All the latest finance news from the USA:
- Loss of gov’t jobs hits payrolls, but companies add 67,000 jobs
Private employers hired more workers the past three months than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate …
- Stocks extend September rally after jobs report
Stocks extended their rally Friday after a relatively encouraging report on the jobs market lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.
- VW plans to be No. 1 car seller in the world by 2018
The world’s third-biggest car company, Volkswagen, is revving up a plan to become the very biggest on the planet. Can it pull that off?
- Paper Savings Bonds being phased out for electronic ones
U.S. Savings Bonds, long favored by gift-givers and conservative investors, are going paperless.
- Labor Day holiday travel should be up from last year
Americans will take to the roads and skies for the Labor Day holiday in greater numbers than a year ago, thanks to low gas prices and pent-up …
- America’s favorite carpool buddy: Oprah Winfrey
Americans hate to car pool. But if forced to share their car with a stranger, the most often they would choose Oprah Winfrey, finds a survey …
- Shares in a private company are worth what the company says
Q: We own shares of a privately held company that’s being bought by Medco Health Solutions (MHS). How much will we get paid?
- Review: Updated 2011 Honda Accord is good, but not great
Honda massaged the Accord for the 2011 model year and came up with normal cosmetic tweaks and a notable boost in fuel economy.
- Value funds can get investors in on merger action
What’s the best way to take advantage of cash-rich companies? One way is through mergers and acquisitions.
- PG&E’s smart meters work fine, independent study says
Consumer allegations in California that new smart meters measuring household energy use led to unfairly high bills are unfounded, a study sa …
- Workers bear larger share of health care premium costs
Workers are paying a larger portion of their health insurance costs as businesses shift more of the burden to their employees to help ride out …
- Corporate alliances help keep state parks afloat
A visitor has to look closely to find it, but here, in a remote mountain forest of Southern California, is a sign of what’s to come for state …
- Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown to obtain users’ data
India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion …
- HP outlasts Dell in bidding war for 3Par, but did it overpay?
Dell is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard for data-storage maker 3Par.
- Unemployment claims drop; productivity tumbles
The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined last week for the second straight week, and productivity in the spring fell by …