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Nasdaq vaults to 11-year high on surge in jobs

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NEW YORK - A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high on Friday as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery. | Video

Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge

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WASHINGTON - The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama. | Video

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, symbolic of the hacktivist group "Anonymous", takes part in a protest in central Brussels January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking

LONDON/WASHINGTON - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.  Full Article 

Landing gear final inspector Ruben Henao, a U.S. Army veteran who has worked at AAR Landing Gear Services for seven years,  performs a final inspection on a piece of landing gear at AAR's facility in Medley, Florida February 2, 2012.  REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity

Veterans help manufacturers plug skills gap

WASHINGTON - Companies are finding skilled workers in the growing pool of military veterans, admired for their "can do" attitudes. Yet joblessness among former service men and women is set to worsen as the war in Afghanistan winds down.   Full Article 

A driver drives the latest version of "MyCar", an electric car made by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, inside the university campus in Hong Kong January 30, 2012. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Oil industry sees no threat from electric car

LONDON - The biggest oil companies in the world have calculated that few, if any, of today's drivers will see electric cars outnumber gasoline and diesel models in their lifetimes.  Full Article 

Mainland Chinese tourists rest in Times Square shopping centre in Hong Kong February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Anxiety builds over Hong Kong's China policies

HONG KONG - As China's leaders encourage millions of mainland visitors to Hong Kong and offer a closer economic partnership, some say the region’s overly China-focused policies have corroded the city's uniqueness, international character and values.  Full Article 

Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year's commencement ceremony in New York in this May 18, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Chip East/Files

Colleges cut tuition costs, hasten graduation

Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and helping students graduate faster.  Full Article 

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow prays after the Broncos defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime in the NFL AFC wildcard playoff football game in Denver, Colorado, January 8, 2012. REUTERS/Marc Piscotty

Voters like Tebow for president: poll

BOSTON - He won't be in this Sunday's Super Bowl and his Denver Broncos are already 50-to-1 longshots for next year's National Football League title, but if Tim Tebow swapped the pigskin for politics, he just might be a shoo-in for the White House.  Full Article 

Republican presidential hopefuls make their case in Nevada

Feb. 3 - On the eve of Nevada's caucus, republican presidential hopefuls make their final pitchs to voters. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Suzy and Jack Welch

Mitt Romney's Kodak moment

Kodak, which once upon a time held a mighty 90 percent market share, has declared bankruptcy. Business leaders, take heed. Figure out what’s going to blow you apart before the competition does. Stare into the future – and be very afraid. Hello, Mitt Romney, are you listening?  Commentary | Video 

David Rohde

Mitt and the middle class

With astonishing speed, the 2012 presidential election is becoming a referendum on how best to help the American middle class. So far, Romney's solutions are likely to be far more pleasing to the Republican base than the general electorate.  Commentary 

Chrystia Freeland

The economy’s ‘China Syndrome’

We are no longer living in “one nation under God”; we are living in one world under God. Globalization is working — the world overall is getting richer. But a lot of the costs of that transition are being borne by specific groups of workers in the developed West.  Commentary 

Paul Smalera

Facebook.coop

If Mark Zuckerberg really wants to accomplish his social mission with Facebook, he should share the company’s ownership with the people who helped him create it. Facebook should be a user-owned, user-managed company, run for the benefit of users. The company should be a cooperative.  Commentary 

David Callahan

The danger of our metrics obsession

The scandal over Claremont McKenna's misreporting of student SAT scores serves to remind us that our obsession with metrics, a hallmark of the free-market ideology, creates incentives to fudge numbers in business, education and government.  Commentary 

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