Economy News

September 25, 2017

US-backed forces say Russia attacked them in eastern Syria

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria say Russia bombed their positions on Monday in a major natural gas field they recently ...

September 25, 2017

AP to enhance fact checks with $245,000 from Knight

The Associated Press is joining with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to expand its fact-checking efforts and ...

September 25, 2017

Convicted Craigslist killer appeals death sentence

A man convicted of killing three down-and-out men lured by bogus Craigslist job offers is appealing his death sentence to ...

September 25, 2017

Graft accusations made against Chinese insurance regulator

A corruption case against China's former insurance regulator, the highest-ranking figure in Chinese finance to be snared in ...

September 24, 2017

Anti-govt pastor in Zimbabwe arrested for video of shortages

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested an anti-government pastor after he circulated videos highlighting the country's worsening ...

September 24, 2017

Price to stop private plane use on business during review

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Saturday he will stop flying private planes on official business while an ...

September 23, 2017

Oversight panel: Nuclear lab workers violated safety rules

A national laboratory's workers producing a shell for a triggering device for nuclear weapons violated safety rules in August ...

September 23, 2017

Facebook nixes plan for new stock class ahead of court fight

Mark Zuckerberg said Friday that Facebook is withdrawing plans to create a new class of stock that would have let him keep ...

September 23, 2017

Investigators reviewing HHS chief's private charter flights

Federal investigators are examining Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price's recent use of costly charter flights on ...

September 22, 2017

Hurricane pushes long-suffering Puerto Rico to the edge

A tired and discouraged Rosa Maria Almonte cleaned steel pots with bleach inside her darkened cafe as her daughter cooked up ...

September 22, 2017

Not home? Walmart wants to walk in and stock your fridge

Would you be OK with letting a stranger into your house for the sake of convenience? Walmart is testing the idea with a new ...

September 22, 2017

LL Bean publishes outdoors ad only visible in the sunlight

If you want to see L.L. Bean's new ad, you're going to have to step outdoors. The company took its mission to get people ...

September 22, 2017

China criticizes S&P credit rating cut as 'wrong decision'

China's Finance Ministry on Friday criticized the cut in the Standard & Poor's rating agency's credit rating on Chinese ...

September 22, 2017

The Latest: S&P cuts Hong Kong rating after cutting China's

The Latest on Standard & Poor's cutting credit ratings for China (all times local): 12:30 p.m. The Standard & Poor's rating ...

September 22, 2017

SEC under fire for being hacked despite warnings on security

The Securities and Exchange Commission waited until Wednesday to disclose a hack of its corporate filing system that occurred ...

September 21, 2017

Original Trix, made with artificial colors, is coming back

Trix is back to its old tricks: The colorful cereal will once again be made with artificial dyes and flavors, nearly two ...

September 21, 2017

Federal employees ordered to attend anti-leaking classes

Employees at the Environmental Protection Agency are attending mandatory training sessions this week to reinforce their ...

September 21, 2017

Surging stock market powers US wealth to $96.2 trillion

A healthy gain in the stock market and steadily increasing home prices boosted Americans' household wealth this spring, a ...

September 21, 2017

Bangladesh truck carrying Rohingya Muslim aid crashes; 9 die

A truck filled with aid for Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh veered off a road and fell into a ditch Thursday morning, ...