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October 16, 2019

Lawmakers: Tech giants have given some of documents sought

Lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech say they've received part of the information they requested from ...

October 16, 2019

After ending protests, Ecuador faces dire economic outlook

President Lenín Moreno survived the toughest political crisis of his presidency by negotiating an end to indigenous ...

October 15, 2019

Millennial Money: Surprising tricks for your credit cards

Credit cards are daily payment tools for many Americans, but yours probably also has unintended tactical uses you never ...

October 15, 2019

China tempers hopes about US tariff truce

A truce in a U.S.-Chinese tariff war and Beijing's promises to open more of its state-dominated economy are raising investor ...

October 15, 2019

Ecuador crisis weakens president, strengthens indigenous

Thousands of indigenous demonstrators, student volunteers and local residents launched a mass cleanup Monday of a Quito park ...

October 14, 2019

China's trade with US shrinks again in September

China's trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war that threatens to tip the ...

October 14, 2019

The Latest: UK parliamentary pomp is overshadowed by Brexit

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 9:15 a.m. Britain is getting out an ornate royal carriage and a diamond-studded crown ...

October 14, 2019

Ecuador indigenous, president strike deal to end protests

Ecuador celebrated a deal President Lenín Moreno and indigenous leaders struck late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity ...

October 13, 2019

Tunisia polls suggest conservative professor wins election

A conservative, Islamist-backed law professor looked set to assume Tunisia's presidency after polling agencies suggested he ...

October 13, 2019

President orders army onto streets of Ecuadorian capital

Ecuador's army took to the streets after President Lenín Moreno ordered the first 24-hour curfew in decades in response to ...

October 13, 2019

The Latest: Ecuador's president offers some concessions

The Latest on Ecuador's political crisis (all times local): 10:25 p.m. President Lenín Moreno has announced some possible ...

October 12, 2019

Tunisia: Post-debate handshake hailed as pro-democracy sign

A media mogul and a former law professor who are vying to be Tunisia's next president sparred during a televised debate over ...

October 12, 2019

Companies welcome US-China trade truce, warn disputes remain

Companies have welcomed a U.S.-Chinese trade truce as a possible step toward breaking a deadlock in a 15-month-old tariff ...

October 12, 2019

Visa, Mastercard shun Facebook's Libra digital currency plan

Visa and Mastercard on Friday announced their departure from Facebook's Libra project, a major setback to the social ...

October 11, 2019

Fed plans more Treasury purchases to control lending rates

The Federal Reserve said Friday that it will buy short-term Treasury bills each month until the second quarter of 2020 to ...

October 11, 2019

Has your newborn's identity already been stolen?

Imagine discovering that your newborn's brand new Social Security number has already been used to construct what Eva ...

October 10, 2019

Fed approves rules loosening Dodd-Frank bank restrictions

The Federal Reserve is easing restrictions imposed on banks following the 2008 financial crisis, giving a victory to the ...

October 10, 2019

Cuba's historical generation leaves top legislative body

Cuba's top legislative body will no longer include members of the country's historical generation of former rebels, part of ...

October 10, 2019

European Central Bank minority opposed bond-buying stimulus

European Central Bank policymakers haggled extensively over several parts of the stimulus package unveiled at their meeting ...