ESSEX, Vt. (AP) — The country’s dairy farmers are in for another challenging year with milk farm prices only expected to improve slightly, following four straight years of low prices, experts said Thursday. One plus is...
Read MoreStocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as the benchmark S&P 500 index posted its best monthly gain since 2015. A series of strong earnings helped power January’s monthlong rally, which followed a dismal December...
Read MoreTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, sending the bill to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk, where it’s likely to be signed. The Democrat-led...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it is moving ahead with a plan to channel behind-the-scenes prescription drug discounts directly to consumers. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday his...
Read MoreMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on Swedish appliance maker Electrolux closing factory in Memphis, Tennessee: plant (all times local): 3:50 p.m. The mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, says he is disappointed with the decision by...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Thursday: Microsoft Corp., down $1.95 to $104.43 The technology company reported mixed results, showing growth in its cloud-computing business, but weakness in...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (AP) — Big corporations forced into bankruptcy by liability lawsuits often take the offending product off the market and try to move on. That’s what happened with the Dalkon Shield birth control device,...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers likely kept adding jobs at a healthy pace in January even in the face of threats ranging from weakening global growth to the Trump administration’s trade war with China to the partial...
Read MoreThe Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to the communication REIT American Tower (AMT). I found the stock by sorting Barchart's Top Stocks to Own list first by the most frequent number of new highs in the last month then used...
Read MoreRENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge denied Nevada’s latest request Thursday to immediately block all future shipments of weapons-grade plutonium to a nuclear security site near Las Vegas. The state wanted the shipments...
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