New U.S. applications for unemployment benefits last week recorded their largest increase in eight months, but remained at levels consistent with a fairly healthy labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 276,000 for the week ended Oct.31, the Labor Department said on Thursday. A Labor Department analyst said there were no special factors influencing the data.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Kardashian-worthy phone case rimmed with tiny lights, a keepsake book of “Letters to My Love” and a banana, peanut butter and chocolate cake called the Elvis are among Oprah’s Favorite Things of 2015.
Who do billionaires turn to when they want to buy apartment complexes? The U.S. taxpayer.
Recording live-action scenes for virtual-reality devices has been limited by the fact that cameras are stuck in one position and headset wearers can’t lean their heads over to get a different view.
Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported net income of $2 billion for the July-September period, down from $3.9 billion a year earlier. The government-controlled company attributed the third-quarter decline …
NEW YORK (AP) — Lunch with former astronauts Robert Curbeam, Jerry Linenger and Yi So-yeon feels a little like eavesdropping on the meeting of a special club.
NEW YORK (AP) — Earthquakes, tidal waves and infernos are on tap for Broadway as the spoof musical “Disaster!” aims for a winter arrival.
Apple Inc has opened a subsidiary company in Vietnam, allowing the maker of iPhones to import and distribute cellphones directly in one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the Asia-Pacific. Apple Vietnam Limited Liability was established on Oct. 28 with a registered capital of 15 billion dong ($672,194), according to a news announcement recorded on Vietnam’s national business registry website seen by Reuters on Thursday. The Ho Chi Minh
NEW YORK (AP) — A Vincent van Gogh painting is poised to bring as much as $70 million at Sotheby’s.
Details of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal released Thursday set the stage for a raucous debate in the U.S. Congress but also may provide reassurances to those who worried the agreement could gut protections …