Closing Bell: Stocks Get a Boost from Mergers, Homebuilding Activity

Date: Sep 09 2013
Filed under: Market News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Stocks, InvestingSpencer Platt/Getty Images Stocks rose Monday, extending last week's advances, as a couple of big mergers and an improving housing market boosted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) rose 140 points or ...Read More »

TechCrunch Disrupt: Tech Icons Have Social Issues on the Brain

Date: Sep 09 2013
Filed under: Technology, PeopleTechCrunchMichael Moritz of Sequoia Capital speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt 2013. SAN FRANCISCO -- TechCrunch Disrupt, a showcase of new companies and ideas, wasted little time Monday in getting to what everyone is talking about: the arrogance and ...Read More »

Has ‘wall of worry’ maybe lost a brick or two?

Date: Sep 09 2013
Just like that, optimism makes a comeback on Wall Street, pushing pessimism to the curb. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/Ws_yl8yWi9M/ Read More »

Retirement Living: Top metro areas for retirees

Date: Sep 09 2013
Baby Boomers are rediscovering the appeal of urban lifestyle as they prepare to retire. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/_Bm7i-LN5HA/ Read More »

McDonald’s goes outside the box with ‘Blitz Box’

Date: Sep 09 2013
$14.99 'Blitz Box': 2 Quarter Pounders with cheese, 2 medium fries, 10 McNuggets. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/KCvmTrthCRk/ Read More »

Thermodyne Expands Hot Well Series Food Holding Units to Include Dry Well Option

Date: Sep 08 2013
1888PressRelease - Thermodyne Food Service Inc. announces the addition of Dry Well option to their current line of Hot Well Series Food Holding Units. The Dry Well option features top holding wells that are usable without water. Fort Wayne, IN-Thermodyne Food ...Read More »

Cadillac ‘Super Cruise’ mode leaves hands free

Date: Sep 08 2013
Technology with major steps toward self-driving car could be on road this decade. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/qwkI-JPP3ag/ Read More »

How Microsoft’s Employees Really Feel About All the Big Changes

Date: Sep 08 2013
Filed under: Company News, Technology, MicrosoftGetty Images By Bill Rigby and Eric M. Johnson REDMOND, Wash. -- A mood of cautious optimism tempered with a dash of anxiety has spread on Microsoft's (MSFT) leafy campus in the Seattle suburbs, as the world's ...Read More »

2008 financial crisis: Could it happen again?

Date: Sep 08 2013
Five years after the crisis, the U.S. financial system is healthier but problems persist. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/2N-N1zh_3is/ Read More »

Markets this week: Syria likely to dominate

Date: Sep 08 2013
Upcoming economic reports include retail sales, producer price index, consumer sentiment. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/61skfYXS36Q/ Read More »