BERLIN (AP) — German steel company and industrial equipment maker Thyssenkrupp says it plans to split into two firms in a setup that it says will be “much more focused and efficient.” Thursday’s announcement...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are higher Thursday morning as Apple and Amazon both jump. Oil prices are bouncing back after they slipped a day ago. Banks lagged the market following Wednesday’s drop in bond yields, which...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Pending home sales slipped in August as fewer Americans signed contracts to purchase a house, the fourth decline in the past five months. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that its pending home...
Read MoreST. LOUIS (AP) — Some of the nuclear waste buried near a smoldering underground fire at a Missouri landfill will be dug up and the rest will be capped under a new federal plan. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Read MoreATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they will soon lift restrictions on domestic cash withdrawals imposed more than three years ago to prevent a bank run by depositors at the height of the country’s debt crisis....
Read MoreMILAN (AP) — Tensions surrounding the spending plans of Italy’s new populist government are weighing on the country’s stocks and bonds. Some investors appear concerned Italy will break eurozone rules to satisfy...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street, led by gains in market favorites Apple and Amazon. Apple rose 1.7 percent in...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 4.2 percent in the second quarter, the best performance in nearly four years, though economists believe growth has slowed in the current quarter partly because...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods rose at a healthy pace last month, though the increase was mostly driven by a surge in aircraft demand. The Commerce Department said Thursday that orders increased 4.5...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — US economy grew at robust 4.2 percent rate in second quarter but has likely slowed.
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