NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is testing automated carts that retrieve bins of groceries from storage as it tries to speed up the process of packaging online orders to send out or bringing to customers at their cars. The company said...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. services companies grew at a slower pace in July as business activity and new orders slipped. The Institute for Supply Management said Friday that its services index fell to 55.7 last month compared to...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — China on Friday announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals for retaliation if Washington goes ahead with its latest tariff threat. The Finance Ministry accused the...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are mostly higher Friday morning after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July. Retailers are making some of the largest gains while industrial and technology companies are slightly...
Read MoreKEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — Just as they prepare for a crucial harvest in the wake of Hurricane Irma, lobster fisherman in the Florida Keys fear a trade war with China could undermine storm recovery in the island chain. Lobsters are...
Read MoreSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri brewery has apologized and removed artwork depicting a Hindu deity from one of its beers. Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, had objected when the Springfield Brewing...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. U.S. stocks are higher following another solid jobs report. Retailers and technology companies are rising. The Labor Department said...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, has struck a deal to expand in China, the world’s biggest beer market. Heineken said Friday it is buying a 40 percent stake in the company that controls...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — China says it will impose additional tariffs on $60 billion of US products in response to US plan to increase tariffs.
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit widened in June for the first time in four months as exports fell and imports grew. Politically sensitive trade gaps with China, Mexico and Canada all increased. The Commerce Department...
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