July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan will keep interest rates on hold because record oil and food prices are hurting the world's second-largest economy, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas SA and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said.

The Association for Services Management International (AFSMI), the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), and the Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) announced that Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and noted author

TOKYO -- The dollar steadied against the euro and the yen on Friday, keeping gains made on data that showed signs of resilience in the US labor market and separate figures that undermined the single European currency.

Here are latest employment and earnings estimates for employees in some occupations that often receive tips. Released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the figures came out before the economy hit the skids.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama rode a wave of economic discontent to the White House and now faces the daunting task of turning the weakening U.S. economy around. Obama's...