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  • Global stocks gain after Wall Street rise

    Global stocks have risen after Wall Street gained as investors look ahead to this week's gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

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• Aug 21

  • BHP Billiton returns to black with $6.7 billion profit

    Anglo-Australian miner, BHP Billiton, has reported a return to black with a $6.7 billion annual profit a year after the company's worst ever full-year...

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street gains

    Asian stocks were mixed after Wall Street gained as investors looked ahead to this week's gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Boeing, Northrop get contracts for nuclear missile work

    Air Force picks Boeing and Northrop to continue work on long-range nuclear missile program

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Macy's names senior eBay executive as president

    Macy's names senior eBay executive as president; further streamlines its organization to make it more nimble.

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Business Highlights

    Business Highlights

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • How major US stock market indexes fared Monday

    U.S. stock indexes inched higher Monday, as the Standard & Poor's 500 index steadied following back-to-back losses the last two weeks

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Interest rates mixed at US Treasury weekly auction

    Interest rates on US Treasury bills mixed at weekly auction with 3-month bills declining

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Francesca's and Apache skid while Herbalife and Fiat rise

    Francesca's and Apache slide as Herbalife and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles advance

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Markets Right Now: US stocks eke out meager gains

    US stocks eke out meager gains as market stabilizes following two weeks of declines in the S&P 500 index.

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Grain lower, livestock lower

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

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them?

    In a pro-Trump county gripped by addiction and despair, the president's supporters now have differing degrees of faith that he can help turn things...

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Walmart expands grocery service with Uber to 2 more markets

    Walmart expands grocery service with ride-hailing service Uber to 2 more markets as it steps up its game against online leader Amazon.com

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Get Started: FBI warns of spreading W-2 email theft scheme

    The IRS is warning of a sharp increase in email phishing scams involving employees' W-2 forms _ scams that can put staffers' Social Security numbers...

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Sempra Energy bids $9.45B for Oncor, topping Buffett offer

    Sempra Energy says it's buying Texas power transmitter Oncor for $9.45B in cash, wresting it away from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Grain lower, livestock mixed

    Wheat, corn, oats and soybeans lower on the CBOT. Beef mixed and pork lower on the CME

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Herbalife held unsuccessful sale talks

    Herbalife says it was recently in talks with a financial institution to become a private company, but those discussions ended last week

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Battling demons in a community looking to Trump for change

    Residents battle addiction in a desperate community looking to Trump for change.

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them?

    In a pro-Trump county gripped by addiction and despair, the president's supporters now have differing degrees of faith that he can help turn things...

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Sempra Energy bids $9.45B for Oncor, topping Buffett offer

    Sempra Energy says it's buying Texas power transmitter Oncor for $9.45B in cash, wresting it away from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Korea tensions keep a lid on global markets

    World stocks are mostly lower as joint U.S. and South Korean military drills keep markets on edge and investors await a key meeting of central bankers...

    Aug 21

• Aug 21

  • Asian shares mixed ahead of Korean drills, banker meeting

    Asian stocks are mixed as investors monitored joint military drills between U.S. and South Korean forces and awaited a key meeting of central bankers...

    Aug 21

• Aug 20

  • Insider Q&A: General Motors learning the rental business

    Insider Q&A: General Motors learns the rental business _ and sees rapid growth _ with Maven

    Aug 20

• Aug 18

  • Icahn steps down as unofficial Trump adviser

    President Donald Trump is losing another informal adviser: billionaire investor Carl Icahn

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Business Highlights

    Business Highlights

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • How major US stock market indexes fared Friday

    US stocks slumped in the final minutes of trading Friday and ended a rough week with more losses

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • A midday rally fades as sporting goods stocks are penalized

    US stocks can't maintain a midday rally and finish lower as sporting goods companies sink following disappointing results from Foot Locker and Hibbett...

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Foot Locker and Deere slide while Estee Lauder jumps

    Foot Locker and Deere trade lower while Estee Lauder and Calpine climb

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • A sports rout on Wall Street

    Sporting goods retailers can't shake their losing streak

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Grain mostly higher, livestock mixed

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

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Markets Right Now: Health care, retailers weigh on US stocks

    Stocks closed slightly lower on Wall Street after a midday rally ran out of gas.

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • US rig count decreases by 3 this week to 946

    The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. decreased by 3 this week to 946

    Aug 18

• Solar Eclipse

  Aug 18

  • Businesses offer stellar specials for total solar eclipse

    Businesses are offering some sweet eclipse-inspired treats this weekend.

    Solar Eclipse

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • 11 US states added jobs in July

    11 US states added jobs in July, unemployment rate tumbled to record lows in 2 states

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Grain higher, livestock lower

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

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Geopolitical uncertainty stalks markets after Spain attacks

    World stock markets slide as U.S. political upsets, Spain terror attack batter global investor sentiment

    Aug 18

• Aug 18

  • Indian IT company Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigns

    Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigns following differences with company's founders

    Aug 18

• Aug 17

  • Asian shares slide as Wall Street fall, Spain attack weigh

    Asian shares slide, tracking big losses on Wall Street amid U.S. political turmoil, deadly Spain attack

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • 3 pension funds sue 6 big banks over stock-lending business

    3 public pension funds sue six Wall Street banks over stock-lending business

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Regulators propose $183M settlement with student loan firm

    Regulators propose $183.3 million settlement with a student loan company

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Business Highlights

    Business Highlights

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • How major US stock market indexes fared Thursday

    US stocks dropped Thursday as losses for Cisco Systems hurt technology companies while Wal-Mart declined after its latest quarterly report

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Wal-Mart Stores, L Brands and Cisco Systems skid

    Wal-Mart Stores, L Brands and Cisco Systems decline while Alibaba rises

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Markets Right Now: Stocks have their 2nd worst fall of 2017

    Stocks slide, leaving the market with its 2nd-biggest decline of the year

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Grain lower, livestock higher

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

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Better than expected, barely good enough: Profits and stocks

    Companies are in the midst of reporting some of their strongest profit growth in years, and the results have been even better than analysts expected

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Average US mortgage rates edge lower; 30-year at 3.89 pct

    Average long-term US mortgage rates edged lower this week. The rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages slipped to 3.89 percent from 3.90 percent last...

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • JetBlue says crew members sickened by nail polish remover

    Two crew members become ill during JetBlue flight; the airline blames fumes from nail polish remover

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Average US mortgage rates edge lower; 30-year at 3.89 pct.

    Average US mortgage rates edge lower this week; 30-year at 3.89 pct.

    Aug 17

• Aug 17

  • Walmart's online sales soar as it seeks to catch Amazon

    Walmart's online sales soar 60 percent as it seeks to fend off Amazon

    Aug 17