Finance

Banks led a slide in U.S. stocks Tuesday as a virus outbreak in China rattled global markets, prompting investors to shift assets into bonds and defensive sector companies. The sell-off snapped a three-day winning streak by the S&P 500. The benchmark index ended last week at an all-time high. The selling in U.S. stocks followed […]

United Airlines is getting a tail wind from higher revenue and cheaper fuel By DAVID KOENIG Airlines Writer January 21, 2020, 11:33 PM 3 min read United Airlines reported Tuesday that higher revenue and cheaper fuel helped boost its fourth-quarter profit by nearly 40%, to $641 million. The airline’s forecast of first-quarter earnings easily beat

Tesla will be able to sell and service its vehicles in Michigan under a lawsuit settlement between the automaker and the state, a person briefed on the matter says By TOM KRISHER and DAVID EGGERT Associated Press January 21, 2020, 9:39 PM 3 min read DETROIT — Tesla will be able to sell and service

Boeing doesn’t expect federal regulators to approve updates to its grounded 737 Max until this summer By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer January 21, 2020, 7:41 PM 1 min read Boeing doesn’t expect federal regulators to approve its changes to the grounded 737 Max until this summer, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Belarus has started importing oil from Norway after its main oil provider, Russia, suspended supplies earlier this month amid stalled talks on further strengthening their economic ties By by YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press January 21, 2020, 5:08 PM 3 min read KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its

Money, it’s a gas. Unless you need to borrow some from your parents. Then it’s a conversation many adults will avoid at all costs, even if it means paying for groceries with couch nickels. That’s not the only money conversation we avoid. More than 60% of millennials have never asked for a raise, largely because

Spain’s new government has declared a national climate emergency, taking a formal first step toward enacting ambitious measures to fight climate change January 21, 2020, 1:00 PM 2 min read MADRID — Spain’s new government declared a national climate emergency on Tuesday, taking a formal first step toward enacting ambitious measures to fight climate change.

Pope Francis has a message for the high-powered participants at the economic forum in Davos, Switzerland: people, not profit, should be at the core of public policy January 21, 2020, 11:40 AM 3 min read DAVOS, Switzerland — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Pope Francis

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told the world’s political and business leaders that the global movement sparked by her school strike was only the very beginning in the fight against global warming and much more has to be done January 21, 2020, 8:39 AM 1 min read DAVOS, Switzerland — Climate activist Greta Thunberg told

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is on a mission to sell the United States to the global business community just as his historic impeachment trial gets underway in the Senate. When the trial reconvenes Tuesday afternoon in Washington, Trump will be thousands of miles away trying to charm global CEOs at the World Economic Forum