NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEH&R Block Inc., up 89 cents at $ 18.26The tax preparer’s quarterly loss narrows, helped by cost cuts. It thinks earnings will grow in the upcoming U.S. tax season.SAIC Inc., down 41 cents at $ 11.26The defense contractor’s quarterly earnings fall short of Wall Street...
Utility workers who helped restore power after Sandy complain of pay delay
Label: Health Mike Valaskatgis slept in his National Grid truck for two nights, and then on a cot two more nights before getting a bed in a hotel room during a 10-day visit to New York last month to help in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.The Gloucester, Mass., overhead lineman said he logged 18-hour days working in various Long Island neighborhoods to restore power....
New equity options exchange owned by Miami company starts trading on Friday
Label: Business MIAX Options Exchange, a new fully electronic, equity options trading exchange, said it will begin trading on Friday.MIAX Options Exchange is based in Princeton, N.J., but its parent company is Miami International Holdings. While MIAX’s executive offices, technology development center and national operations center are based in Princeton, additional executive offices, and...
Dec
06
State lawmakers cautious about projected $437 million budget surplus
Label: World TALLAHASSEE -- Initial, positive indications about Florida’s budget for the coming fiscal year could be overtaken by events if the Florida Supreme Court strikes down changes to state employees or the nation plunges over the fiscal cliff, the state’s top economist warned Wednesday.Speaking to the first meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Amy Baker — coordinator...
Maine mall fires Santa after rudeness complaints
Label: Health Santa Claus has been fired.A mall in Maine has sacked Santa after children and parents complained he was rude, grumpy and wouldn't even let one child sit on his lap.Officials at the Maine Mall in South Portland say they're looking for a jollier Santa and hope to have him in place Thursday.Jessica Mailhiot and her 6-year-old daughter, Chantel, went to see...
South Florida foreclosure sales up in third quarter
Label: Business Miami-Dade County’s foreclosure-related sales rose 43.9 percent in the third quarter from the second quarter and jumped 21.8 percent from a year earlier, as banks sold off more properties, according to RealtyTrac.In Broward County, third-quarter foreclosure-related sales rose 38.9 percent from the prior quarter, but were down 24.5 percent from a year ago, the real estate...
Dec
05
On shared stage, Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan take steps toward 2016
Label: World WASHINGTON -- Just days after he was sworn in, Sen. Marco Rubio was trying to knock down speculation."This is the one job that I wanted. I wanted to be a U.S. senator, not a vice presidential candidate, not a presidential candidate," he told a radio interviewer in January 2011. "I didn’t run to use it as a stepping-stone."But Tuesday night at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel,...
Habla el hombre que definió qué significa ser un hacker
Label: Technology“Soy un hacker.” La frase la pronuncia, sin titubeos, Pekka Himanen, un finlandés de 39 años que publicó, en 2001, La ética del hacker y el espíritu de la era de la información , un libro fundacional en su análisis de lo que significa la tecnología moderna en nuestra sociedad, y la influencia que tendrán los hackers en la sociedad futura.La entrevista está por comenzar. El punto de encuentro es un...
Armed bandits rob Bronx deli
Label: Health Two gun-toting thieves were caught on surveillance video robbing a deli in The Bronx, authorities said.The one suspect, with a handkerchief covering his face, can be seen waving his gun around inside of the store on East 161st Street in Melrose on Nov. 28 around 11 p.m.The duo allegedly ordered everyone to the ground and forced the cashier to open the register,...
iPad’sdominance limits apps for other tablets
Label: Business Q. When are companies going to start writing applications for tablet computers other than the iPad? I own a Pandigital tablet, and when I try to download apps, I’m told they’re either for the iPad or iPhone. LeRoy Hilton, Oro Valley, Ariz. You can expect more apps for non-Apple tablet computers when those devices gain more market share. How soon, or if,...
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