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WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time the U.S. unemployment rate was roughly as low as the 3.7 percent it is now — December 1969 — the economy was overheating, inflation was spiking and a short recession soon followed. Could that...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. U.S. stocks are opening higher while bond prices are falling again after the Labor Department said the economy continues to add jobs at...

BERLIN (AP) — The German government is calling on automakers to pay for upgrades to diesel vehicles with excessively high emissions, as part of a deal to avert driving bans next year. A spokesman for the environment ministry...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla says it recorded one accident for every 3.34 million miles driven in the third quarter when the autopilot was engaged on its vehicles. That rises to 1.92 million when autopilot is not on. It’s the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The appearance of a Facebook executive behind Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during recent and contentious hearings has created some rifts at the company. Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president for...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September — the lowest level since December 1969 — while hiring slowed. Employers added just 134,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, the Labor Department said...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Record imports drove the U.S. trade deficit up for the third straight month in August. The deficit in the trade of goods with China and Mexico hit records. The Commerce Department said Friday that the trade gap...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Trump’s import taxes, US trade gap rises for third straight month to $53.2 billion in August.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US unemployment rate fell in September to 49-year low of 3.7 percent amid steady hiring.