US retail sales up a healthy 0.5 percent in July as consumers spend more at auto dealers and restaurants
WASHINGTON (AP) — US retail sales up a healthy 0.5 percent in July as consumers spend more at auto dealers and restaurants.
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Ford to spend roughly $740M on Detroit redevelopment plans
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to spend roughly $740 million renovating Detroit’s long vacant train depot and redeveloping other area properties for research and development of self-driving vehicles . The...
Read MoreDutch air traffic control problem grounds Schiphol flights
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A problem with an air traffic control communications system has briefly halted all flights to and from Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport. The airport reported early Wednesday afternoon that...
Read MoreMorning Call: Global stocks and commodities fall on growth concerns; Sep E-mini S&Ps down -0.55%; China’s Shanghai Composite down -2.08%; Dollar index up +0.15% to a 13-1/2 month high.
Overnight Markets and NewsSep E-mini S&Ps (ESU18 -0.61%) this morning are down -0.55% and European stocks are down -0.77% as global stocks and commodities slide on concern the China/U.S. trade spat and financial turmoil in...
Read MoreDeath toll hits 39 in Italy bridge collapse; blame begins
GENOA, Italy (AP) — Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at least 39...
Read MoreDanes to fence German border to stop boars with swine fever
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark will erect a 70-kilometer (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to stop wild boars from crossing, in the hope of preventing the spread of African swine fever, which can jeopardize the...
Read MoreThe Latest: Turkey’s new tariffs on US worth $533 million
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on Turkey’s currency crisis (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Turkey’s trade minister says increased tariffs have been imposed on 22 types of produce and goods imported from the United...
Read MoreHow US Fed is unintentionally squeezing developing economies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is blaming the United States for Turkey’s financial crisis, ignoring homegrown problems like high debts, raging inflation and his own erratic policies. Yet one of the...
Read MoreBritain: No Brexit deal would be “a huge strategic mistake”
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Wednesday it would be “a huge strategic mistake” if no deal is struck before Britain leaves the European Union in March — as his Latvian...
Read MoreEdmunds picks 6 used luxury vehicles under $36K
The average transaction price for new vehicles has been hovering above $35,000 this year, and briefly broke $36,000 at the end of 2017. But instead of buying a new vehicle, what if you took that money and applied it to...
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