Target to Pay $3.7 Million in Settlement Over Job-Screening Policies Target Corp. TGT 0.81% has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million and overhaul job-screening guidelines for hourly workers to resolve a civil-rights class-action complaint that alleged the company’s policies regarding criminal-background checks were too broad and discriminated against African-Americans […]
Jamie Dimon sees the 10-year bond at 4 percent. These traders say that call is a long shot JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says the yield on 10-year Treasurys could get to 4 percent this year. Two market watchers aren’t buying that forecast. Boris Schlossberg of BK Asset Management says the […]
Exclusive: U.S. willing to talk trade with China, no session set yet – official The United States is willing to negotiate with China on trade, but only if talks are serious, as previous attempts produced little progress, a senior U.S. official told Reuters late on Thursday as trade tensions between […]
Support for Trump’s immigration stance slips among supporters: Reuters/Ipsos poll While people who voted for President Donald Trump are still largely supportive of his immigration policies, their approval has eroded somewhat since he took office, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. As Trump plans to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, here […]
Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen among 22 players selected to attend NFL draft Almost all of the top prospects will be on hand at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, for the 2018 NFL draft. The league announced Thursday that 22 players have been selected to attend the event, which begins on […]
Adrian Beltre, now alone atop Latin American hit list, makes 21st season a historic one That’s how Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels describes his franchise player and All-Star third baseman — and he means that as a compliment. Beltre’s been playing Major League Baseball more years (21) than he […]
NFL mock draft 2018: Projecting first-round trades The NFL draft is only three weeks away … which is to say we’ve officially entered the pre-draft rumor mill phase, which is billowing smokescreens and wild speculation fueling the league’s version of silly season. Delightful. So following the Rams’ lead — GM […]
Jordan Spieth shoots 66 to lead Masters opening round by two shots Maybe this Masters will live up to the hype. On a Thursday that broke chilly but eventually warmed up under plentiful sunshine, the first round of the 82nd Masters didn’t fail to deliver an eccentric bounty of storylines […]
Warriors show ‘pathetic effort’ as Pacers pass ‘big test’ The defending NBA champions were in town Thursday night. The Indiana Pacers were ready. The sellout crowd frequently shook Bankers Life Fieldhouse during the fourth quarter. Like when Thaddeus Young threw down a thunderous dunk. Or when Bojan Bogdanovic hit nothing […]
Microsoft adds ransomware protections to make OneDrive and Outlook.com safer If your PC is infected with ransomware, it will spread from file to file, encrypting them until you pay the bad guys for the digital key. But ransomware can also spread to your files stored in the cloud—and that’s what […]
