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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — No more Melania Trump honey, cakes, shoes and underwear for Slovenians.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a solid 178,000 jobs in November, reflecting the steady economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit. The unemployment rate hit a nine-year low of 4.6 percent, though mainly because many people stopped looking for jobs and were no longer counted as…
DALLAS (AP) — OPEC's decision to cut production gave an immediate boost to oil prices, but the impact on consumers and the U.S. economy is likely to be more modest and gradual.
NEW YORK (AP) — More gains in Goldman Sachs and Chevron helped pull the Dow Jones industrial average to another record high even as other indexes were flat to lower in early trading Thursday. Ford and General Motors are rising after they announced strong sales in November. Technology compani…
DETROIT (AP) — The Obama administration has decided not to change government fuel economy requirements for cars and light trucks despite protests from automakers.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks were moving between small gains and losses in morning trading Tuesday, as health-care companies rallied on the results of UnitedHealth Group while energy companies fell along with the price of oil.
ATLANTA (AP) — Beaver dams have been demolished, burbling fountains silenced, and the drinking water in one southern town has taken on the light brownish color of sweet tea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump's transition (all times EST):
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Delta Air Lines is apologizing for not removing a passenger from a flight to Pennsylvania who rudely professed his support for President-elect Donald Trump and insulted those who didn’t.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, canceled 830 short- and medium-haul flights on Friday affecting 100,000 passengers after a pilots' strike entered its third day in a long-running dispute over wages.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major U.S. stock indexes rose to record highs on Monday, led by big gains in energy companies as the price of crude oil moved sharply higher, which is positive news for the long-struggling energy sector.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slightly lower Monday as technology companies like Apple and Microsoft take big losses on fears about their overseas revenue. That's canceling out huge gains for banks, which are trading higher as bond yields rise to their highest levels since January.
RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — An Israeli high-tech company has invented a machine that it says can instantly grade the clarity of polished diamonds — a development the company said Thursday will bring new standards to a painstaking process that has long been susceptible to the subjectivity of app…
Donald Trump won the presidency by pledging to restore a vanished and golden economic era, when growth roared, factory jobs flourished and America sat unchallenged atop the global economy.
Banks and other financial companies led U.S. stocks mostly higher in afternoon trading Thursday, nudging the Dow Jones industrial average on course to beat its all-time closing from August. Consumer-focused companies, utilities and technology stocks were among the biggest decliners. The mark…
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines pilots have started voting on a proposed new labor contract that would give them pay raises of 30.2 percent over four years.
HONG KONG (AP) — World stock markets extended their swift and surprising global rebound Thursday after being hammered by Donald Trump's unexpected U.S. election victory.
Major U.S. stock indexes moved higher in afternoon trading Wednesday as Wall Street sized up the implications of Donald Trump's stunning presidential election victory.
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on financial markets following the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States (All times local):
Investors remained in a buying mood on Election Day, sending U.S. stocks broadly higher and building on big gains from a day earlier.
DALLAS (AP) — The decline in U.S. oil production may not be as severe as expected just a month ago.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine shrimpers are all but resigned to another year of being unable to pursue their quarry in the Gulf of Maine, with a regulatory board set to decide this week whether to allow a season this winter.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a decent 161,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.9 percent from 5 percent. It was the final major report on a lukewarm but durable economy before Americans choose a new president next week.
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — S&K Aerospace has won a $4.2 billion Air Force contract with most of the work to be done at the company's facility in Warner Robins.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining whether the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline can be rerouted in southern North Dakota to alleviate the concerns of American Indians.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump blames Mexico and China for stealing millions of jobs from the United States.
NEW YORK (AP) — The shell of Gawker has settled with Hulk Hogan for $31 million, ending a years-long fight that led to the media company's bankruptcy, the shutdown of Gawker.com and the sale of Gawker's other sites to Spanish-language broadcaster Univision.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota regulator on Wednesday criticized the company developing the Dakota Access pipeline for waiting 10 days before reporting that American Indian artifacts were found last month along the route.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were on pace for a seventh consecutive day of losses on Wednesday, as worries over the U.S. presidential election and weaker oil prices shook investor confidence.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With voters set to choose a new president and Congress in six days, the Federal Reserve will likely keep a low profile when it ends a meeting Wednesday to try to ensure it doesn't become part of the debate at the close of a tumultuous political campaign.
GARBERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Laura Costa's son and husband moved quickly with the pruning shears to harvest the family's fall marijuana crop, racing along with several workers to cut the plants and drop them in plastic bins ahead of an impending storm.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a 2015 wreck that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve at night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sale or no sale, Twitter users are bound to see changes as the beleaguered communications service tries to broaden its appeal to more people and advertisers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in critical battleground states, as well as signs of strength in traditionally Republican territory.
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter, seemingly unable to find a buyer and losing money, is cutting about 9 percent of its employees worldwide.
ATLANTA (AP) — Deer hunting season is on the way, but fans of venison might not have to trek out into the woods this year to get their fix.
NEW YORK (AP) — After a brief rally, U.S. stocks are again turning lower Wednesday afternoon as real estate companies skid. Apple is sliding after its latest results failed to impress investors, pulling technology stocks down with it. Health care stocks are falling while banks and industrial…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's parent company is halting operations and laying off staff in a number of cities where it once hoped to bring high-speed internet access by installing new fiber-optic networks.
ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola's profit fell 28 percent in the third quarter, but its results still beat Wall Street expectations.
NEW YORK (AP) — Event planner Beth Bernstein decided she had had enough with Donald Trump after his 2005 hot-mic boasts about groping women came to light earlier this month. She removed photos of weddings she had thrown at a Trump hotel in Chicago from her website, wrote to hotel staff to re…
ATLANTA (AP) — A committee evaluating petroleum pipelines in Georgia is planning public hearings in Augusta and Atlanta.
LONDON (AP) — Would you travel halfway around the world for a handbag, or a coat? Maybe if you really loved it — and could get 20 percent off.
SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee reactor is now complete, making it the nation's first new nuclear generating plant of the 21st century.
Snoopy has been handed the pink slip.
BLACK CREEK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia firearms maker is planning to expand its Savannah-area operations and create about 75 jobs.
U.S. stocks veered slightly lower in morning trading Thursday as investors weighed disappointing quarterly results and forecasts from several big companies. Telecom stocks fell, while health care stocks mostly rose. Crude oil prices headed lower.
DENVER (AP) — Business owners are replacing idealists in the pot-legalization movement as the nascent marijuana industry creates a broad base of new donors, many of them entrepreneurs willing to spend to change drug policy.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Pecan farmers in South Georgia are trying to determine whether they will be eligible for federal assistance after Hurricane Matthew toppled thousands of mature pecan trees.
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Boeing has announced it is closing its Macon plant by the end of the year, a move that will leave about 120 employees out of work.
