Modest US hiring, slow wage gains keep Wall Street happy

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Modest US hiring, slow wage gains keep Wall Street happy

Job candidates are processed during a job fair at the Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J. U.S. employers added 148,000 jobs in December, a modest but steady increase.
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Aramco Joins Saudi Companies Boosting Pay After Royal Orders

Aramco, preparing for what could be the world's largest initial public offering, will pay “eligible employees” an extra 1,000 riyals ($267) a month for one year beginning in January, it said in response to questions from Bloomberg. The payments will be for workers inside the kingdom who make 20,000
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“Scariest moment of my life”: Cruise ship rides through fierce winter storm

NEW YORK (CBS News) – Thursday's winter storm pummeled the Tri-State Area, but imagine being in the thick of it on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Congress Will Be Different in 2018. Trump Won't.

Last year, congressional Republicans had the leverage to ram through a huge tax cut, repeal the requirement to buy health-insurance coverage and put a conservative jurist on the Supreme Court. This year the tables have turned. Democrats, though still in the minority, have more leverage on spending
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Paying more for less

Many are outraged by out-of-pocket health costs in the U.S. We blame high-deductible plans, rising co-pays and policies that seem to shift more costs onto patients. But the perception of higher out-of-pocket costs obscures important facts. It's true that in 2016 those costs rose 3.9 percent. But health-care
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