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Is the stock market on the brink of breaking into an unmitigated run-up to fresh records? That is the question a number of market strategists are exploring as the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.46% …

WASHINGTON—Amtrak inched closer to breaking even last year, the company reported Friday, as rising ridership and cost cuts continued a multiyear improvement in the railroad’s financial performance. Amtrak reported an adjusted operating loss of $29.8 million across the entire national railroad network, significantly beating a previous target of a loss of $75 million in the …

Liu Li has spent the past year fighting what many said would be a losing battle. Inspired by a flood of MeToo accounts that emerged in China, last year she brought a lawsuit against her former boss, a prominent and award-winning social worker, whom she claimed sexually harassed her four years ago. Over the course …

A pedestrian carries a Macy’s Inc. shopping bag while walking past a store in New York. Idris Talib Solomon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Holiday retail sales in November and December — excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants — are expected to increase between 3.8% and 4.2% this year, reaching between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion, …

Jeff Greenslade (Heartland Group) Credit: Supplied NZX-listed Heartland Bank says it is evolving into a “financial technology group with a bank licence”, from a conventional bank. The company’s annual report, released today, said the distinction ensures a focus on customer experience which it believes is integral to good customer outcomes. “Our digital strategy aims to make products more …

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Strong winds and heavy snow caused power outages and temporary road closures in northwestern Montana as a wintry storm threatened to drop several feet of snow in some areas of the northern Rocky Mountains. The National Weather Service in Great Falls reported 16 inches of snow had fallen near Marias Pass just …

Inside an Apple store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Miguel Candela, SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images There are no good stocks to buy in the IT hardware sector, according to top-rated technology analyst Toni Sacconaghi. A.B. Bernstein maintained a market-perform rating for Apple, HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, IBM and Dell due to their …

AT&T soared Monday after Paul Singer’s Elliott Management announced it owns $3.2 billion in the underperforming telecom giant’s stock. The hedge fund said it sent a letter to the company’s board and argued for ways AT&T can “improve its business and realize a historic increase in value.” The activist investor said its AT&T stock purchase is one …

Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Daines sees new technology used on northern border Sen. Steve Daines toured Montana’s northern border with Canada Thursday in which he saw new technology and new methods being used to increase security. Post to Facebook Sent! A link has been sent to …

The federal budget deficit is expected to grow to $960 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The federal budget deficit is expected to grow to $960 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Congressional budget forecasters are predicting more …