Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada's Top 12 Experiences
From national parks to seafood feasts, Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada offer terrific experiences that should be on every traveler’s list. Here are Fodor’s top picks for a memorable trip.
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New iPhones, Apple TV expected as Apple prepares for event
By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Journalists and analysts crowded outside a century-old San Francisco arena where Apple Inc is expected to unveil a pair of new iPhones, a larger iPad and an updated Apple TV on Wednesday. As lines stretched out across the square that links San Francisco City Hall to the 6,000-seat Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, which is adorned with a big Apple logo, Apple Senior Vice
'Hand to God' to depart Broadway and attack London
NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Award-nominated play “Hand to God” — featuring a satanic hand puppet — will close on Broadway in January but will be resurrected a month later — in London.
Interest rate rise: turning point looms for US debt binge
With the prospect of steadily higher interest rates and a $4 trillion mountain of debt maturing over the next five years, corporate America’s reliance on cheap cash is about to get tested.
The crazy stocks that correlate with Apple
In the past year, stocks such as Illinois Tool Works and Honeywell have the highest correlation to Apple stock, surprising compared to big tech names.
Yahoo and the IRS, Apple's big event and McDonald's goes cage free
Yahoo Finance’s Midday Movers is live each weekday at 12pm ET, covering all the latest news on the markets, the economy and the biggest stories of the day.
Record high U.S. job openings point to skills shortage
Job openings, a measure of labor demand, increased 430,000 to a seasonally adjusted 5.8 million, the Labor Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on Wednesday. “The data now signal unambiguously that the labor market is unable to supply the people companies need. Usually, that means wages will accelerate, though the evidence for that now is mixed,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics
Plaque dedicated at country singer Patsy Cline's former home
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A plaque has been placed in front of a Frederick home where legendary country singer Patsy Cline once lived.
Apple to show off new iPhones, Apple TV on Wednesday
By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – With its highly profitable iPhone due for an upgrade, Apple is expected to unveil a pair of new handsets at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday, analysts say, in addition to showing off a larger iPad and an updated Apple TV. When Apple executives take the stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, investors will be scrutinizing their plans for the next
Barnes & Noble sales fall for fifth straight quarter
Barnes & Noble Inc, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, reported a decline in sales for the fifth successive quarter as lower demand for its Nook tablets and online books compounded a protracted slump in sales at its stores. The company’s shares fell as much as 16.6 percent on Wednesday. In recent years, stiff competition from online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc has eaten into sales at Barnes & Noble’s bookstores