Category Archives: Business News
US stocks rally to records, but Brent oil also tops $100 on worries about the Iran war
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter p...
Apr 22, 2026
US stocks rally to records, but Brent oil also tops $100 on worries about the Iran war
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter p...
Apr 22, 2026
Stocks slip and oil prices rise on uncertainty about US-Iran ceasefire talks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks and oil prices flip-flopped Tuesday as uncertainty rose about what will happen following a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran, which is...
Apr 21, 2026
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, the administration announced Monday, after a series of alleged abuse...
Apr 20, 2026
At the close: oil prices rise and US stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed Monday following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves were more modest than they were earlie...
Apr 20, 2026
Businesses can claim refunds for Trump tariffs ruled unconstitutional starting Monday
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authori...
Apr 19, 2026
Oil prices fall sharply and Wall Street rallies to a record as Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record. The S&P 500 leaped 1.2% Frida...
Apr 17, 2026
Attorney General warns about online scams to separate you from your money
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - If it sounds - or appears --- too good to be true, it probably is. That's the message from State Attorney General Jeff Jackson as he warns North Carolinians of investment sc...
Apr 17, 2026
U.S. Navy to add jobs at Kinston Transpark
KINSTON, N.C. (NCN News) - The U.S. Navy is coming to Kinston's Global Trans Park, in a deal that could lead to 400 jobs. The TransPark and the Navy have signed a 10-year agreement that will bring mor...
Apr 16, 2026
ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI's chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her mos...
Apr 16, 2026