United Airlines Tumbles After Social-Media Storm…

United Continental Holdings Inc. tumbled early Tuesday as outrage on social media over the removal of a passenger from a flight spread across the globe.The stock dropped as much as 6.3 percent before paring the loss and trading 2.7 percent lower at 7:27 a.m. in New York.Officers pulled a passenger from a flight to Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday evening after he refused to give up his seat and dragged him down the aisle as travelers yelled at them to stop. A recording of the incident posted on social media sent people into a rage over the carrier’s heavy-handed response. By Tuesday in China, the incident became a talking point in publications and social media. The hashtag #UnitedForcesPassengerOffPlane was the top…
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Masters 2017 LIVE UPDATES & ANALYSIS…

With Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia, both looking for their first Masters title, tied atop the leaderboard at 6 under after three rounds, the 2017 Masters heads into its final round Sunday, April 9, 2017, at Augusta National Golf Club with the season’s first major championship up for grabs. Everyone is on the course! Follow along here for updates and the up-to-the-minute leaderboard as the world’s best golfers (minus Dustin Johnson) battle for a green jacket — and history. Birdie. Birdie. Birdie. Justin Rose is now tied for the lead at -8. #themasters pic.twitter.com/g28lf1VhrQ — GOLFonCBS (@GOLFonCBS) April 9, 2017 4:42 p.m. With three consecutive birdies — while Sergio Garcia makes tree pars — Justin Rose moves into a tie for the…
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Pace of US hiring tumbles, yet…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. jobs report for March delivered a mixed message Friday as hiring fell to its weakest pace in nearly a year. Yet at the same time, the unemployment rate reached the lowest level in nearly a decade. Employers added just 98,000 jobs, the Labor Department said. That was barely half the previous month’s gain and a potential sign of weakening growth. Yet economists largely downplayed the drop, attributing much of it to a snowstorm that hit the Midwest and Northeast just as the government was compiling its hiring data. The steady job market has been a pillar of a resilient U.S. economy, and most analysts expect hiring to return to a pace closer to 178,000, the average…
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