Chinese Manufacturing Surveys Show Lingering Weakness ABC News China's factory activity was feeble last month, according to two surveys released Wednesday, indicating that official efforts to reverse a downturn in the world's second-biggest economy are struggling. The country's massive manufacturing sector, which ... and more »

In Chile, Wal-Mart Adapts to Local Tastes to Reach the Top ABC News By anne d'innocenzio and paul wiseman, ap business writers. SANTIAGO, Chile - Jun 1, 2016, 12:03 AM ET. 0 Shares. Email. Star. 0 Shares. Email. As Wal-Mart tries to build an international juggernaut, it has had no greater success than in Chile, where ... and more »

US stocks struggle as energy companies fall with oil prices Albuquerque Journal NEW YORK - U.S. stock indexes struggled to a mixed close Tuesday as energy companies fell with the price of oil, overcoming gains in utilities and phone companies. Investors sold household goods makers after a report showed consumers are growing ... and more »

Wal-Mart Needs to Grow Overseas, and China's the Big Prize ABC News Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one of China's largest cities. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs - were they bulging? "I like when the products are fresh ...

New Pittsburgh Courier

Female CEOs see pay rise, but numbers remain small New Pittsburgh Courier For the second year in a row, female CEOs earned more than their male counterparts and received bigger raises. But only a small sliver of the largest companies are run by women, and experts say gender parity at the top remains way off. The median pay ... and more »

Reason

Clueless Legislators Deter Smokers From Vaping Reason No one this ill-informed has any business writing legislation that deals with e-cigarettes. Contrary to what Leno seems to think, nicotine addiction is not inherently deadly. What kills smokers is not nicotine; it's the tobacco combustion products they ... and more »

New Pittsburgh Courier

Filmmaker wants to kick Hollywood's doors open for aspiring actors New Pittsburgh Courier ... but it could mean even more for African-Americans or people of color as Hollywood faces increasing pressure not only to produce great films and bring back the days of appointment television, but as Business writer Drew Harwell noted in December ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune

To be a fully developed person (and leader), you need to dream Minneapolis Star Tribune I've been thinking about fairy tales lately. About women who are portrayed as beautiful, helpless creatures awaiting their Prince Charming to come along and make them happy. And about women who are strong managers and leaders. Sometimes when I read ...

Banks make it easier to split tabs Denton Record Chronicle A customer uses an ATM on Jan. 14 at a branch of Chase Bank, in New York. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and other big banks are upgrading their online payment services to let customers make instant transfers of money to others who bank elsewhere, ...

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Gaye LeBaron: The man behind Sonoma County's first tech company Santa Rosa Press Democrat By 1984 the company was installed in a sprawling campus off Stony Point Road and was tagged by a PD business writer as “the largest company of its kind in the world.” Its 1,100 employees made it the second-largest private employer in the county, behind ... and more »

San Angelo Standard Times

WAYBACK WEDNESDAY: Montgomery Ward closure was end of an era San Angelo Standard Times "San Angelo loses a family friend today when the Montgomery Ward store closes its doors for the last time," Standard-Times business writer Jim Owens wrote in 1980. The closure ended an era that spanned the stock market crash of 1929, the Depression of ...

New York Daily News

Former Daily News writer Gerald Collins dead at 88 New York Daily News The business writer was the youngest of nine children born to John Joseph Connors and Margaret Mary O'Neill. Raised in Manhattan, Connors was a graduate of George Washington High School and earned a bachelor of arts degree from NYU in 1955.

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