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Jobs report: why the economy isn't as strong as you thinkFriday's jobs report shows the US economy added 165,000 jobs in April. There is no doubt that the US economy is recovering, Karlsson writes, but the jobs report confirms that the pace of economic recovery remains very slow.
Nestlé recalls CPK, DiGiorno frozen pizzas nationwideNestlé has issued a recall of four brands of DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizzas sold in the US. The recalled pizzas may contain fragments of plastic that came from spinach used in manufacturing.
Rat-meat ring busted, China beefs up food safety lawRat-meat sold as mutton and other tainted food scandals have prompted China's top court to call for harsher punishments for making and selling unsafe food. In the latest scandal Chinese police found rat meat sold as lamb after being processed with additives
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Stocks gain after jobless claims fallStocks rose on Wall Street Thursday on encouraging news about jobless claims. Higher profits from CBS, Facebook, and other companies helped push stocks upward.
Penny Pritzker steps into limelight as Commerce nomineePenny Pritzker is first member of the wealthy family to accept a federal post. President Obama has nominated Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary.
The tall person's guide to electric carsWhich plug-in electric car is best for tall people? Green Car Reports offers the best and the worst of plug-in electric cars for very tall drivers.
'Warren is in the house.' Billionaire Warren Buffett joins Twitter.Warren Buffett has joined Twitter, becoming the second-richest member of the social network in the process. What can we expect from Warren Buffett's tweets?
General Motors signs call for climate change actionGeneral Motors is the first automaker to sign onto the Climate Declaration, a statement drafted by Ceres and its Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy project. General Motors has dramatically cut energy usage at its facilities and owns two of the world's five largest rooftop solar arrays.
The difference between personal finance and business financeMany tactics work well in both the personal finance world and the business world, Hamm writes, but there are things that work in business finance that don’t really work in personal finance.
- Mountain Dew ad pulled: Too misogynist and racist?
Mountain Dew ad pulled: Pepsi Co. pulled a Mountain Dew ad after it was criticized as being racist and too insensitive to violence against women. It shows a battered white woman being urged to identify a suspect out of a lineup of black men.
J.C. Penney apology: We erred. Come backJ.C. Penney apology comes in the form of an ad, conceding that its recent changes alienated its main clientele. After the J.C. Penney apology, will customers return?
What's behind best April for Detroit's Big 3 since 2007?Detroit's Big 3 posted robust gains, led by Ford's popular F-Series pickup brand, GM's Silverado and Sierra cargo trucks, and Chrysler's Ram pickups. Moreover, with incentives down, profits are up.
Manufacturing activity declines in AprilManufacturing activity declined in April, according to the Institute for Supply Management's latest Report on Business for the manufacturing sector.
Electric car company Coda files for bankruptcyElectric-car startup Coda Automotive has filed for bankruptcy. In the end, Coda failed to capture the imagination of the motoring public, Read writes, which is exactly what an electric-car startup must do if it wants consumers to switch from pumps to plugs.
Cheap Fed money isn't helping the economyEasy money from the Fed can’t get the economy out of first gear when the rest of government is in reverse, Reich writes.
ADP: Private staffers add 119,000 jobs in AprilThe latest ADP report shows that private employment in the US improved in April as private employers added 119,000 jobs. Total employment was 1.57 percent above the level seen in April 2012, according to ADP.
Tsarnaev $100K benefits? Family's public assistance under investigation.Tsarnaev family's benefits, perhaps totaling over $100K, are being investigated by state lawmakers. The suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received benefits as children when the Tsarnaev family was in America, and suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, and toddler received welfare until last year.
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$70 million per seat: Is NASA getting ripped off?$70 million per seat: Now that the Russians have the only vehicle capable of shuttling astronauts to the Space Station, they can charge whatever they want for the ride — and they want $70 million per seat.
