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Sprint will leave ‘no stone unturned’ to cut $2.5 billion in costs

Sprint will leave ‘no stone unturned’ to cut $2.5 billion in costs

  (Reuters) – Wireless carrier Sprintsaid on Sunday it aims to slash fiscal 2016 expenses by as much as $2.5 billion, through layoffs and a… Read More ›

FRIDAY’S JOBS REPORT IS SUDDENLY A BIG DEAL: Here’s your preview of this week’s big market-moving events

FRIDAY’S JOBS REPORT IS SUDDENLY A BIG DEAL: Here’s your preview of this week’s big market-moving events

  It’s the first full week of a new month, which means we’ll get new reports on the state of manufacturing and labor in the… Read More ›

DISTRESSED INVESTOR: ‘We’re getting closer’

DISTRESSED INVESTOR: ‘We’re getting closer’

  There’s a growing sense on Wall Street that markets are close to the top. That’s bad news for some investors, but for a certain breed… Read More ›

New York – Prosecutor: Clothing Bin Operator Fined For Donation Scheme

New York – Prosecutor: Clothing Bin Operator Fined For Donation Scheme

  New York – A company operating more than 1,100 clothing drop-off bins in New York has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle claims that… Read More ›

New York – Survey: Gov. Cuomo’s $15 Wage Would Cost Schools Millions

New York – Survey: Gov. Cuomo’s $15 Wage Would Cost Schools Millions

  New York – A survey of New York school districts has found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15… Read More ›

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

Search ends for big wave surfer Alec ‘Ace Cool’ Cooke

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for big wave surfer Alec “Ace Cool” Cooke off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. Cooke’s girlfriend reported… Read More ›

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

Thousands march to remember victims of Bucharest nightclub fire

  Bucharest, Romania – More than 12,000 people took to the streets of Bucharest on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a nightclub fire that killed… Read More ›

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

New assaults on ISIS in Iraq and in Syria

Iraq-Syria border – A thick column of black smoke hangs over the Iraqi Syrian border near the town of Ash Shaddadi in Syria ‘s Hasakah province.… Read More ›

UK building first permanent Middle East base since 1971

UK building first permanent Middle East base since 1971

The military base in Bahrain is aimed at helping Britain and its allies “reinforce stability in the Gulf and beyond,” says British Foreign Secretary. For… Read More ›

De facto win for Erdogan in Turkey’s elections

De facto win for Erdogan in Turkey’s elections

Islamist AK Party garners 49.5 percent of votes, with 95 percent of votes counted in major boost for Erdogan; clashes break out between security forces… Read More ›

Analysis: A human rights record worse than Ahmadinejad’s

Analysis: A human rights record worse than Ahmadinejad’s

“The human rights situation in the country remains dire,” says Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.… Read More ›

Virtualization – the cloud is just the beginning

Virtualization – the cloud is just the beginning

Veeam CEO Ratmir Tamishev tell the ‘Post’ in Las Vegas how he’s transforming the landscape.   LAS VEGAS – Imagine your company’s main computers and… Read More ›

These 2 work-related stressors could make you die sooner

These 2 work-related stressors could make you die sooner

  There is a life-expectancy gap in America. One report, using actuarial data, found that white-collar workers live longer than blue-collar workers. Another study confirmed this,… Read More ›

College grads who studied this one subject have the ‘safest route to the upper middle class in America today

College grads who studied this one subject have the ‘safest route to the upper middle class in America today

  When The Economist was creating its first-ever college rankings, it excluded vocational and trade schools. The decision makes sense because schools for specific professions… Read More ›

Chipotle closes 43 stores in Seattle and Oregon over an E. coli scare

Chipotle closes 43 stores in Seattle and Oregon over an E. coli scare

  SEATTLE (AP) — An investigation was underway Saturday in an E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and Oregon, health officials… Read More ›

Miami – Two Passengers Still In Hospital In Florida As Plane Fire Investigated

Miami – Two Passengers Still In Hospital In Florida As Plane Fire Investigated

  Miami – Two adult passengers remained hospitalized as National Transportation Safety Board investigators began examining the engine on a Venezuela-bound 767 airplane that burst… Read More ›

Damascus – New U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Alliance Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

Damascus – New U.S.-Backed Syrian Rebel Alliance Launches Offensive Against Islamic State

  Damascus – A newly formed U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance on Saturday launched an offensive against Islamic State in the northeast province of Hasaka, a… Read More ›

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

WTA Finals 2015: Petra Kvitova stuns Maria Sharapova

  Petra Kvitova and Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the title match at the WTA Finals Saturday after upset victories in semifinal matches in Singapore. Fomer… Read More ›

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

Blogger killed in Bangladesh, three others wounded, police say

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – Another secular blogger was hacked to death and three other people were severely wounded in two separate attacks in Bangladesh’s capital on… Read More ›

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board

Cairo – A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, officials said. Russian state media reported that many… Read More ›