It’s hard enough for college students to pass their classes, let alone figure out what to do with their life. Jobs platform Monster aggregated 943,008 market-wide job postings from a variety of sources to zero in on the most in-demand jobs. The company focused specifically on entry-level jobs — those requiring zero to two years of experience — for candidates who hold a bachelor’s degree. The top five jobs on Monster’s list are well-paid, offering salaries higher than the U.S. median of $55,775,

When Amy Errett decided to leave her job in venture capital to start Madison Reed, an online business selling hair-coloring kits for home use, a few of her colleagues were skeptical. Ms. Errett said. Home hair color didn’t sound sexy, and women’s products tend to be a hard sell among the male-dominated venture capital ranks. Also, Ms. Errett was embarking upon a rarefied career path. It is not unusual for entrepreneurs to trade in the hustle and grind of the start-up world for the stability of v

If you’re a guy, Nordstrom now wants to help you look like “you’re not afraid to get down and dirty” by selling you a unique pair of jeans. The Seattle-based chain of luxury department stores is selling a pair of “Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans” for $425, and they come with a “caked-on muddy coating,” according to the item’s description. These jeans have now gone viral on social media, for all the wrong reasons. “[F]orget the jeans themselves for a moment, and their price, and look again at the ac

We nonetheless see a positive case for equities, and hold overweight positions in global and U.S. stocks against U.S. government bonds. But historical data suggests that record highs need not be market peaks, and that staying invested pays off. Leading indicators of global economic growth also imply further gains for global stocks. And with valuations trading 1 percent below the 30-year MSCI World Index average, we believe the global equity rally still has room to run. Comparing stocks to other

It was meant to reflect the insurers’ best guess of how expensive that individual’s health care would be. This had the practical effect of driving down premiums for sick people, who no longer had to bear the full burden of covering their more expensive health needs. They also tack a third regulation they want to dismantle onto the list in this new amendment, the one that limits what premiums insurers can charge older enrollees. Tell insurers they no longer have to cover expensive mental health s

Once upon a time, to get your Uber rating you had to request it from the company — now you can find it within seconds. Uber recently updated its apps with a new ratings system, which is rolling out around the world on Wednesday. Part of that includes the ability to check your rating at any time, with just a quick swipe inside the application. Uber said that allowing riders to easily see their rating encourage them to be more conscious of how they act in a car (maybe riders will stop slamming doo

But overall, Twitter’s earnings and revenue are on the decline from last year, and the company’s outlook was bleaker than analyst forecasts, as the company is “phasing out less effective ad formats.” Twitter has ambitions to stream live video programming all the time, according to BuzzFeed News. Snap, newly public, is growing super fast: Revenue was $404.48 million in 2016, up from $58.66 million in 2015. Twitter, meanwhile, has seen a shake-up, with many top-level executives departing, leaving

“Dr. Doom ” Marc Faber says the U.S. economy is “terminally ill,” and the current outlook doesn’t seem to be improving. Faber had previously appeared on CNBC calling for a giant correction of as much as 40 percent in the market. Nevertheless, Faber does see ways for investors to play global markets despite his view that the U.S. economic outlook is poor. “I would rather build up cash positions and eventually invest in the euro,” said Faber. Regarding individual sectors, Faber encourages investor

All but one of the clean-energy exchange-traded funds followed by ETF Database are up this year; seven of the 10 are beating the S&P 500. Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Energy Index (XLE), which tracks mostly large-cap fossil fuel companies is down near-10 percent this year, through April 24, with integrated oil majors like Exxon Mobil and Chevron down slightly more. The issues aren’t especially complicated, analysts say: Policy changes are running up against fundamental market forces that

South Korea announced Wednesday that it had installed key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defense system — the latest sign of worsening tensions on the peninsula. More from NBC News:North Korea missile launch: Why did it ‘immediately’ blow up? The deployment come as the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier headed toward the peninsula for a joint exercise with South Korea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said two American destroyers were conducting simultaneous maritime exercises with ships from South Korea a

Three Islamic State militants setting up an ambush in a bitterly contested area of northern Iraq were killed by a herd of stampeding boars, local leaders say. “We know that a massacre took place in Hawija district through our sources,” al-Assi told the Times. Hawija is strategically located east of the road from Mosul to Baghdad, on the edge of the oil-rich region of Kirkuk. U.S.-backed troops launched the effort to drive the militants out of Mosul in October. “The suffering of the people of Haw

President Donald Trump lashed out again at the American judiciary for blocking a piece of his agenda. In a morning tweet, he blamed the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for blocking his order to withhold funding from so-called sanctuary cities. Earlier this year, the 9th Circuit did block Trump’s executive order restricting travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. White House chief of staff Reince Priebus also targeted the appeals court in comments to reporters Tuesday, according to The H

As ESPN tries to evolve its content for a multi-platform audience, the company will begin laying off 100 people on Wednesday, according to a source close to the situation. The cuts affect about 10 percent of ESPN’s forward-facing talent group of about 1,000 people, who include TV reporters, radio reporters and writers rather than behind-the-scenes employees. The move is aimed not just at cost cutting, but at shifting its strategy to adapt its content to digital distribution. “Dynamic change dema

“If a person eats 6-12 apricot kernels per day, they will never have to worry about cancer,” one site says. It can stop cancer cells from multiplying, kill cancer cells, and block their blood supply,” says another. It’s warned 14 companies to stop making claims about herbal products and other treatments marketed to treat or prevent cancer. It goes directly to a cancer cell, stings it, and kills it,” the FDA quoted the “Everything Herbs” site as saying. The FDA has given the companies 15 days to

Costco shareholders are about to get a nice payout and a rare one from a retailer. The last retailer in the S&P 500 to pay a special dividend was Best Buy in February of 2016, according to S&P Capital IQ. The special payout on common stock by Costco will be paid on May 26 to shareholders of record at the close of business May 10. There has only been one other special dividend this year by a company in the S&P 500, according to S&P Capital IQ’s database. As of Tuesday’s close, Costco shares are u

The charts for technology stocks are forming a bullish pattern that points to a breakout, according to one analyst. Tech stocks are in a “very strong trending cyclical bull market here that’s really just begun; let’s call it early- to mid-innings, at its latest,” he added. In a smaller fashion, the stocks have broken out from a smaller trading range and headed higher just this week. As earnings season heats up this week and next, tech stocks will prove to be rather strong, said 55 Capital market

(James and Carter launched Uninterrupted in 2014.) The small forward said he has learned to increasingly take the long view when it comes to basketball and business. “I know there will more time of my life spent off the floor than on the floor,” he said. Still, even now, old money habits die hard, James explained. “You would never know how much money I got in my pocket — that comes from me being from the bottom.”

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirms that the tax plan the Trump administration will outline Wednesday afternoon will call for a 15 percent corporate rate. At an event hosted by The Hill, Mnuchin — who declined to go into many specifics about the proposal — contended it would be “the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country.” He said the White House wants a “combined plan” with the House and Senate, which could potentially clash with the administration over

House Speaker Paul Ryan aimed to show on Wednesday that the two branches will be unified on tax reform. Ryan said he does not think Trump is overstepping by releasing a tax proposal Wednesday, adding that Congress and the White House are working to reach consensus on a plan. Mnuchin said the White House wants a “combined plan” with the House and Senate, which could potentially clash with the administration over some provisions. The White House appears not to support one possible revenue-raising

In the case of health care, that reality being the fact that “special interests” consists of tens of millions of people who really want health care. Before coming to Washington, Trump was very clear that he understood health-care issues. He spent decades running businesses that provided health care for hundreds of employees. It took just 38 days in Washington before he declared, “Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.” Just as only Nixon could go to China, maybe Trump was right that on