WHERE ARE THE JOB OPENINGS?: The job market is back. Getting a raise? Not so much. The hiring rate – the pace at which those job openings are filled – lags the rate at which those jobs are being posted. One simple explanation: those employers aren’t boosting wages high enough to lure candidates into taking those new jobs. Read more
THE ALZHEIMER’S EPIDEMIC: More than 30 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s or dementia, and that number is expected to triple by 2050 without new drugs to slow or stop the disease. But we still don’t know what causes it and more than 100 drugs to treat Alzheimer’s have failed in trials. Still, pharma is working on it – and success would mean huge business. Read more
STERLING TRIAL: Five things we learned during the Donald Sterling trial. Read more
STOCKS CLOSE HIGHER AHEAD OF MAJOR EARNINGS WEEK: Read more
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