Traditional retailers stumble in their efforts to compete with Amazon
Apparel retailers like Macy’s and Kohl’s are looking for ways to compete with Amazon, which is growing amid tough conditions.
Apparel retailers like Macy’s and Kohl’s are looking for ways to compete with Amazon, which is growing amid tough conditions.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son who lured a woman and her four teenage daughters to a Utah house and tied them up in the basement before the victims escaped were paranoid after using methamphetamine, police said…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son who lured a woman and her four teenage daughters to a Utah house and tied them up in the basement before the victims escaped were paranoid after using methamphetamine, police said…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son who lured a woman and her four teenage daughters to a Utah house and tied them up in the basement before the victims escaped were paranoid after using methamphetamine, police said…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Straining to mend their party after months of chaos, Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan declared themselves "totally committed" to working together after a fence-mending personal meeting on Thursday. Ryan praised Trump as "very warm and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Straining to mend their party after months of chaos, Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan declared themselves "totally committed" to working together after a fence-mending personal meeting on Thursday. Ryan praised Trump as "very warm and…
Report calls for postponing, relocating or canceling 2016 Brazilian event.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for a third straight week, posting new lows for the year. The benchmark 30-year rate reached a three-year low.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for a third straight week, posting new lows for the year. The benchmark 30-year rate reached a three-year low.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dipped to 3.57 percent from 3.61 percent last week. The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages eased to 2.81 percent from 2.86 percent last week. Prices of U.S. government bonds have been at high levels since the Federal Reserve's recent decision not to increase the benchmark interest rate — which it had raised from record lows in December. To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country at the beginning of each week.
Shares of Nordstrom Inc. tanked late Thursday after the retailer reported lower-than-expected first-quarter sales and earnings. The company said it earned $46 million, or 26 cents a share, in the first quarter, compared with $128 million, or 66 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2015. Sales reached $3.2 billion in the quarter, flat in comparison with the year-ago period. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 47 cents a share on sales of $3.3 billion. "Our first quarter results were impacted by lower than expected sales. Читать дальше...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ These Oregon lotteries were drawn Thursday:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Oregon Lottery's "Pick 4 1PM" game were:
Multi-hyphenate Duane Lee Holland Jr. will hold The Boston Conservatory's first-ever full time faculty position in hip-hop dance. Holland...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a setback for the Obama health care law, a federal judge ruled Thursday that the administration is unconstitutionally subsidizing medical bills for millions of people while ignoring congressional power over government spending. At issue is the $175 billion the government is paying to reimburse health insurers over a decade to reduce deductibles and co-payments for lower-income people. The GOP-led House had already voted dozens of times to repeal all or parts of "Obamacare," but those efforts went nowhere... Читать дальше...
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A driver who caused a fatal crash in Lakeville, then disrobed and hid in a stranger's town house, has pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and burglary.
Treasury prices fell Thursday, pushing yields to rebound from one-month lows reached a day earlier, as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve policy makers suggested the U.S. central bank might raise interest rates later this year.
Treasury prices fell Thursday, pushing yields to rebound from one-month lows reached a day earlier, as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve policy makers suggested the U.S. central bank might raise interest rates later this year.
If you think you know your Harry Potter facts like the back of your hand, you may be in for a surprise. This tricky quiz can stump even the most die-hard Potterheads. Don't believe us? Give it your best shot and see for yourself.
Читать дальше...TWO men have been killed after being hit by a train in Melbourne’s west. Trains are suspended as police investigate.
The La Crosse County Health Department is about to launch a campaign to get more people to test their private well water, with four surrounding counties joining in. The county won a highly competitive grant from the Centers for Disease…
The La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium is a finalist for a $1.5 million grant to provide staffing to help coordinate behavioral health services and projects.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., told reporters that she still prefers Obama's proposal but has reached agreement with Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., on the smaller measure, which is likely to be added next week to a bill funding veterans and transportation programs. The administration requested emergency funding to battle Zika in February but Republicans controlling Congress have been slow to react, and instead forced the administration last month to tap more than $500 million worth of unspent Ebola funding to battle Zika. Читать дальше...
President Jacob Zuma should have been in the same boat as Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff who was suspended by the Brazilian Senate on Thursday for six months so that she could face an impeachment trial‚ the Congress of the People (COPE) party says.