- BusinessMarketWatch•3 hours ago
Half of the highest-paying jobs in America now require this skill
If terms like SQL, Python and JavaScript aren’t on your radar, employers may not be interested in hiring you. Roughly half of the jobs in the top income quartile — defined as those paying $57,000 or more per year — are in occupations that commonly require applicants to have at least some computer coding knowledge or skill, according to a recent analysis of 26 million U.S. online job postings by job market analytics firm Burning Glass and Oracle Academy, the philanthropic arm of Oracle focused on computer science education, in Redwood City, Calif. In simple terms, coders write the instructions that tell computers what to do; in-demand programming languages include SQL, Java, JavaScript, C# and
- WorldCNBC•yesterday
Japan is in striking distance of North Korea — but here's why the yen is rallying anyway
Despite Japan being a likely target of freshly erupting North Korean ire, traders still see the yen as a safe-haven play, and they're pushing the currency higher. The yen has surged, with the dollar fetching around 109 yen, having shed more than four big figures in the last month. If Washington wished to avoid military action , it should stop "recklessly" provoking Pyongyang, a separate statement from another military spokesperson said, according to the stat-run outlet.
- BusinessYahoo Finance•yesterday
Why Nordstrom is beating all of its department store competitors
Calls for the death of brick-and-mortar retail have increased as many major department stores continue to report gloomy sales performance. “Nordstrom appears to be years ahead of its peers in digital initiatives and development of its off-price concept,” according to Susquehanna’s Bill Dreher. The company’s 1.7% same-store sales growth in the second quarter bucked the trend of negative sales from peers like Macy’s (M), Kohl’s (KSS) and JC Penney (JCP).
