Los Angeles Times |
California gains 3700 jobs in December, pushing unemployment down to 5.2%
Los Angeles Times California employers capped off a solid year of job growth in 2016 by adding a net 3,700 jobs during the month of December, the Employment Development Department reported Friday. The unemployment rate was 5.2%, down from 5.3% in November. Jobless rate in Fresno County drops to level not seen since 2007Fresno Bee Unemployment in Miami-Dade rose slightly in DecemberMiami Herald Florida unemployment flat at 4.9 percent amid a small drop in jobsTampabay.com Sacramento Bee –Florida Times-Union –Alaska Dispatch News –Pittsburgh Post-Gazette all 170 news articles » |
Forbes |
Apple Sues Qualcomm For $1 Billion, Alleging Extortion
Forbes Qualcomm Inc. CEO Steve Mollenkopf speaks during a keynote address at CES 2017 (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images). Just days after the United States Federal Trade Commission sued Qualcomm for antitrust violations, Apple is joining in. On Friday … Apple Sues Qualcomm Over Licensing PracticesWall Street Journal Apple accuses Qualcomm of extortion, monopolistic practices, price-gouging and more in lawsuitAppleInsider (press release) (blog) Apple Adds to Qualcomm's Troubles, Filing Lawsuit Over RebatesNew York Times CNET –The Verge –Bloomberg –CNBC all 171 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
Buffett Back in Money on IBM, Reversing $2.6 Billion Loss
Bloomberg International Business Machines Corp. has climbed above the price that Warren Buffett paid for shares in the computer company, reversing more than $2 billion in paper losses for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. IBM rose 2.2 percent to $170.55 at 4 p.m … The Brilliant Blunders and Investments that Made Warren Buffet a BillionaireHuffington Post Wall Street Welcomes Its New Trumpian OverlordsVanity Fair Billionaire Warren Buffett is no big spenderNew York Daily News Variety –Yahoo Finance –Western Journalism –The Hill all 21 news articles » |
Bloomberg |
GE Misses Sales Estimates as Oil Weighs on Immelt's Overhaul
Bloomberg General Electric Co.'s woes in the oil patch persisted in the fourth quarter, denting sales and dragging down shares to their biggest decline in four months. Weakness in the oil and gas unit, which makes drilling equipment and pipes, will probably … UPDATE 1-GE profit up 36 percent, sales slow; affirms 2017 forecastBusiness Insider GE revenue dented by oil woesMarketWatch For GE's Growth Targets, $50 Crude and OPEC Deal Are Good OmensTheStreet.com Investor’s Business Daily –Natural Gas Intelligence –USA TODAY –Nasdaq all 37 news articles » |
Reason (blog) |
White House Site Relaunches with Trump's Populist Policy Proposals
Reason (blog) Donald Trump Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/NewscomThe website for the White House has been updated and relaunched to fit the new President Donald Trump administration. It is obviously pretty bare bones for now (you can read his inauguration speech here), … |
NBCNews.com |
Anti-Trump Protesters Blockade Uber HQ in San Francisco
NBCNews.com Protesters chained themselves to the front doors of Uber's offices in San Francisco Friday morning as Donald Trump was inaugurated. Employees were reportedly unable to enter the building, which also houses payments company Square, through the front … |
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