Stocks: Strong quarter ends with a loss
Stocks ended lower Wednesday, but higher for the quarter after a strong showing in March, as downbeat jobs and manufacturing reports cooled a recent runup.
Census 2010: 5 winners (and losers)
The Census Bureau is conducting the nation’s decennial head count, which influences how much federal money states and cities receive. Who will come out on top?
Lawyer quits job to play with Lego
Manhattan lawyer Nathan Sawaya gives up his day job to create life-size sculptures made from Lego.
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By: Randy Wooden
LinkedIn (LI) has become the primary online professional social networking site. While I could talk for several hours on how to effectively arrange your profile and also how to use LI in your job search, in this piece I want to focus on your LinkedIn personal URL.
Consider including it on your resume and [...]
Tussle over health care law’s corporate impact
A growing number of major U.S. corporations are expecting to take tax charges in the first quarter related to the recently enacted health care reform law.
Offshore drilling: Impact on Americans
President Obama’s plan, announced Wednesday, to expand oil drilling off the nation’s coasts has the potential to lead to a slight easing in gas prices, more jobs and more money for cash-strapped government coffers.
Offshore drilling: Impact on Americans
President Obama’s plan, announced Wednesday, to expand oil drilling off the nation’s coasts has the potential to lead to a slight easing in gas prices, more jobs and more money for cash-strapped government coffers.
Nobody’s worried. Time to worry? – The Buzz
The first quarter is about to come to a close. And most investors will look back fondly on the first three months of this year — especially when compared to a year ago.
Oil hits a 17-month high
Strapped cities’ budget shakedown
In the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Pittston, the seemingly manageable issue of garbage became a much bigger problem than anyone could have ever anticipated.
