President Barack Obama set a goal of bringing high-speed Internet to most schools by 2017, and now he’s promoting a new program to help close the digital divide even further by bringing that faster Internet …
U.S. factory production was unchanged for a second straight month in June as a sharp drop in auto manufacturing was offset by greater output of furniture and chemicals. The cutback in auto production comes …
BofA’s legal expenses, which have totaled at least $70 billion since 2008, dropped for the second straight quarter, suggesting the worst of the bank’s legal problems stemming from the financial crisis was behind it. Litigation expenses, which had undermined the cost-cutting initiatives introduced by Chief Executive Brian Moynihan since he assumed the top job in 2010, fell to $175 million from $4 billion a year earlier. “We also benefited from
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Dimitris Bokas keeps meticulous records of the bathroom fixtures he sells from his small shop in the quiet middle-class residential neighborhood of Koukaki near the center of Athens — just in case a tax …
Oil took a tumble after a historic nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers was signed. But analysts warn prices could stay lower.
You’ve got to hand it to Steve Ballmer. “They make no money, Charlie,” Ballmer said. Until that day, Amazon stock was down 27 percent on the year as investors worried about slowing growth and its inability to make money.
A Wal-Mart Stores Inc employee sued the retailer on Tuesday, saying its prior policy of denying health insurance benefits to the spouses of gay employees violated gender discrimination laws.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced open revolt from some of his own ministers as he sought support Tuesday for a bailout deal that, while saving the country from financial collapse, would cause years …
Iran is preparing for a trade and investment boom that could reshape the region after agreeing with world powers to curb its nuclear programme, paving the way for sanctions that have stifled its economy to be lifted. With just under 80 million people and annual output of some $400 billion, Iran is set to be the biggest economy to rejoin the global trading and financial system since the break-up of