NEW YORK — U.S. stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in early trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed a mixed batch of corporate profits and financial forecasts. Technology stocks made the strongest gains. Microsoft rose 1.5% after handily beating Wall Street's quarterly profit forecast, and PayPal soared...
California Senate Approves Bill Regulating Gig Economy
SACRAMENTO — The California Senate has passed a bill that would give new wage and benefit protections to workers at so-called gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft. The 29-11 vote late Tuesday sends the bill back to the state Assembly for final approval over strident Republican opposition. Democratic Gov....
Markets Tumble on Growing Tariffs Rift Between US, China
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Friday that he had "hereby ordered" American companies "to immediately start looking" for alternatives to operating in China, hours after Beijing announced new trade sanctions on U.S. products. But as markets in the U.S., Asia and Europe tumbled, the White House offered no further...
Markets Tumble on Growing Tariffs Rift Between US, China
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Friday that he had "hereby ordered" American companies "to immediately start looking" for alternatives to operating in China, hours after Beijing announced new trade sanctions on U.S. products. But as markets in the U.S., Asia and Europe tumbled, the White House offered no further...
Opinion: Gig Economy Workers Deserve Basic Protections That Come With Employee Status
Like so many California families, Karim Bayumi of Anaheim, his wife and two young children are doing everything they can to scrape by. Bayumi drives for a large rideshare company as his primary source of income. On March 11, Bayumi’s rate was cut from 80 cents a mile to 60...