Author: Janna Herron, USA TODAY

Stocks were poised to open higher, buoyed by a jobs report that exceeded expectations, easing recession fears.

Workers in as many as 22 states, including California and New York, plus the District of Columbia will get higher minimum wages next year.

Stocks rebounded from losses to end the day higher. The turnaround extending gains from the previous day when the Dow surged over 1,000 points.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 is now 19.77 percent off its Sept. 20 high.A bear market is when an index falls 20 percent or more from its recent high.

Robinhood debuted its own no-fee checking and savings products that earn 3 percent, the highest in the industry.

Cash in Robinhood’s new checking and savings products that were rolled out this week is not insured bytheSecurities Investor Protection Corp.

Robinhood’s checking and savings features are not bank accounts, aren’t FDIC-insured, or protected by the SIPC. Here’s what that means.

It’s harder for a criminal to commit tax refund fraud. The number of reported tax identity theft victims through October is down, the IRS says.

The Social Security Administration this week released its cost-of-living adjustment notices online. Paper notices are also being mailed to retirees.