Category Archives: Business News
US stocks rally to records on hopes for cuts to interest rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied to records on Tuesday after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expe...
Aug 12, 2025
US inflation held steady last month as tariff hit offset by cheaper gas, food
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. inflation was unchanged in July as rising prices for some imported goods were balanced by falling gas and grocery prices, leaving over...
Aug 12, 2025
Wall Street clocks another winning week
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market's third winning week in the last four and another milestone. T...
Aug 08, 2025
Wall Street drifts as stock markets worldwide take Trump's new tariffs in stride
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Thursday as President Donald Trump's tariffs taking effect on dozens of countries had only a muted effect on ma...
Aug 07, 2025
US stocks slip following the latest discouraging signal on the economy
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes slipped on Tuesday following the latest discouraging signal on the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, coming off a whipsaw stre...
Aug 05, 2025
Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donal...
Aug 04, 2025
Trump seeks to fire official overseeing jobs data after weak employment report
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report show...
Aug 01, 2025
Trump announces 90-day negotiating period with Mexico as 25% tariff rates stay in place
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will enter a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico over trade as 25% tariff rates stay in place, President Donald Trump said Thursday....
Jul 31, 2025
Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation WriterOMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in t...
Jul 29, 2025
US stocks hit more records following US-Japan trade deal
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks set more records on Wednesday following a trade deal between the world's No. 1 and No. 4 economies, one that would lower proposed tariffs on...
Jul 23, 2025