Employment Breakdown by State Shows Little Change in June
Date: 21 July 2012
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
California led the states with 38,300 jobs added last month, but it also posted the third-highest unemployment rate in the country, at 10.7 percent.
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Ex-Bank of America Official Indicted in Muni Bid-Rigging
Date: 21 July 2012
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Phillip Murphy, former head of the bank’s municipal derivatives desk, was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud and conspiracy to make false entries in bank records.
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The Week’s Business News in Pictures
Date: 21 July 2012
Yahoo hired Marissa Mayer away from Google; Ben S. Bernanke said the Fed was hesitant to employ further fiscal stimulus; and euro zone nations worked to contain the crisis, with Germany agreeing to a rescue of Spanish banks and Greece agreeing to further cuts.
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Colorado Shooting News Conference
Date: 20 July 2012
Courtesy of NBC
State, local and federal officials give details on how a 24-year-old suspect entered a Colorado theater, killed 12 and injured dozens.
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Murdoch Resigns From His British Papers’ Boards
Date: 21 July 2012
By John F. Burns and Ravi Somaiya
John Burns
Rupert Murdoch’s resignation from several of his newspapers’ boards has raised speculation that he may be planning to sell the publications that built his global media empire.
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A Misstep on ‘GMA’ as Networks Rush to Cover Shooting
Date: 20 July 2012
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
An ABC News correspondent on Friday falsely linked the man accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater to a state-wide Tea Party organization.
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Why Listen to Their Opinions?
Date: 21 July 2012
Readers respond to a recent column about the critics and reviews of the arts.
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North Korea Accuses South of Plot to Destroy Statues
Date: 20 July 2012
By Choe Sang-Hun
Choe Sang-Hun
North Korea said on Friday that it has arrested a man dispatched by South Korean spy agents to destroy statues of Kim Il-sung, the country’s late founding president.
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Don’t Jump to Conclusions About the Killer
Date: 21 July 2012
By Dave Cullen
Dave Cullen
You’ve been bombarded with “facts” and opinions about James Holmes’s motives and probably expressed your opinion on why he did it. You are probably wrong.
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Local Boys Geared Up for German Grand Prix, but Not at Pole Position
Date: 21 July 2012
By Brad Spurgeon
Brad Spurgeon
It has been days and days of rain and bad news from Hockenheim, but, as the song says, the sun will come out tomorrow. And Fernando Alonso will be at pole position.
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