The expanding applications for artificial intelligence have created a shortage of qualified workers in the field. Although schools across the country are adding classes, there are too few potential employees with training or experience.
Sears Holdings Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday with a plan to close 142 more stores, throwing into doubt the future of the century-old retailer that once dominated U.S. malls but has withered in the age of internet shopping.
Bank of America Corp reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Monday as the second-largest U.S. lender benefited from cost cuts, while higher interest rates and loan growth helped offset weaker bond trading revenue.
Every few minutes, the reeds along the Tachira River rustle. Smugglers, in ever growing numbers, emerge with a ragtag group of Venezuelan migrants – men struggling under tattered suitcases, women hugging bundles in blankets and schoolchildren carrying backpacks. They step across rocks, wade into the muddy stream and cross illegally into Colombia.
World markets turned tail again on Monday, as a bounceback in oil prices and rising tensions between Western powers and Saudi Arabia added to a cocktail of concerns that battered global stocks last week.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump headed to Florida's storm-ravaged Panhandle and Georgia on Monday to see the destruction caused by deadly Hurricane Michael.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are expecting their first child in the spring of 2019, around a year after their glittering wedding injected Hollywood glamour into the British royal family.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+3.159
|
+0.018 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.507
|
+0.010 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.145
|
+0.001 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1581 | 0.0089 |
| EUR | 0.8632 | 1 | 0.0077 |
| JPY | 111.7500 | 129.4200 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,232.30
USD
|
+14.20
Exp: Oct 18
|
| Copper |
2.83
USD
|
+0.04
Exp: Oct 18
|
| Crude Oil |
71.28
USD
|
-0.06
Exp: Oct 18
|
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