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  • Economic slowdown drags Union Pacific 3Q profit down 2%

    Union Pacific Corp.'s third-quarter profit dipped 2% as it hauled 8% fewer carloads of cargo

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  • Markets Right Now: Solid earnings power early stock gains

    Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street as investors applauded solid earnings from a number of U.S. companies and word that Britain had...

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  • High anxiety in Brussels: Will Brexit deal be clinched?

    After three years of tense negotiations, Britain and the European Union say they have struck an outline Brexit deal

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  • The Latest: EU's Juncker rules out another Brexit extension

    European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says there will be no extension to Britain's Oct. 31 departure from the European Union.

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  • GM strike pushed US factory output down 0.5% in September

    Striking GM workers led US factory output to tumble 0.5% in September

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  • Dubai bets billions that Expo 2020 won't be a desert mirage

    Dubai spends billions building a new city in its vast desert for Expo 2020, but can it boost the city-state's sagging economy?

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  • FedEx files $212M building permit for world hub in Tennessee

    FedEx officials confirm the company has filed a building permit for its new package sorting facility and world hub in Tennessee

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  • Southwest pushes back return of troubled Boeing Max, again

    Southwest Airlines delays return of the Boeing 737 Max, again

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  • US home construction fell 9.4% last month

    US home building fell 9.4% in September as apartment construction plummeted

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  • US home building fell 9.4% in September as apartment construction plummeted

    US home building fell 9.4% in September as apartment construction plummeted

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  • 80 injured in third night of Catalonia protests; 33 arrested

    Catalonia's separatist leader has vowed to hold a new vote to secede from Spain in less than two years as the embattled northeastern region grapples...

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  • Swiss fine commodities giant Gunvor over bribes in Africa

    Swiss authorities have ordered commodities trader Gunvor to pay nearly 94 million dollars after being convicted of failing to prevent its...

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  • Global shares rally on tentative Brexit deal

    Global markets are up after Britain and the European agreed on an outline Brexit deal after days of intense negotiations

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  • China appeals to Washington for quick end to trade war

    China appeals for quick end to US tariff war, gives no sign what more Beijing might want before carrying out promise to buy American farm goods

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• Oct 17

  • Apple economy latest casualty in strife-torn Kashmir

    Once thriving apple economy latest casualty in Indian-controlled Kashmir

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Chinese snooping tech spreads to nations vulnerable to abuse

    Huawei's facial recognition surveillance cameras are being deployed in cities worldwide, particularly in countries with poor human rights records and...

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Small Northern Irish party plays big role in Brexit talks

    The Democratic Unionist Party is a small Northern Irish political grouping with an oversized impact on the delicate Brexit negotiations.

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Warren, candidate with the answers, dodges tax hike question

    Elizabeth Warren has persistently refused to say whether middle class taxes will rise to pay for her 'Medicare for All' health care plan

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Opioid industry presses for settlement as trial looms

    Major drug distributors and manufacturers are pressing to settle thousands of claims against them related to the nation's persistent opioid crisis as...

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Asian shares mixed on caution over China-US trade deal

    Asian shares mixed on caution over China-US trade deal

    Oct 17

• Oct 16

  • Workers celebrate deal with GM, show union power in industry

    The United Auto Workers' chief bargainer says a tentative deal with General Motors represents "major gains" for 49,000 union workers who have been...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Book: Trump mulled order to close parts of VA health system

    An upcoming book says President Donald Trump was eager for changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs and toyed with issuing an executive order...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Opioid settlement talks broaden ahead of 1st federal trial

    Negotiations to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids are broadening days before opening arguments are scheduled in the first federal...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Chinese snooping tech spreads to nations vulnerable to abuse

    Huawei's facial recognition surveillance cameras are being deployed in cities worldwide, particularly in countries with poor human rights records and...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Police, protesters clash in Catalonia for 3rd night

    Rioting is gripping Barcelona and several other towns in Catalonia for a third straight night, as police fight running battles with protesters angered...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Frustration and pride in Canada after a year of legal pot

    A year after Canada became the first major nation to legalize cannabis, the weed is expensive, the selection is limited, the black market persists,...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Netflix heads into showdown with slowing subscriber growth

    Netflix subscriber growth fall below management projections for 2nd consecutive quarter with tougher competition still looming

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • CSX 3Q profit slips 4% as railroad hauls less freight

    CSX's profit declined 4% in the third quarter, but tight cost controls helped the railroad weather a 5% decline in volume

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Brexit talks inch closer to a deal ahead of summit

    The European Union and Britain were inching ever closer to a Brexit deal, with the leaders of France and Germany saying they expected an agreement...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Fed survey finds US economy being hurt by trade battles

    Federal Reserve survey finds US economy being hurt by trade battles and slowing global growth

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Brexit ignites fears of renewed violence in Northern Ireland

    The peace process ushered in by the Good Friday accord is jeopardy, under pressure as never before as negotiators try to sort out the impasse over...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Twitter: World leaders' accounts not entirely above policies

    Twitter says the accounts of world leaders are not entirely above its policies

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • The Latest: Customs, VAT issues seen holding up Brexit deal

    The European Parliament's chief Brexit official says that over the coming hours in the run-up to the EU summit "there are possibilities for an...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday

    Stocks closed with modest losses on Wall Street Wednesday as the market gave back some of its gains from the day before

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Bank of America, United Airlines gain while MGM, Adobe slip

    Bank of America, United Airlines gain while MGM, Adobe slip

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Farmers blame Trump for biofuels rule they view as betrayal

    Farmers and biofuels officials are expressing anger over a rule released by the EPA they say fails to uphold a promise President Donald Trump made 11...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • How Canada's legalization is shaping cannabis laws elsewhere

    Other nations have been paying attention in the year since Canada became the first major country, after the small South American nation of Uruguay, to...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Markets Right Now: Stocks close mostly lower on Wall Street

    Stocks are closing mostly lower on Wall Street as losses for technology and energy companies offset gains in other sectors.

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • The Latest: Spanish PM says he will stand firm amid violence

    Spanish caretaker prime minister Pedro Sánchez says authorities won't be provoked into taking drastic measures following clashes between protesters...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • US to require Chinese officials to report American contacts

    The Trump administration will soon require Chinese officials in the United States to notify the State Department ahead of any contacts they plan to...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Trump boasts that US would win tariff war with Europe

    President Donald Trump is voicing confidence that the U.S. could not lose a tariff war with the European Union as the U.S. prepares to impose trade...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Macron and Merkel try to showcase unity as Brexit looms

    President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel have sought to show unity at a meeting in southern France, as the European Union and Britain...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • GM and autoworkers union reach tentative deal

    More than a month after nearly 50,000 workers walked off their jobs, General Motors and United Auto Workers have reached a tentative deal to end the...

    Oct 16

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• Oct 16

  • AP FACT CHECK: Dems flub details on climate, guns, Syria

    AP FACT CHECK: Democrats seeking the presidency tussled in a debate packed with policy, flubbing some details in the process

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Correction: Pregnancy Discrimination story

    Correction: Pregnancy Discrimination story

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Retail worry: Will wine, cheese tariffs hurt holiday sales?

    The tariffs the Trump administration is imposing on wine, liquor and cheese from Europe couldn't come at a worse time for small retailers, just weeks...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Clarification: Ukraine-Protests story

    Clarification: Ukraine-Protests story

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Berkshire Hathaway completes sale of smaller insurance unit

    Billionaire Warren Buffett's company has completed the sale of one of its smaller insurance companies

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • General Motors and United Auto Workers union reach tentative deal

    Nearly 50,000 workers have been on strike since Sept. 16.

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Dutch farmers protest efforts to cut emissions, reduce herds

    Thousands of Dutch farmers, many driving tractors, poured into The Hague on Wednesday to protest government moves to rein in carbon and nitrogen...

    Oct 16