ThinkstockWhile drought conditions have improved in many regions of the United States, higher than average summer temperatures and patchy rainfall over the summer has contributed to one of the worst wildfire seasons on record.…
ThinkstockSeptember 3, 2015: Here are four stocks trading with heavy volume among 39 equities making new 52-week lows today. Joy Global Inc. (NYSE: JOY) dropped 20% on Thursday to post a new 52-week low…
thinkstockSeptember 3, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday after the European Central Bank president indicated that the ECB would continue quantitative easing program. Markets in China and Hong Kong were closed for a holiday. Following…
Amid soaring corporate profits and stagnating worker wages in the past decade, growing numbers of low-wage workers are demanding higher pay. In the wake of intensifying debates over income inequality, the Securities and Exchange…
Lannett climbed high on Thursday after announcing the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase UCB's generics unit, Kremers Urban, for $1.23 billion.
A gallon of regular gasoline costs nearly a full dollar less than a year ago, and it is the lowest gas price going into the Labor Day holiday weekend since 2004.
Thinkstock Some occupations are better positioned to capitalize on economic, demographic, and workplace trends than others. From 2005 through 2014, for example, employment of service unit operators in natural resources industries grew by nearly 218%,…
Thinkstock The economic recession of the last decade decimated the U.S. labor market, with millions of Americans losing their jobs. To this day, many occupations remain below their pre-recession employment levels. The recession did not…