LONDON (AP) — Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has a message for the world’s central bankers: Don’t be Luddites. Addressing a Bank of England conference, Lagarde conceded that digital...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will promote his plan for a sweeping rewrite of the tax code to an audience eager for the proposed change. Trump is set to address the National Association of Manufacturers on Friday in...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Friday following a record-high close on Wall Street. The Tokyo benchmark fell in Japan, where a pause in the dollar’s strengthening dampened optimism about exporters. KEEPING SCORE:...
Read MoreGLEN FLORA, Texas (AP) — As John Locke looked down from a helicopter at his roughly 200 cattle struggling with Harvey’s rising floodwaters, he saw about 20 becoming entangled in a barbed wire fence and feared the worst....
Read MoreFor 21 years Hector Alejandro Santiago spread joy throughout Puerto Rico with the poinsettias, orchids and other ornamental plants he raised and sold to major retailers including Costco, Walmart and Home Depot. In a matter of...
Read MoreDALLAS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering companies responsible for cleaning up a Houston Superfund site flooded during Hurricane Harvey to immediately address damage to a protective cap and subsequent high...
Read MoreTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit says a person was struck by an Amtrak train along the Northeast Corridor, leading to 90-minute delays. The transit agency says trains resumed limited service between Trenton and New...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks finished slightly higher Thursday, led by technology companies and drugmakers. After a big move the day before, that was enough to take stocks back to record highs. On Thursday: The Standard &...
Read MoreSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — President Donald Trump cleared the way Thursday for more supplies to head to Puerto Rico and tweeted that relief was getting through, but on the island food and water remained scarce in devastated...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump. Ivanka Trump. Steven Mnuchin. Wilbur Ross. Betsy DeVos. Gary Cohn. Jared Kushner. A long list of wealthy insiders in the Trump White House would, at least in theory, enjoy a financial...
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