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WASHINGTON (AP) — US trade deficit shrinks a slight 0.3% in June to $55.2 billion amid heightened trade tensions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US employers added 164,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate held at 3.7%.

TORONTO (AP) — Restaurant Brands International (QSR) on Friday reported second-quarter earnings of $142 million. The Toronto-based company said it had net income of 55 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs...

NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil brought in $69 billion in revenue in the second quarter, down from last year’s $73.5 billion. Some of the benefits of rising crude prices, up 22% this year, were offset be natural gas prices,...

MILAN (AP) — Ferrari says second-quarter profits rose 14% on higher deliveries, driven by its Portofino and 812 Superfast brands. The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer said Friday that net profit in three months to end-June...

PARIS (AP) — French farmers angry over a free trade deal with Canada have dumped manure, sprayed graffiti or otherwise vandalized offices of lawmakers from President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party. The protests have...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A financial rescue for Ohio’s nuclear plants and two coal-fired plants that will force the state’s residents and businesses to fork over roughly $1.5 billion is galvanizing environmentalists and...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s governing Conservative Party lost a special election early Friday, leaving it with a one-vote working majority in Parliament as Brexit looms. In the Conservatives’...

LONDON (AP) — Royal Bank of Scotland says shareholders will receive a windfall after asset sales swelled second-quarter earnings. The taxpayer-owned bank announced a special dividend of 12 pence a share alongside an ordinary...