Nicola Sturgeon attacks UK government's spending cuts

Nicola Sturgeon has attacked the “scale and speed” of government spending cuts, while pledging that the Scottish government will campaign for the UK to stay in the EU.

Hiring Probably Limited by Slowing Growth: U.S. Economy Preview

The pace of hiring in July probably failed to reduce the U.S. jobless rate, which has been stuck above 8 percent for more than three years, economists said before a report this week.