The Labor Department issues its first estimate for the economy’s productivity in the second quarter at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Tuesday.

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Google is creating a new company to oversee its highly lucrative Internet business and a growing flock of other ventures, including some — like building self-driving cars and researching ways to prolong human life — that are known more for their ambition than for turning an immediate profit.

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Google, which Monday announced it’s reorganizing under a new parent company called “Alphabet,” is one of the biggest and best-known companies in Silicon Valley.

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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has picked up his first major labor endorsement from the nation’s largest organization of nurses.

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Google is changing its operating structure and will become part of a holding company called Alphabet.

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A national nurses union warmly welcomed Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders to Oakland on Monday, along with his message of taxing the wealthy, better health care for all, and free college tuition for students.

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As Social Security approaches its 80th birthday Friday, the federal government’s largest benefit program stands at a pivotal point in its history.

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The South Korean company behind popular mobile messenger app Kakao Talk has named a 34-year-old as CEO who will be the country’s youngest corporate boss.

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Vice Media’s digital editorial staff are joining a union — the latest in a wave of digital staffers voting to unionize.

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For years, Keurig Green Mountain provided well-paying, stable employment in Vermont, but the company has announced that the bulk of its layoffs nationwide will be in the state, and many will come from Waterbury, which is still rebuilding from Tropical Storm Irene and the loss of about 1,100 jobs four years ago.

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