BY THE NUMBERSBarring any negative surprises in this morning’s December employment report, more records are indicated at the Wall Street open. U.S. stock futures were pointing to a higher open for the week’s final session, following record closes Thursday for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Nasdaq is on track for a fifth consecutive…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump impeachment: What happened on day one?The US Senate has adopted ground rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, after nearly 13 hours of rancorous debate on day one.Democratic prosecutors clashed with Mr Trump’s lawyers over the process, while Republicans rejected Democratic demands for more witnesses to…
Workers with their sights set on landing a new job in 2020 have a lot of factors working in their favor. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there are roughly 7.3 million open jobs in the U.S., and the unemployment rate sits at just 3.5% — meaning there are plenty of openings for those who…
New year, new you. New job?According to data recently analyzed by job site Monster, January and February are the most popular times for people to search for a new job.Fortunately for job seekers, job openings also increase during the beginning of a new year, as employers embrace their newly refreshed annual budgets. Job site ZipRecruiter…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSchiff: ‘The facts are damning’US Democrats have ruled out a “witness swap” with Republicans in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.Lawmakers who are seeking to remove the president from office hope to hear testimony from his former National Security Adviser John Bolton.But Democrats refused any deal to allow…
Steve Pagliuca, co-chair of private equity powerhouse Bain Capital, defended the industry, arguing Thursday that it has received an undeserved bad reputation.Private equity has actually been a “great thing for America,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Private equity is not about cost cutting. It’s about growth.””No one wants…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption The symbol started to appear on Tom Steyer’s hand in late 2017. He’s not the only person to adopt it. In between the frontrunners during the Democratic debate on Tuesday stood Tom Steyer. You might have spotted him: he was the candidate caught in the middle as Bernie Sanders…
A contractor guides a steel beam into place while working on the Korean Air Wilshire Grand hotel and office building in downtown Los Angeles.Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFor some people, a bad day at work means missing a deadline or getting yelled at by your boss. For others, it means a serious…
CPA Dan Herron didn’t want to be the bearer of bad news, yet there he was explaining to a couple why they owed the federal government approximately $10,000 in taxes on their 2018 return.”They were used to paying around $1,100,” the San Luis Obispo, California-based accountant said.The couple had three children under age 6 and…
Image copyright AFP Image caption Opening statements in the impeachment trial against Mr Trump will begin next week US President Donald Trump’s legal team has issued its first formal response to the impeachment charges against him, describing them as a “dangerous attack” on democracy. The document said the impeachment articles failed to allege any crime…