NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is expanding the baby products it sells at stores beyond clothing as the department store joins the many other chains trying to claim some of the Babies R Us sales up for grabs. The Plano, Texas-based...
Read MoreRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The federal judge managing a series of North Carolina lawsuits accusing the world’s largest pork company of creating nuisances for rural neighbors is being temporarily replaced. The order replacing...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Architects and engineers are still in. Accountants, doctors and lawyers remain out — mostly. New rules floated by the Trump administration lay out what kinds of businesses can take a 20 percent deduction...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates are down this week amid a restrained home buying season this summer. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages slipped to 4.59...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. indexes are little changed Thursday as technology stocks rise while energy companies and banks slip. Bond prices rose, sending yields lower, after the Labor Department reported that wholesale prices...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The spa and beauty industry is growing so fast that 30,000 jobs are going unfilled. A “Get Your Dream Job” campaign is aiming to change that. Lynnelle Lynch is president of Beauty Changes Lives, a...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Samsung’s new Note 9 smartphone (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Samsung’s new smartphone will be faster and last longer without a recharge. But don’t expect earth-shattering...
Read MoreWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Trade union leaders and government officials attending a climate conference in Poland have called for protecting industrial jobs and giving nations the freedom to choose their approaches for reducing...
Read MoreBARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — The collapse of a Kentucky distillery’s warehouse last month has crews still cleaning up and trying to salvage roughly 18,000 barrels of aging bourbon. News outlets reported Wednesday the Barton 1792...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — Takeoffs and landings at Frankfurt Airport were briefly suspended on Thursday because of a thunderstorm. Storms hit parts of Germany after a long spell of hot, dry weather. Flights at Germany’s busiest...
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