Michael Flaherty, REUTERS (Reuters) —The top 113 earners among staff at the Federal Reserve’s Washington headquarters make an average of $246,506 per year, excluding bonuses...
Susan Berfield, BLOOMBERGBUSINESSWEEK.COM (BloombergBusinessweek)—Wal-Mart (WMT), the country’s biggest private employer, has been criticized by activists and by its own workers for not paying living wages or providing full-time...
Chico Harlan, THE WASHINGTON POST CULLMAN, Ala. (The Washington Post) — The love seat and sofa that Jamie Abbott can’t quite afford ended up in her double-wide...
(New York Times) – Bank of America said on Wednesday that its profit fell sharply in the third quarter, weighed down by a large legal charge related to its...
(Bloomberg) – Toyota Motor Corp. made its fourth global recall involving more than a million vehicles this year, as the world’s largest automaker begins operating with stricter supervision...
(Forbes) – McDonald’s is desperately looking to change the image of their food – from unhealthy (and, apparently, unnatural) to something closer to how people see...
AboutThatCar.com By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist MIDDLEBURG, Va. – We came here to get a look at Volkswagen’s offerings for the 2015 model year....
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist MIDDLEBURG, Va. – We came here to get a look at Volkswagen’s offerings for the 2015 model year. Normally,...
Anne D’Innocenzio, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney has named a Home Depot executive as its next CEO. The department store operator said...
Anne D’Innocenzio, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. said Friday that a data breach at its Kmart stores that started last month...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The “Never Ending Pasta Pass” card from Olive Garden not only promised weeks of unlimited pasta,...
LOS ANGELES (USA Today) — Could this be Amazon’s Miracle on 34th Street? Online retail giant Amazon will take on Macy’s and other Herald Square...
(Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) raised its full-year earnings forecast and said snack sales helped its quarterly profit beat expectations, sending its shares up more than 1 percent in...
TALI ARBEL, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella apologized Thursday night and said he was wrong for saying that women don’t...
LONDON (CNN Money) – Lego is set to ditch a 50-year relationship with Shell after coming under intense pressure over the oil giant’s drilling in...
(Los Angeles Times) – Comer Cottrell, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who turned a small Los Angeles operation into a multimillion-dollar success story by catering to...
(Business Week) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT:US)’s move to eliminate health insurance for about 30,000 part-time workers underscores the mixed benefits of Obamacare for companies and their...
PARIS, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Air France-KLM has put the total cost of last month’s two-week pilots strike at up to 500 million euros ($632 million),...
(Bloomberg) – SolarCity Corp. (SCTY) will offer loans for rooftop solar power systems in a bid to reach consumers who want to own the panels rather than lease...
MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Hilton Worldwide is selling the Waldorf Astoria New York to Chinese insurance company Anbang Insurance Group Co. for $1.95 billion. Hilton...
New Delhi (Economic Times) – India has been ranked 18th globally on the list of most desirable destinations to work, even as 70-80 per cent of...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – Let’s get straight to it: the 2015 Mazda6 may be the best looking midsize family sedan around. Yes,...
Pan Pylas, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON (AP) — In a year that’s been awash with multi-billion dollar corporate deals, the number and value of mergers and...
Jeff Amy, ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Officials approved plans Friday to spend $627 million on 44 projects meant to aid recovery from the...
(Business Today) – US banking giant JP Morgan Chase has issued updated information about a cyber attack which it suffered in August and that approximately...