A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for northern Mills and southwestern Fremont counties in Iowa and Cass, eastern Sarpy and eastern Otoe counties in Nebraska until 3:45 p.m. Sunday. A tornado watch is in effect until 10 p.m. Sunday for southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa, including Omaha, Council Bluffs and Lincoln.
Investors hang up on new phones from Nokia and more details on Walmart's strategy to go urban. Here’s Wednesday’s Bloomberg After The Bell Report.
American Stock Exchange
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Nokia shares tumbled the most in almost three months after the introduction of two Lumia smartphones with Microsoft's new Windows 8 phone software failed to impress investors.
As for the markets, stocks fluctuated throughout the day and ended mixed after disappointing global economic data and because Fed Ex forecast an earnings decline.
Meantime, the next Walmart you see might not be a big mega store, but a smaller store. Walmart says it will open 55 neighborhood markets by the end of the year, including one in Omaha. The discounter wants to appeal to more urban consumers by creating the same low price appeal in cities as in suburbs.
Going back to school might boost your paycheck. New research shows that continuing education increases employee income and corporate productivity. Higher education online newspaper The Evolution says the connection between continuing education and higher pay is especially true in the health care field.
