Category Archives: Business News
US stocks hang near their record as Wall Street takes a breath following two big days
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high on Wednesday as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Ir...
Jun 25, 2025
Stocks rally and oil tumbles as Wall Street hopes for a limited retaliation after US strikes on Iran
By STAN CHOE, ELAINE KURTENBACH and BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rallied, and the price of oil tumbled Monday on hopes that Iran will not disrupt the global flow of c...
Jun 23, 2025
Stocks slump and oil prices jump as Trump urges Iran's unconditional surrender
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks slumped on Tuesday under the weight of another jump for the price of oil. It was a return to formfor financial markets after Wall Street's worries about Israel's fighting w...
Jun 17, 2025
Wall Street recovers from Friday's shock as US stocks rise and oil prices ease
NEW YORK (AP) - Calm returned to Wall Street on Monday, and U.S. stocks rose, while oil prices gave back some of their initial spurts following Israel's attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets ...
Jun 16, 2025
US egg prices fall for the first time in months but remain near record highs
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business WriterU.S. retail egg prices fell in April from the record-high prices they hit earlier this year, according to government data released Tuesday.The average pri...
May 13, 2025
Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump's demands to lower borrowing costs,...
May 07, 2025
Stocks rally worldwide after Trump eases some of his tariffs on electronics, for now
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising worldwide Monday after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond m...
Apr 14, 2025
Trump team tries to project confidence and calm after his tariff moves rattled markets
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Trump administration officials were out in force across the television networks Sunday defending President Donald Trump's economic policies after another...
Apr 13, 2025
Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated PressWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of ...
Apr 06, 2025
Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump's tariffs cause a COVID-like shock
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID's outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage ...
Apr 03, 2025