Finance

The labor unions driving the strikes crippling France to protest the planned revamping of the retirement system have outsized power By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press December 30, 2019, 9:22 AM 4 min read PARIS — Labor unions’ outsized power and plentiful funds are driving the strikes crippling France to protest the government’s planned revamping of […]

Robots haven’t replaced warehouse workers yet, but they’re here — and they need some human supervision By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer December 30, 2019, 8:01 AM 5 min read NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Robots haven’t replaced warehouse workers yet, but they’re here — and they need some human supervision. Doing your job side-by-side with

LOS ANGELES, Dec 29, (Variety.com) – The holiday box office proved fruitful for a wide variety of movies as overall ticket sales reached $200 million over the weekend ― a 6.3% boost from last year. Disney and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” led the bounty, crossing $361 million in North America after this weekend’s

The National Association of Realtors issues its November tally of pending U.S. home sales Monday December 30, 2019, 6:10 AM 2 min read A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: HOUSING MARKET BELLWETHER The National Association of Realtors issues its November tally of pending U.S. home sales

Asian shares are mostly lower as investors await updates on the signing of a trade deal between the U.S. and China and keep a wary eye on North Korea By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer December 30, 2019, 3:25 AM 4 min read TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as investors awaited updates

SAN FRANCISCO — Christine Johnson, a public-finance consultant with an engineering degree, was running for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She crisscrossed her downtown district talking about her plans to stimulate housing construction, improve public transit and deal with the litter of “needles and poop” that have become a common sight

SAN FRANCISCO — Forty million Californians will soon have sweeping digital-privacy rights stronger than any seen before in the U.S., posing a significant challenge to Big Tech and the data economy it helped create. So long as state residents don’t mind shouldering much of the burden of exercising those rights, that is. Come Wednesday ,

After a sluggish start to the year, the market for newly built U.S. homes is on track to end 2019 on a solid note, thanks to low mortgage rates and a limited supply of properties for sale in many markets By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer December 29, 2019, 1:30 PM 4 min read LOS

Veggie Noodle Co. is recalling its Fresh Veggie Ramen products because the egg used in the packaged product may be contaminated by listeria By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer December 28, 2019, 11:20 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Veggie Noodle Co. said Saturday it was voluntarily recalling its Cece’s brand Fresh Veggie Ramen

BUSHEKELI, Rwanda — It was something, the silence. Nothing but the puff of her breath and the scuff of her slip-on shoes as Madeleine Mukantagara walked through the fields to her first patient of the day. Piercing cries once echoed down the hill to the road below. What she carried in her bag had calmed