Photo by Volkan Furuncu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The financial services firm that commissioned the “Fearless Girl” statue in New York City’s financial district has agreed to a $5 million payment to settle claims that it Read More
JaysonPhotography/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One day after all three major U.S. indices closed at record highs, stocks dipped slightly on Friday following Labor Department reporting a lost of 30,000 jobs in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 1.72 Read More
(Photo Credit: Amanda Taylor) Logan Marston, a 28-year-old accountant from Durham, North Carolina, paid off more than $73,000 in student loans in 3.5 years. (DURHAM, N.C.) — A 28-year-old accountant from North Carolina is debt free after paying off all his student Read More
Bojan89/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — America Online is retiring its once-beloved instant messaging service AIM, the company announced in a Tumblr post on Friday. “If you were a 90’s kid, chances are there was a point in time when AOL Instant Messenger Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in September, despite expectations that tens of thousands of jobs would be added. The Labor Department said the recent hurricanes — Irma and Harvey — had a major impact on the numbers. The areas hit Read More
JaysonPhotography/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Astrong day for stocks on Thursday, with all three major indices closing at record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day at 22,775.39, up 113.75 from its open. The Nasdaq gained 50.73 to a close of Read More
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix is upping the cost of a subscription to the popular content streaming site, Variety reports Thursday. The new cost of a two-stream subscription will be $10.99 per month — one dollar higher than the current rate. The company’s Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New so-called “infotainment” systems in cars may distract drivers for “potentially dangerous periods of time,” AAA said in a study released today. Drivers that used systems’ voice commands and touch screens Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Maryland woman who was forcibly removed from a Southwest Airlines plane in a dispute over dog allergies alleges she was subjected to disparaging treatment by the law enforcement officers who escorted her off the plane. “For Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK)– Climate change may cause nearly three times as much clear-air turbulence as current conditions by the period between 2050 and 2080, according to a study released Tuesday. Flights over the north Atlantic may experience as much as 180 Read More
