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The partial federal government shutdown is complicating the already complicated process of getting and managing a mortgage. For one thing, the political storm is like severe weather at a major airport: You can expect minor...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices slipped 0.1 percent last month, pulled down by sharply lower gas prices and cheaper air fares, used cars, and mobile phone plans. The consumer price index rose just 1.9 percent in December from...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says changes are coming in the way that the U.S. handles temporary H1-B visas, which allow American companies to bring high-tech and other skilled workers into the U.S. from abroad. Trump...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares in video game publisher Activision fell more than 9 percent in premarket trading, a day after an announcement that its eight-year partnership with game developer Bungie was ending. In the companies’...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors strengthened its pretax profit estimate for 2018 and predicted even stronger performance for 2019 as it executives made a presentation to investors on Friday. CEO Mary Barra also says the company...

WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumer prices slid 0.1 percent in December as gas prices plunged.

BERLIN (AP) — The German version of the news and views website HuffPost is shutting down after more than five years. German publisher BurdaForward said Friday that HuffPost Deutschland will cease operations on March 31....

SENLIS, France (AP) — The roundabout outside Senlis in the northern Oise region close to the busiest of France’s highways is more than just asphalt with cars and trucks circling around it. With its makeshift grocery, camp...

BERLIN (AP) — A German labor union is calling on security staff at Frankfurt airport to go on strike next week in a dispute over pay. The ver.di union said Friday that workers should walk out at Germany’s biggest airport...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Finance Ministry says it will start buying foreign currency on the open market next week, five months after purchases were suspended to support the ruble. The ministry says that 265.8 billion rubles ($4...