Washington Post: As the U.S. economy adds jobs, more workers holding on to their cash

By Chico Harlan and Jim Tankersley

The United States is adding jobs at its best pace in two decades, new government data showed Friday, with a 12-month hiring spree that has trimmed the unemployment rate to its lowest since the Great Recession.

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WSJ: ECB Raises Economic Forecasts for Eurozone Ahead of Stimulus Program

By BRIAN BLACKSTONE

The European Central Bank raised its economic forecasts for this year and next in a sign of confidence that Europe—one of the global economy’s trouble spots in recent years—is gaining strength as the bank launches a €1 trillion-plus ($1.1 trillion) stimulus package.

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When to Tell Your Employees to Stay Home

By Karen Firestone

When I sat at my computer last week, trying to write out a policy explaining under what extreme circumstances we might need to close our office and how we would define our work schedule on days when people might not be able to get to the office, I thought back to a situation several years ago.

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WSJ: Economy’s Supply Side Sputters

By GREG IP

After years of worrying about demand not growing, we now have a problem on the other side of the coin.

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CNBC: Is a June rate hike coming? Traders say one thing, economists another

Alex Rosenberg | @CNBCAlex

There’s a major debate brewing in the financial markets, and it concerns the most important potential event of the year for stocks and bonds alike: the timing of a Federal Reserve rate hike.

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WSJ: Tech Leads the Way as Nasdaq Climbs

By CORRIE DRIEBUSCH and DAN STRUMPF

The Nasdaq Composite Index rose to a fresh 15-year high, propelled by something that was noticeably absent in the dot-com bubble: earnings.

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Squawk Box: It's a Stock Picker's Market

Karen Firestone says the Fed will likely hold off on hiking rates and shares her top portfolio plays.

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WSJ: Small-Cap Stocks Gain as Large-Caps Falter

2014 was a year for large-cap stocks, as the S&P 500 outperformed the Russell 2000 by almost 8%. However, investors are becoming more confident in small U.S. companies for 2015 as the Russell is down only 0.7% over the last three months.

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WSJ: How a Two-Tier Economy Is Reshaping the U.S. Marketplace

By NICK TIMIRAOS and KRIS HUDSON

The trend in income disparity in the US is widening and has dramatic implication for which businesses serving consumers will prosper and which are destined to fail.

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