Local

• Area manufacturers learn of workforce development resources   

• Virgil R. Lowe, CFP achieves Ameriprise Private Wealth Advisor status  

National

UnitedHealth Group to buy Catamaran for about $12.8 billion

UnitedHealth Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hemsley takes part in a panel discussion titled "Getting From Care to Cure" at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California May 1, 2012. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

• Exclusive: Fidelity moves to end DuPont proxy battle-sources

Reuters Poll: Oil prices to stabilize as demand rises

Pump jacks are seen in the Midway Sunset oilfield, California, in this April 29, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

• Ford revives the Lincoln Continental, aims at U.S. and China

 International

Oil prices drop on possible Iran deal, dollar

An oil derrick is seen at a fracking site for extracting oil outside of Williston, North Dakota, in this file photo taken March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files

• Dufry details $4 billion fundraising plan for WDF buy

• South Korea picks KAI, with Lockheed, for $7.9 billion fighter jet development

• GM's Cadillac CT6 tests strategy for taking fat out of big cars

• Soros says ready to invest $1 billion in Ukraine if West helps

George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management, speaks during the session 'Recharging Europe' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Money

• Investment banks eye potential trading boost from ECB stimulus

• Exclusive: Warburg Pincus seeks $12 billion private equity fund

• Bridgepoint raises $4.4 billion for new buyout fund

 Economy

U.S. consumer spending rises modestly; savings at two-year high

Shoppers ride an escalator at a Target Store in Chicago, November 25, 2011. REUTERS/John Gress

• European, Asian shares rise, helped by Chinese stimulus

• Euro down on Greece uncertainty, rate outlook drives dollar up

• Bank of England to put banks through global slump scenario in new tests

Markets

Stock futures higher, but crude oil weakens

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

 Energy

• Rich nations' fossil fuel export funding dwarfs green spend: documents

Jack Lew to discuss China technology policy, urges market reforms

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (R) and U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, second from right, listen to a speech at the start of a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool

• U.S. coding site undergoes denial-of-service cyber attack

• China's Alibaba signs digital distribution deal with music rights group BMG

• Amazon.com expands into professional services with home marketplace

• Taiwan seeks stronger cyber security ties with U.S. to counter China threat

Japan's Sharp won't exit solar business as part of bank bailout: executive
 

A worker works along the production line of the solar cell at Shap Corp's Sakai plant in Sakai, western Japan March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Reiji Murai