WASHINGTON (AP) — In a shift from just a few months ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is worried that too-low inflation could persist for a while — and undercut the U.S. economy. Powell’s concern is a key reason...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates were mostly unchanged this week amid signals from the Federal Reserve that it is preparing to cut interest rates soon. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average...
Read MoreThe Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed above 27,000 for the first time after a turbulent day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 also hit a closing high milestone of its own Thursday, a day after its first move above 3,000. Steep...
Read MoreRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two mobile home residents in North Carolina were hit with eviction notices Thursday, shortly after complaining to The Associated Press about spikes in their monthly lot rental. The notices from Florida-based...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: CVS Health Corp., up $2.59 to $57.97. The White House withdrew a plan that would have allowed patients to receive rebates that drugmakers now pay to...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on Twitter outage (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Twitter says “an internal configuration change” is responsible for an outage that lasted for about an hour. Thursday’s outage began...
Read MoreSEATTLE (AP) — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch’s powerful network that’s known for influencing state policy is now targeting education issues like school choice as the movement battles a new wave of hostility...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s conference on social media (all times local): 4 p.m. President Donald Trump says social media allows messages to be sent directly to the people without going through...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter was down for about an hour Thursday in an outage that appeared to affect users around the world. The company blamed “an internal configuration change.” The outage began before noon PT;...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Ford and Volkswagen are planning to unveil details about their budding alliance to build mobility services and autonomous and electric vehicles. Executives from both companies are planning to reveal details...
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