NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. markets were mixed Friday after the Department of Labor said the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent in August on the addition of 169,000 jobs.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A physician from New Jersey, Joel Ross, fed information to a former SAC Capital Advisors money manager accused of insider trading, The New York Times reports.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices for October delivery added more than $2 per barrel Friday, topping $110 as traders reacted to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Volkswagen said it was talking with U.S. union officials as it considers establishing a German-styled works council at its plant in Tennessee.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase said it will exit the student loan business, where its revenues fell to less than $200 million in 2012, down from $6 billion in 2008.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge Friday restricted technology giant Apple from influencing electronic book prices for up to two years as a response to a recent antitrust ruling.
OTTAWA, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Canada's unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percentage points to 7.1 percent in August, the government's data office said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. unemployment rate ticked lower to 7.3 percent in August, the lowest figure in nearly five years, the Department of Labor said Friday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The United States has sought to clarify its monetary policy as the impact of quantitative easing by some advanced economies raises concerns in emerging ones.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- J.C. Penney has decided to shelve its relationship with Martha Stewart without waiting for a judge's ruling on a dispute with Macy's, the New York Post reports.
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The symbolic lynching of a small statue in a furniture store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has led to the firing of two employees and a police investigation.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. markets rose Thursday with support from a mix of economic reports.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The labor group OUR Walmart said the U.S. retail giant intimidated workers to break up organized labor efforts that included cross-country events Thursday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices for October delivery gained $1.11 to reach $108.34 per barrel Thursday in New York as U.S. inventories dropped.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. crude oil inventories dropped in the week that ended Friday, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday in a release.