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In this photo taken Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Hawa Begum holds a photograph of her two daughters outside the family home in Tekani village in far northwestern Bangladesh. She and her eldest daughter, 18-year-old Moushimi, were working inside the Tazreen garment factory near Dhaka when it caught fire last November. Hawa escaped by jumping out of a window on the fifth floor. Moushimi, trapped behind the factory’s locked gates, was killed along with 111 others. "I pray every day for my daughter and for Allah saving me," Hawa said. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers

Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village — two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for ...

Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue

There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause. A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even as ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan salutes supporters during a party rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 16, 2013.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Unions give lift to Turkish protest movement

Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country's secular democracy. Riot police again deployed in Turkey's two main cities, and authorities kept up their ...

Investors guess Fed's actions, push stocks higher

Investors on Wall Street are playing a guessing game with the Federal Reserve. On Monday, they guessed that the central bank will continue trying to prop up the economy and sent stocks higher. The major stock indexes all rose about 1 percent in early trading and stayed there for most ...

Specialist Peter Elkins is reflected in one of his screens at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, June 17, 2013. Stocks were up Monday because investors think Fed leaders will determine that the economy isn't recovering fast enough. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Investors guess Fed's actions, push stocks higher

Investors on Wall Street are playing a guessing game with the Federal Reserve. On Monday, they guessed that the central bank will continue trying to prop up the economy and sent stocks higher. The major stock indexes all rose about 1 percent in early trading and stayed there for most ...

World looks to Bernanke to clarify stimulus plans

Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end? When he takes questions this week after a Federal Reserve meeting, Chairman Ben Bernanke will confront investors' fears that rates are headed higher. Financial markets have been gyrating in the 3½ weeks since Bernanke told Congress the Fed might scale ...

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Budget Committee. The financial world looks to Bernanke the Week of June 17, 2013, to clarify the Fed’s timetable on economic stimulus. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

World looks to Bernanke to clarify stimulus plans

Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end? When he takes questions this week after a Federal Reserve meeting, Chairman Ben Bernanke will confront investors' fears that rates are headed higher. Financial markets have been gyrating in the 3½ weeks since Bernanke told Congress the Fed might scale ...

Starboard says Smithfield sale undervalues company

One of Smithfield Foods Inc.'s largest shareholders says a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China's largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece. In a letter to the Smithfield, Virginia-based pork producer's board of directors on Monday, the New York-based ...

FILE - In this June 14, 2011 file photo, slices of a Smithfield boneless ham are displayed in Montpelier, Vt. One of Smithfield Foods Inc.'s largest shareholders, New York-based investment firm Starboard Value LP, said in a letter Monday, June 17, 2013, that a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China's largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Starboard says Smithfield sale undervalues company

One of Smithfield Foods Inc.'s largest shareholders says a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China's largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece. In a letter to the Smithfield, Va.-based pork producer's board of directors on Monday, the New York-based ...

OneWest Bank to lay off 725 Texas workers

Executives with OneWest Bank have announced that more than 700 workers will lose their jobs as the company is acquired as part of a $2.53 billion deal. The Austin American-Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/13Oetk1) Monday that the majority of the 725 employees work at a call center. OneWest Bank is being acquired ...

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