spend about $1 billion to develop a new factory in Mexico, looking to match two of its biggest competitors, sources have told Bloomberg.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments that would clarify the terms of the Pregnant Discrimination Act of 1978. The case came after Peggy Young, a part-time delivery truck driver for UPS, became pregnant and UPS denied her request to carry items less than 20 pounds.
YouTube could also add a streaming music service this summer. Looking to follow recent moves by Apple and Amazon, Google has purchased the online streaming service Songza.
Job growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector has slowed while construction spending hardly increased in May. According to the Commerce Department, construction spending rose by 0.1 percent, but it is down compared to the 0.8 percent increase during April.
