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Wall Street is eyeing the technology, retail and restaurants industries on Wednesday.

Employment at services firms grew at the fastest rate since January 2013.

Wall Street is looking ahead to Wednesday's economic calendar, which includes a report on private sector job creation.

Big banks, once dominant in the home loan market, have given way to the so-called shadow banking sector, which faces fewer regulations.

U.S. stocks pared losses and traded higher Tuesday as tensions subsided over Greece's ongoing debt crisis.

Affordable smartphones are changing lives in India, helping people get jobs, allowing entrepreneurs to reach customers and creating new first-time users.

Stocks to watch Tuesday include tech giant Apple Inc. and Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata Corp.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, firebrand critic of Wall Street, is assailing the "extremely disappointing" tenure of SEC Chair Mary Jo White.

A March ruling had concluded that Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers did not discriminate against executive Ellen Pao.

The reduction showed policy makers recognized the need to put the economy on a more solid footing.

An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 jobs will be axed, Sky News said, citing unidentified sources.

Wall Street is looking ahead to Tuesday’s release of motor vehicle sales for major auto companies, including General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett resigned from her post as Chicago school chief during a federal probe of a $20.5 contract.

Women account for fewer than one in 10 mutual fund managers, new data show, but that's still better than some other finance careers.

This week will focus on the U.S. jobs report, as strong figures could provide further evidence the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates in September.

Tech giant Apple is taking advantage of low interest rates in non-U.S. markets and filed for its first potential yen-based bond offering in 2020.

The world's biggest chipmaker announced Monday it is buying Altera Corporation to expand its line-up of higher-margin chips used in data centers.

China's economy has sputtered this year and growth slowed to a six-year low of 7 percent in the first three months of the year.

With the marijuana industry's lack of banking access becoming a public-safety issue, it is beginning to explore new options.

Economists are looking ahead to next week’s release of the U.S. jobs report for May.

The health insurer is considering selling the company to competitors Aetna and Cigna.

The Greek debt crisis still hovers over markets, as Athens is again risking a default and exit from the eurozone.

The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, driven by a slowdown in shipping due to West Coast port disputes.

The Shanghai Composite Index was down 3.9 percent after diving nearly 7 percent on Thursday.

The Illinois Republican allegedly took out cash in certain amounts to avoid reporting requirements.

After a volatile day of trading, U.S. stocks closed pretty much where they opened.

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicated that major banks could be pulled into the investigation of corruption in the soccer world.

The former boss of Lehman Brothers, whose 2008 collapse helped trigger the financial crisis, spoke publicly for the first time in seven years.

Workers at bank branches will be cut from a bank that made more the $20 billion in profit last year.