PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - July 3
July 3 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * A looming deadline to...
View ArticleIn New York Times, Prepaid Fee Story Misses The Mark
In yesterday's New York Times story Paid via Card, Workers Feel Sting of Fees, reporters Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Stephanie Clifford raise an important question but fail to answer it: Are a...
View Article2013 Audi RS 5 is fast and exclusive
American Audi fans finally can get their hands on a few — just a few — Audi RS 5 Coupes and Cabriolets. Sold in Europe for a few years, the highest-performance versions of the Audi A5 started to...
View ArticleMcDonald's Pa. Franchisee Backs Down on Debit-Card Only Payroll
Share 0 McDonald's will give workers more payment options after a former employee sued a franchise owner saying she was required to receive her wages through a debit card that charged fees, resulting...
View ArticleFewer layoffs and survey showing jump in private hiring point to solid US...
WASHINGTON — U.S. companies stepped up hiring last month, a private survey showed Wednesday. And the government says fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. The latest data point to...
View ArticlePaid Via Card, Workers Feel Sting of Fees
A growing number of American workers are confronting a frustrating predicament on payday: to get their wages, they must first pay a fee. For these largely hourly workers, paper paychecks and even...
View ArticleGold and most other metals rise; Escalating tensions in Egypt send crude oil...
Gold and most other metals closed higher Wednesday, as escalating tensions in Egypt pushed the price of crude oil and other energy futures higher. Gold for August delivery rose $8.50, or 0.7 percent,...
View ArticleMcDonald's, Walmart, Others Probed Over ATM-Style Payroll Cards
New York's top prosecutor is investigating some of the state's largest employers over their use of ATM-style cards to pay their hourly employees, the New York Times reported. New York Attorney General...
View ArticleThe shrinking scope of health care reform: What’s in, what’s out, what’s on...
WASHINGTON — Six years ago, candidate Barack Obama stood before Iowa voters and unveiled a plan designed to extend health care to all Americans. “We can do this,” he said with confidence. “The time...
View ArticleUS rig count up 9 this week to 1,757, down 208 from a year ago
HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by nine this week to 1,757. The Houston-based company...
View ArticleGOP argues delay in health care’s employer mandate sign of unworkable law
WASHINGTON — Republicans seized upon the administration’s abrupt delay of the employer mandate in the health care law as fresh evidence that President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy is...
View ArticleMcDonald's, Walgreens payroll ATM cards investigated
McDonald's Corp. and Walgreen Co. are among the employers...
View ArticleAverage US mortgage rates this week and for the past year, at a glance
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week after last week’s surge. The declines could prompt homebuyers to act quickly before rates rise further. Here’s a look...
View ArticleSites honoring America’s lesser-known presidents face budget woes as...
PINEVILLE, N.C. — Supporters of a North Carolina museum honoring James K. Polk, America’s 11th president, are learning a lesson that’s hitting home at other monuments to lesser-known American leaders:...
View ArticleNews Summary: Stocks rise on encouraging jobs news, offsetting Egypt, Europe...
RISING OIL: Stocks got off to a weak start. Oil climbed above $100 a barrel as the political turmoil in Egypt intensified, raising the risk of supply disruptions in the Suez Canal. PORTUGUESE DEBT:...
View ArticleDarden, Wal-Mart among companies probed over use of prepaid cards as paychecks
Shaun Bevan Reporter- South Florida Business Journal Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Orlando-based Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) and Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) are among companies being...
View ArticleWalmart, others probed over use of pre-paid cards as paychecks
Shaun Bevan Reporter- South Florida Business Journal Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Atlanta-based The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) are among companies being investigated...
View ArticleHome Depot, others probed over use of pre-paid cards as paychecks
Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor Atlanta-based The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) are among companies being investigated by the New York attorney general over fees...
View ArticleNew York's attorney general scrutinizes payroll cards -NYT
July 3 (Reuters) - New York's top prosecutor is investigating some of the state's largest employers over their use of ATM-style cards to pay...
View ArticleNew York's attorney general scrutinizes payroll cards: NYT
(Reuters) - New York's top prosecutor is investigating some of the state's largest employers over their use of ATM-style cards to pay their hourly employees, the New York Times...
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