Business

The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs in September as the unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent. A new jobs report for September released on Tuesday "showed the economic recovery continues to be sluggish and many economists warn that the constant fiscal fights in Washington only threaten to make the situation worse," Politico reported.

Transit workers in the Bay Area of California went on strike on Friday for the second time in three months, CNN reported. The strike has shut down the country's fifth-largest train system, and is expected to affect about 400,000 northern California commuters

Muscle Pharm, a sports supplement company owned in part by movie star and the former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission