As US economy plods and pay lags, companies profit
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and KEN SWEET In this combination of Associated Press file photos, Trader F. Hill Creekmore, left, smiles as he works on the floor of the New…
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Hedge fund giant SAC Capital to pay $1.8B penalty
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MARCY GORDON FILE -This Friday, July 26, 2013, file photo shows the Greenwich, Conn. estate belonging to billionaire hedge fund owner Stephen Cohen, Cohen’s company, hedge…
Greek bailout creditors get an earful in Athens
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Members of an international debt inspection team are escorted by riot police after exiting through an emergency door during a demonstration at the Finance Ministry in Athens…
CVS Caremark 3Q profit rises 25 percent
By TOM MURPHY FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, pedestrians walk past a CVS store in Chicago. CVS Caremark Corp. is reporting their earnings on Tuesday, Nov.5,…
4 dead, 25 rescued in building collapse in Nigeria
Rescue workers carry a survivor from the rubble of a building under construction which collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Nov, 4. 2013. Emergency officials said casualty figures from the incident…
What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?
By MARTHA MENDOZA FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, file photo, two men fish in the water in front of a barge on Treasure Island in San Francisco.…
India launches first mission to Mars
By KATY DAIGLE The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) rocket lifts off carrying India’s Mars spacecraft from the east coast island of Sriharikota, India, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. India on…
ZURICH SAYS NO ‘UNDUE PRESSURE’ IN CFO’S SUICIDE
By JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this May 2, 2013 file photo then chairman of the Zurich Insurance Group Josef Ackermann and colleague of CFO Pierre Wauthier who committed suicide…