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Rocky Wall Street Ride Fueled on Earnings Reports

vichie81/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Investors had a rollercoaster day on Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors waited for earnings reports, and word from the Federal Reserve it won’t raise interest rates in June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at Read More

Nintendo Hires Bowser to Be Sales Executive

Nintendo(REDMOND, Wash.) — Watch out, Princess Peach. Bowser is taking over the Nintendo corporate office. Pardon us — we have our Bowsers mixed up. Nintendo had some fun Wednesday with the announcement that Doug Bowser will be joining the gaming company as Read More

LA City Council Votes for $15 Minimum Wage

Dave Newman/iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles City Council approved a increase of the minimum wage on Thuesday to $15 an hour for hundreds of thousands of workers to go into effect by 2020. The minimum wage, which is currently $9 an hour, will be Read More

Housing Starts Help to Push Dow to Record High

JaysonPhotography/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Housing numbers helped to fuel the Dow to close at another record high on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 18,312.39 on Tuesday, up 13.51 from its open. The Nasdaq however fell by 8.40 to close at Read More