NEW YORK - Stocks closed mostly lower on Thursday, with chemicals and agricultural companies taking the largest losses. The price of gold continued its long surge. Trading was quiet on the final day of a stormy first quarter that produced surprising gains.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed mostly lower on Thursday, with chemicals and agricultural companies taking the largest losses. The price of gold continued its long surge. Trading was quiet on the final day of a stormy first quarter that…
MUMBAI, India - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed dew which he said affected spin bowling and two no-balls for his team's seven-wicket loss against West Indies at World Twenty20 semifinal on Thursday.
CAIRO (AP) — Nearly three years into a crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader's allies.
Donald Trump's remark that women getting abortions were they to be banned should be punished drew swift, unified condemnation from the anti-abortion movement — evidence of the distinctive role it plays at a time when many right-of-center constituencies are struggling with ...
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Most people think that it's difficult — or even impossible — to determine how well they're performing during a job interview. But if you look closely, the hiring manager's body language and subtle cues will probably tell you exactly how they feel about you as a candidate.
"It behooves you to read between the lines and gauge the interviewer's actions and responses, so you can shift your approach, presentation style, or better clarify your answers," says Lynn Taylor... Читать дальше...
Local shares are poised to edge lower at the open with no direction from Wall Street ahead of the key monthly jobs report.
Vanderpump Rules' cast members don't exactly all get along well. If you caught Part 2 of the reunion episode on Monday, you understand that we're putting that...
Facing slowing growth in the global economy, the International Monetary Fund called today for policies that support research and development to promote innovation.
Nearly 450 Organic Valley farmer-owners from across the nation will gather for the La Farge-based cooperative’s annual meeting Tuesday through Thursday at the La Crosse Center.
(AP) — College students on spring break joined hundreds of other volunteers at a cemetery dating to the Civil War, realigning hundreds of tilted headstones and scrubbing grime from thousands more. College students from Ohio and Boy Scouts from Texas were among more than 800 people who pitched in to restore graves at Chalmette National Cemetery near New Orleans. The National Trust for Historical Preservation called volunteers ages 16 to 70 to take part in its 3-year-old "HOPE Crew," or Hands-On Preservation Experience. Читать дальше...
Millions of Americans now can apply for a subsidy to get broadband access after a vote Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission. The vote to modernize the FCC’s Lifeline program was 3-2, with the two Republican commissioners going against the proposal, citing budgetary concerns.
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The East Bay punk band featuring drummer Joey Armstrong, son of Green Day singer Billy Joe Armstrong. 9 p.m. Friday, April 1. “Stegosaurus (or) Three Cheers for Climate Change”: FaultLine Theater unveils Andrew Saito’s comedy about facing apocalypse by having a kick-ass yard sale. 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1. “Second Time Around”: Charlie Varon revels in the comic-moving tale of an aged former World War II bomber pilot, in a duet with the eloquent cello of Joan Jeanrenaud. 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2. Читать дальше...
The country's infrastructure sector output growth rose to 13-month high in February on the back of a strong showing by fertiliser, cement, electricity and refinery products, triggering hopes of a robust industrial output data later this month.
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The weakest recovery in modern history has stretched on for 69 months.
By 2017, it will be the third-longest recovery without a recession since the Great Depression. By 2018, it will be the second longest.
Only during the halcyon economic days of the 1960s have we seen a longer recovery; but that record, too, will be eclipsed sometime in 2019—if we don’t see a recession first.
And note that we were growing at well over 3% in the 1960s, not the anemic... Читать дальше...
The Pentagon’s research arm has kicked off a major effort to partner with industry to repair spacecraft in high-earth orbit, highlighting escalating worries about potential cyberattacks targeting both military and commercial satellites.
A team from chief fire officer of Lucknow inspected the Jhalkari Bai hospital in July 2014 and found many lapses in the hospital’s fire fighting system. “There were faults in its wiring and sprinkler mechanism,” said A B pandey, chief fire officer, Lucknow who led the team.
Free trade hurts workers more than it helps, say Wisconsin union members, as presidential candidates seek their support. … Click to Continue »
When you talk of the things husband should do to keep their wives, the first thing you should consider is how he can satisfy her. Happy couples do not make an effort to keep the relationship happy, rather, they take pleasure in keeping the relationship happy. Love and relationship are a trial and error often […]
Читать дальше...A disgraced Stanford swimmer will be going from the pool to prison after he was found guilty of rape.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Inflation-adjusted farm incomes in Minnesota fell to their lowest point in 20 years in 2015 despite record crop yields and this year's outlook is also grim, according to an annual analysis released Thursday.
The TV ad, which features a mother touting Donald Trump on national security, will go on the air in Wisconsin this weekend.
E-commerce companies have their ears to the ground in the capital as nearly 10,000 trade organisation leaders from across the country are expected to congregate here to protest against the government's recent decision to allow FDI in B2C online marketplaces.
