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Motorcycle Industry Looks to Revive Sales

by Charles Fleming Los Angeles TimesNovember 25, 2017

Robot Makers See Demand Increase

by Kim Bhasin Bloomberg News, and Patrick Clark Bloomberg NewsNovember 25, 2017

Growing Number of Young Americans Are Leaving Jobs to Farm

by Caitlin Dewey The Washington PostNovember 25, 2017

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, a magazine advertisement for an AR-style firearm describes the ability to customize the firearm and shows soldiers in combat. AR-platform firearms are often marketed using words that emphasizes the firearm's ability to be customized and evoke a sense of patriotism, freedom and military strength. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

Gun Ads Continue After Mass Shootings

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Ryan J. Foley Associated PressNovember 25, 2017

In this Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, photo, Andrew Stephenson, a marketing director for NewAir, a manufacturing company that makes compact appliances like wine coolers and ice makers, works in his office in Cypress, Calif. When NewAir recruits workers for its busy seasons, the company tells prospective hires they have the chance to keep their jobs when the sales surge is over. While they’re working, they’ll compete for permanent jobs with NewAir’s existing staff. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Businesses Lure In Seasonal Workers

by Joyce M. Rosenberg AP Business WriterNovember 25, 2017

FILE - In this March 26, 2015, file photo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray speaks during a panel discussion in Richmond, Va. Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tendered his resignation Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, and simultaneously named his own successor, setting up the consumer agency for another battle with the Trump White House over control of the powerful federal watchdog. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Consumer Agency Left With Confusion

by Bernard Condon AP Business WriterNovember 25, 2017

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange at sunset, in lower Manhattan. U.S. stocks are rising Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, as retailers climb at the start of the post-Thanksgiving shopping period while energy companies rise as investors hope for a new deal that limits oil production. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

More Stock Records as Technology, Energy Companies Rise

by Marley Jay AP Markets WriterNovember 25, 2017

Steve Mahan, who is legally blind, was the first non-Google employee to ride alone in the company’s gumdrop-shaped autonomous car. The ride was in October 2015 in Austin. Advocates for the elderly and people with disabilities say the technology could give them unprecedented freedom. MUST CREDIT: Waymo

Driverless Cars Can Aid Mobility of Elderly, Disabled

by Ashley Halsey III The Washington PostNovember 25, 2017

A pedestrian carries a Macy's Inc. shopping bag while walking past a store in New York in November.MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Idris Talib Solomon.

Wealthy Seen Boosting Spending on Gifts

by Abha Bhattarai The Washington PostNovember 25, 2017

Woodstock Hardware Set to Have New Owner

by John Lippman Valley News Business WriterNovember 25, 2017