The smashmouth victory of the United Auto Workers over GM, Ford and Stellantis conjures up two Wall Street cliches: "Don't confuse brains with a bull market," and "pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered."
The nation's employers scaled back their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market remains resilient despite economic uncertainties and high-interest rates that have made borrowing much costlier for companies and consumers.
Workers at a Michigan Ford facility voted to approve the tentative United Auto Workers contract with the company this week, marking significant progress toward union-wide approval.
A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge ruled Friday.