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WASHINGTON (AP) — US productivity slows to 1.6 percent rate in Q3; labor costs rise at 1.4 percent rate.

As John Lewis and M&S reveal that sales of men's slippers are on the rise, we look at the very best warm lounge shoes for the modern man

There still is no official timeline.

U.S. jobless claims jump to two-month high

WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought jobless benefits last week, but companies reluctant to lay-off workers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought jobless benefits last week, but companies reluctant to lay-off workers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought jobless benefits last week, but companies reluctant to lay-off workers.

Amidst the raging debate over increase in intolerance and after Yogi Adityanath comparing Bollywood king SRK with terrorist Hafiz Saeed, Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday termed a bunch of politicians like Digvijaya Singh, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Assaduddin Owaisi, Mohd Azam Khan and historian Irfan Habib with separatists.

Ralph Lauren Corp. said it had net income of $160 million, or $1.86 per share, in its fiscal second quarter, down from $201 million, or $2.25 per share, the previous year. Adjusted earnings total $184 million, or $2.13 per share. The FactSet consensus was EPS of $1.73. Second-quarter revenue totaled $1.97 billion, down from $1.99 billion the previous year. The FactSet revenue consensus was $1.95 billion. The company expects to incur a one-time charge totaling between $120 million and $150 million... Читать дальше...

U.S. productivity rises 1.6% in third quarter, but hours worked fall

Pianist Martha Argerich is awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's Gold Medal, one of classical music's highest honours.

The Lytro Immerge, a futuristic globe of sensors that captures a "light-field volume," will allow viewers to move around within virtual-reality video.

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Cuba defeated South Korea 3-1 to take the second game of their exhibition series at a brand new dome in Seoul on Thursday. Cuba scored twice in the bottom of the first and held off South Korea to avenge a 6-

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- Two big bats for South Korea will be ice cold going into an upcoming international tournament, a cause for concern for a team hoping to eke out all the runs it can. In two exhibition games at Gocheok Sky Dom

A suicide attempt was captured on camera in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. After a dispute with his employer, a 25-year-old man jumped onto scaffolding nearly 60 meters high. Luckily, a brave policeman arrived and managed to walk toward the man on the scaffold and successfully grabbed him just in the nick of time. Posted to YouTube by CCTV News

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The productivity of U.S. businesses rose in the​ third ​quarter at a decent 1.6% annual pace despite the first decline in hours worked since the end of the Great Recession. Output of goods and services increased 1.2% from July through September, but hours worked fell 0.5%. That's the first decline since the third quarter of 2009 and it stemmed entirely from a sharp drop in the amount of time manufacturing workers put in on the job. Hours worked by employees who make long-lasting or durable goods sank 3.6%... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed by 16,000 to 276,000 at the end of October to match the highest level in the past two months. Economists polled by the MarketWatch had expected claims to total 262,000 in the seven days running from Oct. 25 to Oct. 31. Despite the increase claims are still near the lowest level in 15 years. The average of new claims over the past month, meanwhile, rose by 3,500 to seasonally adjusted 262,750, the Labor Department said Thursday. Читать дальше...

In early 2011, when Syrians rose up in protest and Bashar al-Assad attempted to put them down with murderous force, one of the reasons he failed was that a number of soldiers, disgusted with their orders to fire on civilians, instead joined the uprising themselves. These defected soldiers, along with local volunteers, formed the Free Syrian Army, and Assad's crackdowns became a civil war.

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Candidates in the presidential race are hoping to tweet their way into the Oval Office. Will it work?

Millennials invest less in the stock market than baby boomers do — and when they do, they're favoring very different stocks.

Virtual reality has yet to take off, but a new video camera from Lytro gives content creators a much-needed tool.

Investors are putting more money into lower-cost passive funds. But research shows they're still losing plenty to fees.