NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:55 a.m. Stocks are moving lower as health care companies take steep losses. Medical device maker Medtronic dropped 2.5 percent Friday and...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — A Flybe plane carrying more than 50 people has made an emergency landing without its nose gear at Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland. The Bombardier Q-400 took off from Belfast City Airport for...
Read MoreCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House speaker is proposing six laws after the abandonment of two nuclear reactors in the state. House Speaker Jay Lucas of Hartsville said in a news release Thursday the proposals would...
Read MoreA comparison of a Republican-written tax bill approved Thursday by the House Ways and Means Committee and another being proposed by GOP members of the Senate Finance Committee: —Personal income tax rates: House condenses current...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping tax legislation from Senate Republicans includes a one-year delay in plans for a major corporate tax cut despite strident opposition from the White House and others in their own party. Their bill would...
Read MoreHONOLULU (AP) — Just offshore from Waikiki’s pristine white sand beaches, a fishing boat transporting foreign workers destined for low-paying jobs in Hawaii’s fishing fleet smashed into a shallow reef last month. The...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Most Asian stock markets fell Friday after Wall Street fell from record highs on uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s tax revamp but news that Beijing will ease curbs on foreign access to some sectors...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates slipped this week, a sign that borrowing costs are largely stable even as the Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark short-term interest rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said...
Read MoreUKIAH, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires that killed nine people in a remote Northern California county last month also crippled land lines, cell phones and internet service, the local sheriff said Thursday, saying the disaster shows...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican tax overhaul legislation (all times local): 2:02 p.m. House Republicans are restoring the adoption tax credit to their overhaul legislation after protests by family advocate groups and...
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