Stocks got a brief bump from news that the Federal Reserve doesn’t plan to raise rates this year, but still ended mostly lower Wednesday after those gains faded. Bond prices rose sharply after the Fed forecast slower...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Below is the statement the Fed released Wednesday after its policy meeting ended: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January indicates that the labor market remains strong but...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: FedEx Corp., down $6.34 to $175.07 The package delivery company said weaker global trade cut into profit and revenue, which fell shy of Wall Street...
Read MoreMEXICO CITY (AP) — The widow of a renowned Mexican journalist murdered two years ago was the target of an attempted spyware attack 10 days after his death, an internet watchdog group reported Wednesday. The Toronto-based Citizen...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Theresa May says it’s a matter of “great personal regret” that U.K. won’t leave EU with a deal on March 29.
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — In a matter of months, Stacey Abrams has gone from losing the Georgia governor’s race to being a heavily recruited Democratic star, urged to run for Senate and mentioned as a possible presidential...
Read MoreISABELA, Puerto Rico (AP) — In the dark and isolating days after Hurricane Maria, people across Puerto Rico invented new ways to communicate: Elderly couples in need of food or water would raise a flag at their home. Neighbors...
Read MoreALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Upstate New York casinos authorized to offer sports gambling could be accepting wagers by Memorial Day weekend. The state Gaming Commission formally posted its rules for sports betting Wednesday, starting a...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s inspector general says it will investigate a watchdog group’s allegations that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has used his office to promote his former employer, Boeing Co....
Read MoreHOUSTON (AP) — Crews on Wednesday extinguished a fire that burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility and began cleaning up the site. International Terminals Company spokeswoman Alice Richardson said at a...
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