NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: FedEx Corp., down $22.50 to $162.51 The shipping company said international shipping dropped in the last quarter. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, up 31 cents to...
Read MoreStocks gave up a big rally and took a dive in afternoon trading Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates again and said it plans to keep raising them next year. The market finished at its lowest level since...
Read MoreIRVINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — The New York estate built a century ago by a daughter of slaves who made her fortune selling hair care products for black women has been purchased by an organization founded by the owner of Essence...
Read MoreSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown helped his party become dominant in California politics during his eight years leading the nation’s most populous state, and less than a month before leaving office, he...
Read MoreLAS VEGAS (AP) — The chairman of the Wynn Resorts board of directors said he asked the company’s CEO and full board to appear before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission when it considers whether to grant the company a...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Affordable Care Act has yet again beaten predictions of its downfall, as government figures released Wednesday showed unexpectedly solid sign-ups for coverage next year. The Centers for Medicare and...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — A former Blackwater security contractor has been convicted of murder at his third trial in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq. Nicholas Slatten, of Sparta, Tennessee, was found guilty of...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday completed its second review of a three-year, $56 billion stand-by financing deal for Argentina. That step allows the South American country to...
Read MorePHOENIX (AP) — The governors of Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico’s Sonora state signed an agreement Wednesday to study a plan to export natural gas to Asia by connecting existing pipelines to move the fuel south to the Gulf...
Read MoreIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Missouri farmer is accused of marketing $140 million worth of non-organic corn, soybeans and wheat as organic over a 7½ year period. The U.S. attorney’s office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, charged Randy...
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