Nasdaq vaults to 11-year high on surge in jobs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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
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
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
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
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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Why we distrust corporate America
Reuters Digital Editor Chrystia Freeland sits down with public relations leader Richard Edelman to discuss the erosion of trust in the workplace and in government that has coincided with the Great Recession. Video
Romney cruises toward win in Nevada
LAS VEGAS - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney surged on Friday toward an apparent easy win in Nevada, with a new poll showing him beating rival Newt Gingrich by a 2-to-1 margin on the eve of the state's presidential nominating contest. | Video
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