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Stocks traded mostly higher Thursday, with investors awaiting the start of first-quarter earnings season to confirm the boost to corporate profits expected against an improving economic backdrop.  Technology stocks outperformed, leading the Nasdaq and S&P 500 higher, and the latter to a record intraday level. Shares of Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Facebook (FB) each …

Steve Ramage has owned creameries and cookie shops across town for nearly a decade. He said this is the busiest winter he’s seen. SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn — In Sevier County, January is the slowest time of year. Business in the area tends to dry up once Dollywood and other seasonal attractions close. At least, that’s …

Task order protests continue steady rise The use of task order contracts have grown steadily over the last decade and if you doubt that just look at the growth of bid protests involving task orders. In its annual bid protest report, the Government Accountability Office said that they closed 417 protests involving task orders during …

Policymakers unanimously agreed to leave rates hovering between 1.5% and 1.75%, describing the policy decision as “appropriate” to help prolong the nation’s economic expansion, now in its 11th year. The widely expected move falls in line with market expectations as the Fed has signaled it plans to move into an extended pause as it watches …

General Electric Co. aims to excite investors about its health-care division, a business that was tagged to be cast off but is now central to the company’s turnaround efforts. GE Healthcare, which is based in Chicago and employs more than 50,000 people, makes magnetic resonance imaging machines and other hospital equipment. At the depths of …

MONTREAL, Sept. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ACL Airshop, a technology driven global leader in air cargo “ULD” logistics solutions, is using the occasion of the annual ULD Care Conference in Montreal to announce and discuss continued progress with innovative technologies such as Bluetooth tracking & tracing, “ULD Control” proprietary logistics programs, and their latest “FindMyULD” …