Category Archives: Business News
Wall Street coasts for now ahead of a week packed with potential flashpoints
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes drifted through a quiet Monday after the United States agreed to tax cars and other products coming from the European Union at a ...
Jul 28, 2025
Wall Street coasts for now ahead of a week packed with potential flashpoints
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Monday after the United States agreed to tax cars and other products coming from the European Union at a 15% rate...
Jul 28, 2025
US-EU deal sets a 15% tariff on most goods and averts the threat of a trade war with a global shock
By WILL WEISSERT Associated PressEDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off - at least fo...
Jul 27, 2025
Wall Street ticks up to another record as GM and others show how tariffs are impacting them
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street inched to another record on Tuesday following some mixed profit reports, as General Motors and other big U.S. companies gave update...
Jul 22, 2025
US stocks set more records as Verizon begins a big week for profit reports with a beat
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes inched their way to more records on Monday to kick off a week full of profit updates from big U.S. companies.The S&P 500 rose 0.1%...
Jul 21, 2025
Chevron gets go ahead for $53B Hess deal, and access to one of the biggest oil finds this decade
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business WriterHOUSTON (AP) - Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest...
Jul 18, 2025
Wall Street hangs near its record as PepsiCo and United Airlines fly and health care stocks sink
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to records on Thursday following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies.T...
Jul 17, 2025
The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK AP WritersWASHINGTON (AP) - Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the ...
Jul 15, 2025
Most US stocks fall, but Nvidia keeps Wall Street near records
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Most U.S. stocks are falling on Tuesday after an update on inflation hurt Wall Street’s hopes for lower interest rates. But indexes are s...
Jul 15, 2025
Wall Street holds near its record amid doubts about Trump’s tariffs
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes hung near their records on Monday following President Donald Trump's latest updates to his tariffs, as speculation continues on Wall S...
Jul 14, 2025