NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Bank of America Corp., up 21 cents to $29.26 Financial stocks bucked the overall downward trend in the market and rose along with bond yields, which...
Read MoreStocks closed slightly lower Friday and bond yields rose after a surprisingly strong government jobs report raised doubts about whether the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates later this month. The Labor Department...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Economist Judy Shelton, tapped by President Donald Trump for a seat on the Federal Reserve board, says she does not favor credit tightening by the Federal Reserve that would harm investors. In a CNBC interview...
Read MoreLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Jim Beam storage warehouse that burned down, destroying 45,000 barrels of aging whiskey, was equipped with sprinklers and was insured, the company says. Meanwhile, the famed distiller is still assessing...
Read MoreTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran should consider seizing a British oil tanker in response to authorities detaining an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, a former leader of the Islamic Republic’s powerful Revolutionary...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising an executive order that he says is intended to enable the U.S. government to pay lower prices for prescription drugs. Trump says his administration soon would announce a...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he is “very seriously” considering an executive order to try to force the inclusion of a citizenship question as part of the 2020 Census. Speaking to reporters as...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s business entities sued a New York City licensing firm, claiming it cheated the companies as part of a “colossal accounting scandal.” The lawsuit accuses Iconix Brand Group Inc. of lying...
Read MoreMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian think tank with links to an infamous troll farm says that two of its employees have been detained in Libya. The Foundation for the Protection of Traditional Values said in a statement Friday that its...
Read MoreNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Fifteen Kenyan families of people killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia in March on Friday rejected a proposal by Boeing to compensate them, saying they will pursue their claims in court. “So far our...
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