The rate cut by the European Central Bank on Thursday did not surprise the market. But reducing the deposit rate to -0.1% proves that the economic recovery in the euro zone is not as strong as investors once thought. To a large extent, Europe’s slowing recovery was driven by weakening external factors and domestic demand in France.

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Clark County will be holding public hearings this week for potential medical marijuana business owners and one company plans to break ground on the stock market.

HTC has posted details of its monthly revenues for May and the results reverse two months of positive sales it garnered in March and April. The smartphone maker reports a month-on-month drop of 4.59% in May, and a year-on-year decline of 27.37%.

Marathon Oil is selling its Norwegian business to Det Norske Oljeselskap in a deal valued at about $2.7 billion as it streamlines operations and hones its focus on the U.S. Last year's net production in Norway averaged approximately 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Marathon CEO Lee Tillman said the company has conducted $6.2 billion of strategic divestitures, ramped up share buybacks, and increased activity in lucrative U.S. oil and gas plays in Eagle Ford, Bakken and Oklahoma Woodford formations, areas that have boomed due to new drilling techniques.



If you use an iPhone, iPad or Mac, Monday is the day everything changes. At 10 a.m. local time, an Apple executive, probably CEO Tim Cook, will trot onstage at San Francisco's Moscone Center to kick off the keynote for the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference to unveil the next generation of software for all its devices. iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 will be shown to the public for the first time, each with plenty of new features.

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Farmers across the country are having problems. “It’s a pretty serious concern, it has caused tens of millions of dollars in crop damage nationwide,” said Travis Custer of San Juan Mycology. Not bugs, and not weeds, but the chemicals that kill weeds. The problem is those chemicals can be carried to other areas through compost and manure and kill vegetables. Contaminated soil can cause problems for years, but mushrooms may be the answer. Custer grows mushrooms to sell at local farmers markets. He said not long ago his neighbors had problems with herbicide-contaminated soil. But soon after, he learned about the how mushrooms are known to break down chemicals. “At that point we realized that we might have some of the species and infrastructure that to do a small study” The study is in the early stages but they are hopeful that it will lead to a method to use mushrooms to clean the soil of destructive herbicides. “We really have to focus on the quality of that food, and if farmers are dealing with contaminants that are causing crop failures, they are not producing the food that the community needs.” For more information on the project or if you are interest in funding, go to SanJuanMycology.com.

Ford is issuing safety recalls for approximately 1.1 million cars in North America. The first recall affects 915,000 model Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner vehicles from 2008 to 2011 in North America for a potential issue with the torque sensor within the steering column. Ford said the issue could result in the loss of electric power steering assist while driving.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Who is "Hidden Cash," besides an anonymous Twitter user? For one, he's already gained more than 60,000 followers in only four days, thanks for his habit of hiding envelopes stuffed with cash around San Francisco.

a new website emerges in the controversy swirling around the albuquerque police department - a mysterious website with a title designed for shock value - stuart dyson is checking it out right now in our newsroom - stu - what's the mystery here? who's behind this thing - who started it - who named it "'did a-p-d kill today"? - for some reason that information is shrouded in layers of internet confidentiality and website security. despite the somewhat inflammatory title - "did a-p-d kill today" is actually pretty mild-,mannered and mainstream - not the burn-down-city-hall kind of thing you might expect. it tells you nobody's been killed - how many days since the last police shooting - it links you to an albuquerque journal story on the most recent one - it also lets you read the department of justice investigation letter - and it offers you a chain letter to the city council president. we traced the website to a company in orange county california called dream-host - and there's a contact number! " Thanks for calling Dreamhost - we are not available to take your call but if you'll leave a message we will call you back - is not available - please leave a message after the tone - press the pound ket to end recording." turns out dream-host is one of those web-hosting companies that helps clients develop and manage websites - while remaining anonymous if they want to. evidently that's what the owners of "did a-p-d kill today" want for themselves - anonymity while urging others to get involved and stay informed - back to you.

It’s been a big day for Twitter, with its shares picking up just over 10 percent. What caused the spike? An analyst upgrade from Nomura. The new buy rating came with a reiterated $43 price target. Twitter closed Wednesday at $33.77 per share. A report indicated that Twitter would see strong user growth in Asia in the next few years, and the company announced a nine-figure, two-year deal that could help it drive revenue growth.

Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella said the company is looking beyond the post-PC era that we’re currently in now, which is defined not by consumers and businesses being tied to a single device. Instead, the company is betting on a cloud-first, mobile-first future. But as just the third CEO of the company in nearly four decades, following Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, he will be tasked with reinventing a company best known for licensing software into one that is built around devices and services .



Microsoft had Apple in the cross hairs when it introduced the Surface Pro 3 tablet last week. Every one of Apple's tablet rivals has iPad-envy after all. What was unexpected was the degree to which Microsoft hammered its claim that the newest Surface also is meant to duke it out against Apple's popular MacBook Air laptop as well.

Apple's planned presentation at next week’s WWDC are swirling — and they’re driving up the Cupertino computing giant’s stock to highs it hasn’t seen in nearly two years. Plus, Apple’s only leading a tech stock surge that’s also seeing Facebook, LinkedIn, and others on the rise today.

Apple has just renewed its exclusive licensing deal with LiquidMetal, a fairly exotic metal alloy that behaves like plastic, and today it was granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for use of that material combined with glass displays, including those made by sapphire. The patent describes the process of bonding a display to a LiquidMetal device case, which could form the basis for a LiquidMetal-built future iPhone, iPad or iWatch.

Pfizer quit its months-long pursuit of rival AstraZeneca Monday, officially declaring it does not intend to make a new offer after the British drugmaker's rejection of its $119 billion bid last week. Pfizer had described its latest offer as final and said it would not pursue a hostile deal if AstraZeneca declined to open formal negotiations. After it was rebuffed, Pfizer went public with a $100 billion cash-and-stock offer for the company in late April.



veterans often find it difficult to transition back into civilian life after serving and in the next five years... more than one million service members are set to exit the military but there's hope for those vets! one of the worlds largest retailers is hoping to make the change from the battle ground to the home front... a little easier. Gary Profit Senior Dir. of Military Programs>> ?w0 44 ]] c2.5 g 6 [[ take sot runs=6 outq:... tc: ((ááásotááá)) :09:19: what gets me up every day is the opportunity to give back to those with whom i have had the privilege of serving gary profit was a brigadier general in the u -s army. he is now retired and the senior director of military programs at walmart. nearly a year ago - the company pledged to hire 42 thousand veterans. ?w1 46 ]] c2.5 g 10 [[ take sot runs=10 outq:... tc: ((ááásotááá)) 10:10 we know the potential and the capability is there, we just need to outreach to them and make it easier than we have so far. on wednesday - walmart - renewing that commitment-- announcing it will hire more than 100 thousand of america's heroes in five years. ?w2 46 ]] c2.5 g 19 [[ take sot runs=19 outq:... tc: ((ááásotááá)) ".....23:07:04:29 their sense of commitment, their dedication, their skills, their attributes, and the nation's investment in their leader growth and development is something that i think creates great value in them and we want them on our team 23:07:25:10......." the walmart foundation - also dedicating an additional 20 million dollars - supporting veteran employment and transition programs. ?w3 46 ]] c2.5 g 15 [[ take sot runs=15 outq:... tc: ((ááásotááá)) 10:15 what we want is these people, these great americans who have offered us so much to preserve our freedoms, to be welcomed back into our communities as productive citizens.30 it's all part of the retailer - gving back to those who have already given so much.

Algoriddim is updating its iOS app djay today with a big new feature — integration with Spotify. This is the first time djay, which the company says has been downloaded 10 million times, making it the world’s bestselling DJ app, has been connected to a streaming music service. This means users will no longer be limited to the music in their collection, and can instead access the millions of tracks in Spotify’s library.