Stocks closed out a bruising 2018 with gains on New Year’s Eve but the rally wasn’t enough to help the market avoid its biggest annual loss in 10 years.
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McDonald’s outlines plan to cut antibiotics from its beef supply
McDonald’s has announced plans to cut usage of antibiotics that are important to human health in the beef it serves.
Silicon Valley is betting on one Iowa town’s efforts to bring tech jobs to rural America
Silicon Valley leaders are joining Pillar Technology’s initiative to help provide intensive training for students in Jefferson, Iowa, a town of 4,200. Participants could land tech jobs paying $65,000.
Dow Jones drop adds to losses, weekly gloom for stock investors
Stocks continued their brutal stretch of big price swings and steep declines Friday, capping a painful week on Wall Street as investors fretted over trade disputes and concerns about slowing economic growth.