U.S. retail sales edge down at start of holiday season: ShopperTrak
(Reuters) – U.S. shoppers spent slightly less money during Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than across the same two days in 2013, research firm ShopperTrak said on Saturday.
Obama and daughters hit bookstore for Small Business Saturday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and his teenaged daughters, Sasha and Malia, went to an independent book store in Washington to buy books as a way to promote Small Business Saturday, an event aimed at boosting small businesses.
Merkel behind Air Berlin in Etihad control dispute: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing loss-making Air Berlin in a dispute over whether its Abu Dhabi-based partner Etihad is exercising too much control, Focus magazine reported on Saturday.
German pilots’ union says fresh strikes imminent at Lufthansa
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German pilots’ union VC said late on Friday that talks with carrier Deutsche Lufthansa over early retirement benefits have broken down and new strikes are possible at any time, although not at Christmas.
Ahead of rate meeting, ECB’s Lautenschlaeger sees very high hurdles to more easing
BERLIN (Reuters) – ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger said on Saturday she saw little room for further easing of monetary policy despite a further fall in euro zone inflation.
U.S. Black Friday shopping marked by thinner crowds, protests
WEST HARTFORD, Conn./CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mall crowds were relatively thin on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals …
As energy shares tumble, opportunity lurks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shale stocks have been hard-hit as investors see margins all but evaporating following the slide in crude oil prices, but the U.S. shale energy boom is not over.
Lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of biased lending in Chicago area
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co was sued on Friday by Cook County, Illinois, which accused the largest U.S. mortgage lender of targeting black, Hispanic and female borrowers with predatory and discriminatory lending in the Chicago area.
German pilots union says fresh strikes imminent at Lufthansa
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German pilots union VC said late on Friday that talks with carrier Deutsche Lufthansa over early retirement benefits have broken down and that new strikes are possible any time.
U.S. Black Friday shopping marked by thinner crowds, protests
WEST HARTFORD, Conn./CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mall crowds were relatively thin on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals …
