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  • Markets Right Now: Stocks fall on fresh trade worries

    Stocks are finishing lower Friday on concerns about the progress of trade talks between the U.S. and China.

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  • Fed announces plans to provide more support for repo market

    Federal Reserve announces it will supplying infusions of cash into repo market in coming weeks

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  • Fresh US-China trade worries erase early gains for stocks

    Stocks veered lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday after reports that a Chinese delegation has cut short a visit to the U.S. fueled...

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  • Walmart to no longer sell e-cigarettes

    The retailer discontinued sales after news of mysterious illnesses.

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  • A week in, GM strike leads to talk of layoffs by suppliers

    The strike has continued for nearly a full work week.

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  • 2 Federal Reserve officials highlight deep divisions

    Two Fed officials who dissented from rate cut highlight the central bank's deep divisions

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• Sep 20

  • 1,500 Amazon employees vow to walk out in support of Global Climate Strike

    This comes a day after Jeff Bezos announced the company's new "Climate Pledge."

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • Journalists see heart of Saudi oil industry after attack

    Saudi Arabia has taken journalists to the site of a missile-and-drone strike on the kingdom's oil industry that shook global energy markets this week

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • Twitter shuts down thousands of international accounts tied to political spam

    The company revealed it suspended accounts in China, the UAE, Spain and more.

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • Rogue oil trader hits Mitsubishi unit for $320 million

    Storied trading house in Japan hit by rogue trader and $320 million in losses

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • Global stocks ending action-packed week solidly

    Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges on Friday at the end of a fairly eventful week

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • GM recalls Chevrolet small SUVs; suspension welds can break

    General Motors is recalling more than 107,000 small SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because a suspension weld can break and cause steering problems

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • US opens probe of steering problems, welds in Jeep Wranglers

    U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints of steering problems and welds in about 270,000 Jeep Wrangler SUVs made by Fiat Chrysler

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • South Korea reports more suspected swine fever cases

    South Korean is investigating two more suspected cases of African swine fever from farms near its border with North Korea, as fears grow over the...

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • China: FedEx pilot suspected of 'smuggling weapons'

    The pilot was detained Sept. 12 in the southern city of Guangzhou.

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • India cuts corporate taxes to counter slowing growth

    The Indian government has cut most corporate taxes to about 25% from 30% to help boost growth and encourage investment

    Sep 20

• Sep 20

  • Asian shares mostly higher as China cuts loan rate

    Asian shares are mostly higher after a lackluster session on Wall Street

    Sep 20

• Sep 19

  • AP Source: GM's offer to UAW would add lower-paying jobs

    A person briefed on the matter says General Motors' offer to the United Auto Workers to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Mark Zuckerberg in DC today to discuss 'future internet regulation'

    Facebook's chief has a series of closed-door meetings with policymakers in D.C.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

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    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Fed rushes to plug cash shortage in short-term loan market

    Federal Reserve injects another $75 billion into repo market to cope with spike in short-term rates

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • A FedEx pilot is detained before boarding a flight in China

    A FedEx pilot was detained in China before boarding a commercial airline flight

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Microsoft, Herman Miller gain while US Steel, Darden dip

    Microsoft, Herman Miller gain while US Steel, Darden dip

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Markets Right Now: Stocks little changed after rally wanes

    Stocks are sputtering at the close on Wall Street Thursday after an early rally fizzled.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Team sends life-saving insulin to a remote island via drone

    This could be used to deliver medicine during natural disasters and more.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Walmart CEO McMillon named Business Roundtable chairman

    The Business Roundtable selects Walmart CEO Doug McMillon as its new chairman

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Amazon vows to meet the Paris climate agreement requirements 10 years early

    CEO Jeff Bezos announced the company's new climate change efforts Thursday.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Weak manufacturing threatens consumer-fueled growth

    Manufacturers are facing stunted growth amid the damaging trade war between the U.S. and China, and that has some on Wall Street worried that it will...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Amazon vows to cut emissions to combat climate change

    Amazon vowed Thursday to cut emissions and report its greenhouse gas emissions regularly

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • President Trump says Fed Chair Powell's job is 'safe'

    Despite all his attacks on the Federal Reserve, President Trump says Fed Chairman Powell's job is safe

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • A glance at US mortgage rates: 30-year at 3.73%

    A glance at US mortgage rates: average rates climbed this week but still down from a year ago

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Average 30-year mortgage rate rose to 3.73%

    US long-term mortgage rates shot up this week, yet they stayed close to historic lows

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Airbnb says it will go public in 2020

    Home-sharing site Airbnb says it will go public in 2020

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Mortgage rates boosted US home sales 1.3% in August

    US home sales rose 1.3% in August to the highest level in 17 months

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Instagram announces new policies for promoting diet products, cosmetic procedures

    The days of influencers pushing problematic detox or diet products may be over.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • US home sales rose 1.3% in August to highest level in 17 months

    US home sales rose 1.3% in August to highest level in 17 months

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • World shares mixed following Fed's decision to cut rates

    Shares are higher in Europe after a mixed session in Asia following the Federal Reserve's decision to cut its benchmark interest rate

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Bank of England holds rates as it awaits Brexit clarity

    The Bank of England has kept its main interest rate unchanged at 0.75% as rate-setters await developments on the Brexit front

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Japan court: TEPCO execs not guilty of nuke crisis liability

    The ruling ended the only criminal trial related to the Fukushima disaster.

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Japan central bank stands pat after Fed rate cut

    Japan's central bank has opted to keep its monetary policy unchanged despite growing signs of trouble that prompted the Federal Reserve to cut its...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Tonga in national holiday to bid farewell to leader Pohiva

    Tongans in national holiday to bid farewell, mourn leader Pohiva

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Big money urges governments to tackle climate change

    A group of more than 500 major institutional investors is calling on governments to boost efforts to tackle climate change, ahead of a U.N. summit on...

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Japanese court finds 3 former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives not guilty of negligence in 2011 Fukushima meltdown

    Japanese court finds 3 former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives not guilty of negligence in 2011 Fukushima meltdown

    Sep 19

• Sep 19

  • Asian shares mixed following Fed's decision to cut rates

    Shares are mixed in Asia, with Tokyo and Sydney logging moderate gains, after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time...

    Sep 19

• Sep 18

  • The Latest: Union protesters arrested at Tennessee GM plant

    A United Auto Workers official says about seven to nine union picketers were arrested for blocking a roadway at a General Motors plant in Tennessee

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • A divided Fed reduces rates but may not cut again this year

    A divided Fed cuts its benchmark interest rate for a 2nd time but may not cut again this year

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Business Highlights

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    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Oil price drops for 2nd day despite heightened Gulf tensions

    Oil prices continued to slide even as the Saudi military blamed Iran for recent attacks to critical oil infrastructure

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday

    Major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered an expected cut in interest rates

    Sep 18

• Sep 18

  • Striking workers question whether UAW leaders can be trusted

    With corruption probe in the background, many striking UAW workers wonder whether union leaders can be trusted

    Sep 18