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  • FedEx profit falls 17 percent, hurt by TNT cyberattack

    FedEx said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt by a cyberattack at its TNT Express business earlier in the summer that caused...

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  • Toys R Us joins bankruptcy list as Amazon exerts influence

    Toys R Us joins list of retailers in bankruptcy as Amazon exerts influence

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• Sep 19

  • Retail chains filing for bankruptcy protection in 2017

    Toys R Us joins the growing list of retail chains seeking bankruptcy protection in 2017

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Business Highlights

    Business Highlights

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Slight gains in US stocks lift Dow, S&P, Nasdaq to new highs

    Wall Street capped a day of mostly listless trading with a slight gain, good enough to lift the major U.S. stock indexes to another set of all-time...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • How major US stock market indexes fared Tuesday

    The major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly higher Tuesday, eking out enough of a gain to lift them to more record highs

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Harvard's endowment CEO disappointed with 8.1 percent gain

    The chief of Harvard University's endowment says he's disappointed with the school's latest investment results

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Ford cutting North American production as demand slips

    Ford cutting production at five North American plants as demand slips

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Bob Evans and Progressive rise; Rite Aid and Centene skid

    Bob Evans Farms and Progressive climb while Rite Aid and Centene decline

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Best Buy shares down as it offers muted profit goals

    Best Buy's shares down as electronics chain offers muted profit goals.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Markets Right Now: Banks, tech stocks lead indexes higher

    U.S. stocks posted slight gains on Wall Street, enough to send major indexes to more record highs

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Grain mostly higher, livestock higher

    Wheat, corn, soybeans lower, oats higher on the CBOT; beef and pork higher on the CME.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Walgreens, Rite Aid trim store purchase deal to $4.38B

    Walgreens and Rite Aid have finally devised a deal between the nation's largest and third-largest drugstore chains that will get past antitrust...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Fiat Chrysler recalling 494,417 Ram trucks for safety issue

    Fiat Chrysler is recalling almost half a million Ram heavy-duty pickups and medium-duty trucks because their water pumps could be defective

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Review: Glitzy iPhone X aside, the iPhone 8 is fine for most

    The iPhone X might make your friends envious, but the iPhone 8 is the model for the masses _ similar to flying coach rather than first class

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • US housing starts fall 0.8 pct., a 2nd straight monthly drop

    US housing starts fell 0.8 percent in August, second straight monthly decline

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Post Holdings buying Bob Evans Farms in $1.53B deal

    Post Holdings is buying Bob Evans Farms in a transaction valued at $1.53 billion that will give access to the company's refrigerated sides business

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • US current account deficit hits $123.1 billion

    US current account trade deficit rises to $123.1 billion in spring, largest gap since 2008

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • US housing starts fell 0.8 percent in August, second straight monthly decline

    US housing starts fell 0.8 percent in August, second straight monthly decline

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • US current account trade deficit rises to $123.1 billion in spring, largest gap since 2008

    US current account trade deficit rises to $123.1 billion in spring, largest gap since 2008

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Global shares drift as investors pause ahead of Fed

    Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday as investors paused for breath a day after U.S. stock markets struck a record high and...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Asian shares mixed as Nikkei rises on yen, muted elsewhere

    Asian shares are mixed as investors await comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve

    Sep 19

• Sep 18

  • Business Highlights

    Business Highlights

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • How major US stock market indexes fared Monday

    U.S. stocks closed modestly higher, led by banks and other financial companies. The latest gains nudged the Standard & Poor's 500 index and Dow Jones...

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Indiana nursing home company sues former executives

    Indiana nursing home management firm sues former executives who've been charged with embezzling more than $16 million from the company

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Orbital ATK and CF Industries jump while Hasbro skids

    Orbital ATK and CF Industries Holdings climb while Hasbro and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries fall

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Markets Right Now: Banks, tech lead gains for us stocks

    Banks and other financial companies led stocks modestly higher, extending the market's gains from last week.

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • CFPB fines student loan holder, debt collector

    The federal government has fined two groups it says illegally attempted to collect student loan debt and prohibited them from further action on...

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Kushner company buying apartment complex near Princeton, NJ

    The real estate company owned by the family of Jared Kushner is expanding its garden apartments business with the purchase of a 1,032-unit complex...

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Fed likely to pare its bond portfolio even with outlook hazy

    Fed likely to begin paring its bond portfolio at time of uncertainty about its own leadership

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Grains slightly higher. Livestock higher

    Wheat, corn, oats and soybeans all higher on the CBOT. Beef higher and pork higher on the CME

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • US homebuilder sentiment falls in September

    U.S. homebuilders are feeling less optimistic about their sales prospects, reflecting concerns that rebuilding efforts following hurricanes Harvey and...

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Another major deal in defense sector as global tensions rise

    Defense company Northrop Grumman is buying Orbital ATK for about $7.8 billion

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • GM workers go on strike at Canadian SUV factory

    About 2,500 workers at a General Motors factory in Canada that makes the Chevrolet Equinox SUV are on strike in a dispute over job security

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Ford and Mahindra Group looking to team up

    Ford and Mahindra Group are looking to team up to help each company strengthen their position outside their respective countries

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Global markets edge up ahead of Trump speech, Fed meeting

    Global stock markets have risen ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the United...

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • This Week: Housing starts, Fed meeting, CarMax earnings

    This Week: Housing starts, Fed meeting, CarMax earnings

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Asian markets rise ahead of Trump speech, Fed meeting

    Asian stock markets have risen ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and President Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations

    Sep 18

• Sep 15

  • Business Highlights

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    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • S&P 500 tops 2,500 mark as tech and bank stocks climb

    US stocks set records as banks and technology companies make further gains

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • How major US stock market indexes fared Friday

    US stocks edged higher Friday as technology companies and banks rose

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • Genworth Financial and Intel rise as Oracle slides

    Genworth Financial and Intel rise while Oracle and Equifax move lower

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • Doubts arise on whether corporate tax cut would boost growth

    Would a corporate tax cut deliver a boost for economy? Many have doubts

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • Markets Right Now: Dow, S&P 500 notch record highs

    Stocks are closing at more record highs on Wall Street as technology and industrial companies and banks post gains.

    Sep 15

• Climate Change

  Sep 15

  • Environmentalists get win in US coal-climate change lawsuit

    Court questions longstanding US government argument that blocking certain coal leases won't affect climate change because the coal could simply be...

    Climate Change

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • Bitcoin ... the way to the future or path to financial ruin?

    If you bought bitcoin a year ago you'd be richer for it but if you bought this month, it might spell disaster

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • Grain mixed, livestock higher

    Wheat, corn higher, oats and soybeans lower on the CBOT; beef higher and pork higher on the CME.

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • McDonald's to switch out Happy Meal apple juice

    The Happy Meal is getting a new apple juice

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • US rig count drops by 8 this week to 936

    The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. fell by eight this week to 936

    Sep 15

• Sep 15

  • Macy's trims holiday hires by nearly 4 percent

    Macy's ups hiring to handle surging online orders for the holidays, but overall hiring is down

    Sep 15