US stock market notches biggest gain in 8 months; oil rises
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer The U.S. stock market rebounded from a nine-day losing streak Monday, posting its biggest gain in eight months and …
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$4 a month? Social Security recipients to get tiny increase
BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next …
OIC to lead Middle Class Summit
IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, JOIN LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS AND BE PART OF THE STRATEGY FOR CHANGE. …
Commissioner Hayward Benson appointed to LOC committee
Staff Report The Florida League of Cities has appointed Hayward J. Benson Jr., Commissioner, City of Lauderhill to serve on the 2016-2017 Growth Management & …
Young adults prefer Clinton on income gap, divide on jobs
By EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON – Young adults are more likely to trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump on handling wages, income inequality and …
Statement from the White House on Equal Employment
VALERIE JARRETT Here are two realities: everyone gets sick and everyone deserves equal pay for equal work. Yet in many workplaces across our country, these …
Time to put reparations on the front burner of national discourse
MOHAMED HAMALUDIN The case for reparations by the United States for centuries of slavery and its after- math has been around for more than a …
Cheap gas and retirement the good, the bad
Joseph Webb If you’re like many Americans, you’ve probably left the gas station in high spirits recently. Over the last 12 months, the bench- marks …
Americans got raise last year for first time since 2007
BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AND JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON — Americans finally got a raise last year after eight years of stagnating incomes. …
Cuba says Obama’s easing of embargo hasn’t helped economy
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press HAVANA – President Barack Obama’s easing of the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba has had virtually no positive effect on …