Market

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The blazing hot stock market seems to set new records just about every day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stands above 40,000 for the first time in history, after climbing nearly 20% since October. Over that period, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have each soared even higher, […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A gangbusters job market showed pronounced signs of a slowdown last month, a government report on Friday showed. The fresh data elicited predictions from some economists that hiring could stall by the middle of next year. The U.S. economy added 150,000 jobs in October, which amounts to solid growth, […]

Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The job market is booming despite high-profile layoffs at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and Goldman Sachs. The economy added a staggering 517,000 jobs in January, more than double the employment growth a month prior and well above the breakneck pace of some 400,000 monthly jobs added on average […]