Finance

WeWork to sell off Meetup, cut jobs across units as part of turnaround plan November 8, 2019, 11:41 PM 1 min read WeWork says it will divest from several side business and job cuts across several units as part of a 90-day plan to turn around its business following its botched attempt to sell stock […]

Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses amid conflicting signals about how much progress is being made toward resolving the U.S.-China trade war. By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer November 8, 2019, 7:18 PM 4 min read Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses Friday amid conflicting signals about how much progress is being

The federal government is sending $800 million in aid to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by last year’s hurricanes By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press November 8, 2019, 7:26 PM 3 min read The federal government announced $800 million in aid Friday to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by

The cost is a significant barrier, said Gillian Branstetter, a spokeswoman for the National Center for Transgender Equality. More than a third of transgender people who have not changed their legal name said it was because they could not afford it, according to the center’s survey. About half of those who had gone through a

Imagine you are in a car speeding down the road. An obstruction comes into view, and the passengers in the car yell, “Watch out!” The driver swerves and misses the obstruction, and everything turns out fine. Were the passengers being alarmist by yelling? Would the driver have averted a crash either way? Was the obstruction

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, warning that the current field of candidates is ill equipped to defeat President Donald Trump. Bloomberg, who initially ruled out a 2020 run, has not made a final decision on whether to jump into the

This week, the Huntsman family — one of the most philanthropic in the United States — made a $150 million gift to the University of Utah to establish the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. The gift was a continuation of the large-scale charitable giving by the family’s patriarch, the billionaire industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr., who died

The message from Wall Street is clear: The American economy is not in the kind of trouble that investors feared earlier this year. Stocks are at all-time highs and climbing. Yields on long-term government bonds, which reflect expectations for growth and inflation, are also rising. Corporate bond spreads show that investors are more confident in

The planned opening of London’s new east-west railway, Crossrail, has been delayed again as costs increased by up to 650 million pounds ($832 million) Crossrail CEO Mark Wild says services will begin as “soon as is practically possible in 2021.” November 8, 2019, 1:02 PM 1 min read The planned opening of London’s new east-west

Official figures show that German exports rose unexpectedly in September November 8, 2019, 11:19 AM 1 min read Official figures show that German exports rose unexpectedly in September, fueling speculation that Europe’s biggest economy may avoid sliding into a shallow recession by posting negative growth for the third quarter of the year. Germany’s statistics agency