All posts tagged "US"

  • Specialist Jay Woods, right, works with trader John Bishop on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. U.S. and global stock markets were recovering in early morning trading Wednesday after a sharp sell-off a day earlier. Still, investors remain on edge after a plunge in stocks Tuesday that was triggered by reports showing slowing growth in China. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US markets rebound day after big plunge

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rebounded in early afternoon trading Wednesday after a sharp sell-off a day earlier. Investors remain on edge after the latest market plunge, which was triggered by more signs of slowing growth...

    • Posted September 2, 2015
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  • Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. More signs of weakness in China's economy are sending global stock markets sharply lower. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US stocks plunge again after bleak Chinese manufacturing report

    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged again Tuesday, continuing a rocky ride for Wall Street, after an economic report out of China rekindled fears that the world’s second-largest economy is slowing more than previously anticipated. The sell-off...

    • Posted September 1, 2015
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  • Specialist Michael O'Mara works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. U.S. stocks jumped at the open after China's central bank cut interest rates to support its economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    US stocks reverse in final hour; Dow falls 205 points

    (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing lower Tuesday after falling sharply in the final hour of trading. Stocks surged early in the day, rebounding from a big sell-off on Monday after the Chinese central bank said it...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • 2015 Hyundai Accent (PRNewsFoto/Hyundai Motor America via AP)
    Hyundai, Kia cars score low in US crash test

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Three cars made by South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its corporate cousin Kia Motors Corp. have received low ratings in a crash test conducted in the United States, an American motor...

    • Posted August 24, 2015
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  • U.S Army soldiers prepare to attend a military exercise in Pocheon, south of the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. ( Yonhap)
    US, S. Korea halt joint military exercises as tensions rise with N. Korea

    U.S. defense officials say America’s annual military exercise with South Korea has been halted as tensions with North Korea spike and Pyongyang issues threats of war. The officials say the U.S. is monitoring the situation, but hasn’t...

    • Posted August 21, 2015
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  • Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria, Va. (Courtesy of Jim via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    2015 Newsweek public schools ranking released: NJ places 6 in top-10, Whitney No. 6

    Newsweek released its 2015 rankings of public schools in the U.S. using a system that considered categories such as college readiness, graduation rate, college-bound and poverty. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va....

    • Posted August 20, 2015
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  • A K10 Ammunition Re-supply Vehicle rolls along a road in the South Korean border city of Paju on Aug. 17, 2015, as South Korea and the United States launched a joint military exercise amid North Korea's threat to retaliate with "the strongest military counteraction" against the drill. The Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, the world's largest computerized military drill aimed at defending the South from a North Korean attack, kicked off earlier in the day in South Korea for a 12-day run. (Yonhap)
    US says closely monitoring tensions on Korean Peninsula

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States said Thursday it is closely monitoring tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and reaffirmed its commitment to South Korea’s defense after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire across their heavily armed border....

    • Posted August 20, 2015
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