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Video: Stock Market Heads Higher After Jobs ReportVideo: Volcker Sees

June 8, 2014 in Business and Finance by Business

The stock market headed higher in morning trading Friday may 6th, following news that U.S. employers added workers at a good clip for the fourth month in a row. Hertz plunged after saying it would need to restate three years of its financial results because of accounting errors. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained seven points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,947 as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. The benchmark for most investment funds reached another all-time high the day before.??
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton reports on major newsmakers in today's Movers & Shakers. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Video: Sao Paulo Metro Strike To Continue Monday Despite Court Ruling

June 8, 2014 in Travel by Travel

Sao Paulo's metro workers voted to stay off work for a fifth day on Monday even after a court declared the strike illegal, complicating preparations for the World Cup opening match. Another vote on the strike was scheduled for Monday at 1 p.m local time, after a rally in downtown Sao Paulo in which they will be joined by homeless' workers and other social movements. Metro workers' demand a 12 percent pay rise, but Metro has offered 8.7 percent. The strike snagged several FIFA officials in over two hours of traffic as they arrived for a conference ahead of the World Cup last week.??
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Video: Nestle Wants Bigger Piece Of High-end Chocolate

June 8, 2014 in Business and Finance by Business

Nestle's chief executive, who oversees a sprawling empire stretching from baby food to wrinkle treatment, admits to finding one of its oldest businesses, chocolate, a source of frustration. At a conference in Boston on June 4 where he also discussed the company's shrinking appetite for underperforming brands, Chief Executive Paul Bulcke told investors "Premium chocolate is my small intimate frustration.
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Video: WWDC 2014: Apple’s Not-So-Secret Plan To Keep You Hooked Fo

June 8, 2014 in Business and Finance by Business

Tim Cook touted a 97% ?customer sat? with iOS 7 at this year's Apple?s 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference. It?s been 13 years since Steve Jobs touted Apple?s Mac as a hub at the center of the digital world. Since then, the importance of the computer has waned as more and more data has migrated into the cloud. Apple wasn?t first to embrace that shift, nor has it always been perfect in its efforts. But it?s clearer than ever that it sees a future in which data may be out there.??
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