Search

Wall Street finishes down slightly ... Home Depot data breach ... Detroit bankruptcy trial 09/02/2014 06:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market suffered a tiny loss today despite strong reports about the U.S. economy. The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped 1.09 points, to 2,002.28. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 30.89 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17, 067.56. One analyst explained by saying that signs Dollar General raises Family Dollar bid to $9.1B 09/02/2014 06:28pm • GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dollar General upped its bid for the rival Family Dollar chain and addressed an earlier roadblock, saying that it will more than double the number of stores it would shed to ease the antitrust concerns of its takeover target.The newest bid is worth $9.1 billion, or $80 Ex-Mamtek CEO pleads guilty to theft, fraud 09/02/2014 06:10pm • JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- A man who persuaded a rural Missouri town and the state to invest millions in bonds and incentives for an artificial sweetener plant that never materialized pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felony charges.Bruce Cole is set to be sentenced Nov. 3 af Norwegian sails into luxury with Prestige purchase 09/02/2014 05:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Norwegian Cruise Line is sailing into the luxury sector by buying the high-end Prestige Cruises International in a deal valued at about $3 billion, including debt.The deal will give Norwegian access to Prestige's eight ships on the Oceania and Regent Seven Seas cruise lines and its Irish tax haul jumps, signals kinder 2015 budget 09/02/2014 04:20pm • SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) -- Ireland's tax collections are beating targets and have put the country on course to achieve normal deficit levels after six years of austerity, the government announced Tuesday.Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the unexpectedly healthy figures -- d Tips on auto financing if you have poor credit 09/02/2014 03:30pm • The Associated Press Easy credit and longer-term loans currently being offered at auto dealerships can make buying an expensive car alluring. Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at the Bankrate.com website, says consumers with poor credit shouldn't bite.Consumers tend to focus on the payment rath Political skills above language for EU's Tusk 09/02/2014 01:56pm • MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Donald Tusk's English is shaky, his French nonexistent, and his nation -- Poland -- has only sat at the EU table since 2004.No matter. European Union leaders instead focused on his talents -- a rare political acumen and a pro-European bent -- Select Income REIT adds to portfolio in $2.7B deal 09/02/2014 01:40pm • NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- Select Income REIT will spend about $2.7 billion in cash and stock to buy Cole Corporate Income Trust in a deal that adds 64 office and industrial properties to the real estate investment trust's portfolio.The transaction will give Select Income strategic distribution centers f Norwegian sails into luxury with Prestige purchase 09/02/2014 12:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Norwegian Cruise Line is sailing into the luxury sector, spending about $3 billion in cash and stock to acquire the high-end Prestige Cruises International.The deal will give Norwegian access to Prestige's eight ships on the Oceania and Regent Seven Seas cruise lines and its big-tic Austerity debate flares as Europe recovery fades 09/02/2014 08:04am • DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Europe's economic recovery is in danger. Governments are under pressure to save it, but struggling with political obstacles and disagreement among themselves over what to do.Instead, the region is pinning its hopes -- once again -- on the Euro Investors looking ahead to jobs report; euro slipping...Detroit bankruptcy trial begins 09/02/2014 07:40am • TOKYO (AP) -- International stock markets were mostly higher today but the euro continues to take a beating, falling to a one-year low against the dollar, which also gained against the yen. Investors are looking ahead to central bank meetings later this week in Europe and Japan as well as U.S. emplo Cuba cracks down on goods in travelers' luggage 09/02/2014 04:14am • MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- Lugging duffel bags crammed with soap, socks, toys and other hard-to-obtain consumer goods, travelers arriving in Cuba on Monday complained that new government restrictions on their imports would leave their families wanting.Passengers on flights Washington's Top News -- Tuesday, September 2, 2014 09/02/2014 03:41am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Obama: 'Revving' economy calls for higher wages President Barack Obama is touting signs of a continuing emergence from the Great Recession, telling people in Milwaukee the nation's business engines ``are revving a little louder.'' The pres Atlantic City's Revel starts closing after 2 years 09/02/2014 01:54am • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- The most spectacular and costly failure in Atlantic City's 36-year history of casino gambling began to play out Monday when the $2.4 billion Revel Casino Hotel emptied its hotel.Its casino will close early Tuesday morning.Revel is shutting dow 7 tips for managing rent as a college student 09/02/2014 12:00am • Moving out of the dorms means one thing to most college students: sweet, sweet freedom. Living outside the dorms has some great perks, but renting your first apartment or room in a house may require a bit more financial responsibility than you expected. Here are seven tips for budgeting in colle