WSJ - Stock portfolios at large pension funds had a blockbuster run. Now, managers are cashing out. Corporate pension funds are shifting money into bonds. State and local government funds are swapping stocks for alternative investments. The nation’s ...
CNN - Minnesota Public Radio said it was terminating its contracts with Keillor and his private media companies, citing "allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him." It did not elaborate on the nature of the allegations.
CBS News - THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The final hearing at a United Nations war crimes tribunal was dramatically halted Wednesday when a former Bosnian Croat military chief claimed to have taken poison. Hours later, Croatia's prime minister said Slobodan Praljak had died.
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc’s [UBER.UL] quarterly losses widened, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, as the ride-hailing company wades through legal troubles and faces regulatory scrutiny across the globe.
WASHINGTON — Democratic pressure on Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., to resign from Congress mounted Tuesday as the number of sexual harassment allegations against him continued to grow and party leaders huddled in conversations about whether he should remain in the House, multiple sources tell NBC News.
New York Times - Republicans took a significant step toward passing a sweeping tax overhaul Tuesday, clearing the way for a full Senate vote later in the week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by a rise in business investment, the U.S. economy grew at an annual pace of 3.3 percent from July through September, its fastest rate in three years.
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News fired longtime "Today" show host Matt Lauer on Wednesday for "inappropriate sexual behavior," making him the second morning television show personality to lose his job because of sexual misconduct charges in a week.
USA Today - Did you make the same mistake I did? On Black Friday and over the Thanksgiving weekend I set my sight on a 10.5-inch iPad Pro with 64GB of storage. Best Buy and a couple of other retailers online listed the Apple tablet for $525, or about $125 off the regular price. I went so far as to add the iPad to an online Best Buy shopping cart
NBC News - A British model and aspiring actress sued Harvey and Bob Weinstein and The Weinstein Co. on Monday, accusing them of having violated U.S. sex trafficking laws when Harvey Weinstein allegedly assaulted her in France in 2014.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp is offering to purchase shares of Uber Technologies Inc at a valuation of $48 billion, a 30 percent discount to its most recent valuation of $68.5 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.
