WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Republicans were at odds on Wednesday over changing the 401(k) retirement program to help finance tax cuts, with the president insisting the middle-class favorite will remain...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums for the most popular “Obamacare” plans are going up an average of 34 percent, according to a study Wednesday that confirms dire predictions about the impact of political turmoil on...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered praise Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, calling her “terrific,” but also acknowledged his conflicting desire to make his own mark on the Fed. Trump...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Rising bond yields and a string of weak company reports and forecasts pushed stocks lower Wednesday as major indexes retreated from their recent record highs. Industrial and technology companies and banks fared...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Call it a win for “the swamp.” President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing off a politically popular rule that would have allowed...
Read MoreTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected an experimental drug for a common type of muscular dystrophy. The FDA’s decision Wednesday was expected because the agency had said the drug...
Read MoreDENVER (AP) — Scientists say they have more evidence that an increase in earthquakes on the Colorado-New Mexico border since 2001 has been caused by wells that inject wastewater from oil and gas production back underground,...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Uber already has a home on your phone. Now it wants a place in your purse or wallet. The ride-hailing giant on Wednesday unveiled a new no-fee, co-branded credit card with British bank Barclays that it hopes...
Read MoreVEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria didn’t discriminate between rich and poor when it ravaged Puerto Rico, but the recovery has been another story. Much of Puerto Rico was still without power Wednesday, more than...
Read MoreMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s central bank says it’s moving to bolster the peso, which has taken a beating from uncertainty related to renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement. The bank said Wednesday it...
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