Players and owners can’t even agree on core issues and won’t meet again until next Wednesday.
2012
Marks accepts a new job, leaves Greely basketball
Ken Marks, the boys’ head coach for 25 years, will be the middle school assistant principal.
Verizon cleared to buy wireless spectrum to expand 4G
The Justice Department says cable companies can sell capacity but puts limits on Verizon stores
Lifting of sale limits sends Facebook stock to new low
A key question: Are the investors just taking long-awaited gains, or bailing out of the company?
New home construction figures retreat in July
Overall, analysts are expressing optimism about the housing market and economy.
Briefcase
Bumbo Baby Seats recalled after skull fractures reported About 4 million Bumbo Baby Seats are being recalled after nearly two dozen reports of infant skull fractures. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says babies can wiggle out of the floor seats. About 1 million of the molded foam seats were recalled in October 2007 for additional […]
U.S. jobless benefits applications edge up
But the unemployment applications figure still remains at a level for modest gains in hiring.
Walmart’s second-quarter profit jumps 5.7 percent
The retailer had struggled for a time, but the latest results signal the business may have turned a corner.
26 companies pay CEOs more than federal taxes
Some companies say they used tax deductions and credits designed for them to stimulate the economy.
Joan Roberts, 95, originated female lead role in ‘Oklahoma!’
Roberts was the last living major principal in the original Broadway cast of the musical.