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U.S. stocks end the holiday-shortened week on a high note, with the main indexes advancing and posting solid weekly gains.

JetBlue Airways Corp. reported late Friday August load factor, a key metric for airlines, that declined from a year ago, as capacity growth outpaced an increase in traffic. The load factor declined 1.3 percentage points to 87.0%. Available seat miles, or capacity, increased 8.3% to 4.56 billion, while revenue passenger miles, or traffic, grew 6.7% to 3.97 billion. The company said the preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for August declined by about 3%, hurt by the late Labor Day holiday. Читать дальше...

Microsoft Corp. general counsel Brad Smith has been appointed the company’s president and chief legal officer, positions that will see him taking a larger role in public policy.

Microsoft Corp. general counsel Brad Smith has been appointed the company’s president and chief legal officer, positions that will see him taking a larger role in public policy.

The Madison Square Garden Co. said Friday it wants to spin off its sports and entertainment business from its media business, appointing new executives for "a pure play media company." The spin-off of the media company, called MSG Networks Inc., is expected on Sept. 30. Andrea Greenberg was named MSG Networks president and chief executive, reporting to executive chairman James Dolan. Bret Richter was named the future company's chief financial officer. MSG Networks is home to eight professional sports teams... Читать дальше...

The Federal Communications Commission cited ride-hailing company Lyft and First National Bank Friday for forcing customers to receive unwanted text messages in order to use their services. The FCC Enforcement Bureau found that Lyft customers were not able to easily opt out of receiving calls or texts, and couldn't use the company's services without opting in. For the First National Bank, customers had to receive marketing text message to use the company's online banking and use bank cards through the mobile Apple Pay system. Читать дальше...

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U.S. stocks ended the holiday-shortened week on a high note, with the main indexes advancing and posting solid weekly gains. This has been the tenth week during which the S&P 500 alternated between weekly gains and losses. This week's trading sessions were calmer than the two previous ones, when the market saw big swings in both directions. The S&P 500 closed 8.72 points, or 0.5% higher at 1,961.01 and gained 2.1% over the week. Technology and health-care stocks led the gains this week... Читать дальше...

Stocks finish up week on high note, with Dow up 100

Adventurous travelers have a trick to finding a cheap fare: Book a ticket to somewhere, just about anywhere. The airline picks your destination.

Adventurous travelers have a trick to finding a cheap fare: Book a ticket to somewhere, just about anywhere. The airline picks your destination.

Borrowers who took out student loans to attend for-profit schools defaulted at the same or higher rate within five years as those with subprime mortgages.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said there are Uber drivers who drive Tesla electric cars. We found one.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said there are Uber drivers who drive Tesla electric cars. We found one.

Serena Williams has fallen short in her bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam, as Roberta Vinci upset the No. 1-ranked tennis player to reach the U.S. Open finals. Vinci beat Williams 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Oil futures settle lower on Friday to post a loss of 3.1% for the week as Goldman Sachs cut its forecasts on crude prices. October crude fell $1.29 for the session to settle at $44.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices, which traded as low as $44.16, pared some of their losses after Baker Hughes [:bhi] reported a weekly decline in active U.S. oil-drilling rigs.

Serena Williams upset in U.S. Open semifinal by Roberta Vinci of Italy

Gold futures finished with a loss on Friday, down 1.6% for the week as traders mulled the outcome of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week. "The better-than-expected [U.S.] producer prices keep the Fed on course for raising interest rates--a tailwind for the U.S. dollar and a headwind for gold," said Colin Cieszynski, senior market strategist at CMC Markets. December gold lost $6, or 0.5%, for the session to settle at $1,103.30 an ounce on Comex.

Corn prices jumped to a more-than two-week high after federal forecasters trimmed their estimate for U.S. production of the grain this autumn following adverse weather in parts of the Midwest.

U.S. federal budget deficit narrows in August

The federal government ran a budget deficit of $64 billion in August, the Treasury Department reported Friday. That's $64 billion lower than the August 2014 shortfall. Much of the improvement was due to shifts in the timing of certain benefit payments, however. Without those, the August deficit would have been $112 billion, Treasury said. The government spent $275 billion in August, while total receipts were $211 billion. For the fiscal year to date, the deficit is $530 billion, which is 10% lower than the year-ago period. Читать дальше...

Big swings by financial markets last month are a sign something is awry, says former New York Stock Exchange chief Richard Grasso.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew pressed his Chinese counterpart to remove trade barriers for U.S. technology and farm goods, a Treasury spokesperson said Friday. Lew and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang spoke again Friday ahead of the visit to Washington later this month by Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to the spokesperson, Lew told Wang the visit will be an important opportunity to make progress on bilateral economic issues. Lew stressed again that China should... Читать дальше...

Kathy Savitt, Yahoo Inc.’s media and marketing head and a key lieutenant to Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, is leaving the Internet company to join Hollywood studio STX Entertainment.