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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slightly lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street. The major indexes have been hovering between small gains and losses as investors assess the latest company earnings. Consumer staple stocks have been among the biggest gainers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department says employers advertised fewer job openings in August and kept hiring flat. Job openings slid to 5.4 million in August from a record high 5.7 million in July. Hiring was little-changed at 5.1 million. The number of people quitting jobs — a measure of confidence in the job market — was also essentially unchanged from July at 2.7 million.
CHICAGO (AP) — The new CEO of United Airlines has been admitted to a hospital. The Wall Street Journal reports that he suffered a heart attack. United Continental Holdings Inc. says Oscar Munoz's family informed the company that he was admitted to a hospital yesterday. The company gave no details of his condition. The airline says it is continuing to operate normally.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The final US Airways flight has begun its round-trip journey between Philadelphia and San Francisco. The plane is Flight 1939, named for the airline's founding year. It left Philadelphia International Airport this morning, right on time. After stops in North Carolina, Phoenix and San Francisco, it will return as a red-eye flight back to Philadelphia tomorrow. All future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner, following the completion of a merger announced in 2013.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Records from a Northern California utility reveal who some of the biggest water users are in a district east of San Francisco. They include Oakland Athletics baseball executive Billy Beane -- who used about 6,000 gallons of water a day -- and retired Chevron executive George Kirkland, who used more than 12,000. They are among those facing fines for using more than 1,000 gallons a day. They both blame leaks that they say hadn't been discovered.
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