The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are broadly higher on Wall Street as technology and health care companies post solid gains. Energy stocks were also higher Friday as the price...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are on track for more records Friday as retailers climb at the start of the post-Thanksgiving shopping period. The CEO of Macy’s said Black Friday sales are going well. Energy companies rose...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Black Friday (all times local): 7:45 a.m. It’s Black Friday, but retailers are already looking ahead to Cyber Monday. Target says everything on its site will be 15 percent off on Monday, and...
Read MoreBusiness events and economic reports scheduled for the coming month: All times are Eastern. FRIDAY, Dec. 1 WASHINGTON — Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for November, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday with investors finding little guidance after Wall Street closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and Chinese markets in focus after a big sell-off the previous day. KEEPING...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stores are hoping deals and excitement bring shoppers to stores and to their sites for Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year. But Black Friday has morphed from a single day when people got up...
Read MorePITTSFORD, Vt. (AP) — A pilot found dead after a small-plane crash in Vermont has been identified as an 89-year-old Massachusetts man who had been flying planes his entire life. Police say Windsor, Massachusetts, resident Norman...
Read MoreLAS VEGAS (AP) — Big box stores won’t be the only ones offering discounts to shoppers in Las Vegas this Black Friday. Marijuana dispensaries in the area are rolling out deals, too. The Las Vegas Sun reports more than 40...
Read MoreBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri assured regional bankers on Thursday that Lebanon’s stability was his top concern, one day after walking back his shock resignation that threw the country into turmoil....
Read MoreSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Stocks in Shanghai fell sharply but in rest of Asia, markets were calm Thursday after the Fed minutes largely met investor expectations that it will soon raise interest rates for a third time next...
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