UAW President Gary Jones will take a leave of absence effective Sunday after a vote by the union’s executive board. “The UAW is fighting tooth and nail to ensure our members have a brighter future. I do not want anything to distract from the mission. I want to do what’s best for the members of
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Farmer walks through his soy fields in Harvard, Illinois. Nova Safo | AFP | Getty Images Farm bankruptcies in September surged 24% amid a perfect storm created by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China and Europe, slumping commodity prices, and a year of unfavorable weather. This August, the USDA reported that more than 19.4
Google hired David Feinberg from Geisinger Health, a system of hospitals based in Pennsylvania, toward the end of 2018 and put him in charge of a newly created division called Google Health. But the company has remained quiet about the division’s scope and goals. Now he’s beginning to talk publicly about his plans, and appeared
The stock market has more evidence to quell fears that a recession could be looming, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. The major averages all surged about 1% during the session, the same day the October jobs report showed that companies added 128,000 new payrolls. That topped the 75,000 that economists had estimated. The S&P 500
October’s robust jobs report doesn’t reflect an economy that’s falling into recession, CNBC’s Jim Cramer says before giving a preview into what’s on his trading calendar for next week. The “Mad Money” host is bullish on the housing market and offers suggestions to play the homebuilder sector. Later in the show he takes aim at
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Jacquelyn Martin | AP President Donald Trump is putting in place fresh leadership at the Food and Drug Administration, announcing plans Friday to nominate a new commissioner and replacing the acting chief to run the agency until a permanent one is approved by Congress. Trump will nominate Stephen Hahn,
LOS ANGELES — Even as crews made significant progress against numerous wildfires across Southern California, fire conditions remained critical, and new blazes continued to drive thousands of residents from their homes Thursday night. Residents were allowed to return to their homes on Thursday night after the Hillside fire damaged or destroyed two dozen homes and
A woman works in a Macintosh boot factory in Lin’an, located in the east China province of Zhejiang. Feature China | Barcroft Images | Barcroft Media | Getty Images A private survey showed factory activity in China expanded in October with the Caixin/Markit PMI coming in at 51.7. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the
Wind turbines near Palm Springs, California. Christopher Groenhout | Lonely Planet Images | Getty Images The U.S. is now home to more than 100 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity, a new report from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said Thursday. According to the AWEA’s “U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2019 Market Report”, 1,927
A Jeep Renegade 4×4 e is presented at the Geneva Motor Show March 5, 2019. Signage in the background says”‘FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles,” to which Jeep belongs. Uli Deck | picture alliance | Getty Images Peugeot (PSA) and Fiat Chrysler on Thursday confirmed their intention to merge, in what would be a 50-50 share swap.