Finance

US credit card debt rose in December by largest amount in more than 2 decades By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer February 7, 2020, 9:09 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — Americans gave their credit cards a real workout this past holiday season. The Federal Reserve said Friday that borrowing on credit cards rose by […]

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Uber, AbbVie rise; Wynn, Myrian Genetics fall  February 7, 2020, 9:16 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Uber Technologies Inc., up $3.54 to $40.63 The ride-hailing company reported a big jump in revenue and says it

LONDON — A major European technology trade fair has a low-tech idea for reducing virus risks: go hands-free. Organizers of this month’s Mobile World Congress show are advising attendees to adopt a no-handshake policy, threatening to dampen visiting executives’ ability to meet and schmooze customers. Show organizers also plan to step up cleaning and disinfecting

Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has named his son to head the country’s newly established ministry for construction and industry February 8, 2020, 2:42 PM 1 min read ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has named his only son to head the country’s newly established ministry for construction and industry. The appointment that was announced Saturday in

Latino activists say they hope the controversy around the novel “American Dirt” brings more attention to recent and overlooked works by Latino writers By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press February 8, 2020, 3:51 PM 4 min read ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos

Latino activists say they hope the controversy around the novel “American Dirt” brings more attention to recent and overlooked works by Latino writers By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press February 8, 2020, 3:51 PM 4 min read ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos

BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak. While the vast majority of cases have been

NEW YORK — Wall Street closed out the market’s best week in eight months Friday with a broad slide as technology and health care stocks gave back some of their recent gains. The pullback, which followed a sell-off in markets around the world, snapped a four-day winning streak for the major U.S. stock indexes. Even

FedEx is changing the way it makes final delivery of some airfreight parcels February 7, 2020, 10:02 PM 2 min read FedEx will tweak its operations by having its ground-delivery unit take over some deliveries from the company’s separate and more costly express business. The move announced Friday is designed to make FedEx more efficient

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street for the first time this week Friday, but still notched their best weekly gain since June February 7, 2020, 10:06 PM 1 min read Stocks closed lower on Wall Street for the first time this week Friday, but still notched their best weekly gain since June. Technology led the