Dow surges on jobs report to end four-day losing streak A surge in hiring last month got a big welcome Friday on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average surged 217.29 points to close at 13,096.17, ending a four-day losing streak. It was the best day for the Dow since June 29. Markets had been […]

Despite worries about the struggling economy, investors pushed the Dow up 220 points.

NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. said Friday that the shutdown of its second-generation, or “2G,” wireless network will be complete by the end of 2016, a process that will force customers with older phones to upgrade to “3G” or “4G” handsets. In a regulatory filing, the Dallas-based company said 12 percent of its customers on […]

WASHINGTON – NASA picked three aerospace companies Friday to build small rocketships to take astronauts to the International Space Station. This is the third phase of NASA’s efforts to get private space companies to take over the job of the now-retired space shuttle. The companies will share more than $1.1 billion. Once the spaceships are […]