US unemployment aid applications fall to 340K

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is slowly returning to health.

Protests and Mosque Attacks Grip U.K. After Brutal Attack on Soldier

Protests and Mosque Attacks Grip U.K. After Brutal Attack on Soldier

When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country

B.Y.U.’s animation program is not your typical film school. And that’s why its graduates actually get jobs.    

Report: Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has blasted the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, declaring it impossible for them to do a worse job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported Wednesday.

DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early

The company, using money it raised last week in the markets, is repaying the government nine years before its loan was due.