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NEW YORK — Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Monday, extending the market’s gains from last week and sending the major indexes to record highs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched all-time highs for the third straight trading day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average bested its last record high set in late November. Surprisingly […]

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: WPX, Children’s Place rise; Boeing, PG&E fall December 16, 2019, 9:43 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: International Flavors and Fragrances Inc., down $13.98 to $120 The company is merging with a unit of DuPont in

“We’re all a little dizzy,” said Margie Lehrman, the chief executive of the American Craft Spirits Association, which lobbies on behalf of small distillers. “The congressional leadership seems stuck because of issues much larger than us.” Industry lobbyists and legislators who support the bill say that at this point the most they can realistically expect

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ top aide is warning Foxconn Technology Group that it won’t collect any state incentives for its scaled-down factory in Wisconsin if it doesn’t renegotiate the deal By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press December 16, 2019, 7:45 PM 4 min read MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers’ top aide warned Foxconn Technology Group

In 1969, he was appointed to a Nixon administration commission, headed by Thomas S. Gates Jr., a former defense secretary in the Eisenhower administration, that concluded that the national interest would not be adversely affected by ending the military draft and replacing it with all-volunteer armed forces. As the war in Vietnam wound down, conscription

Turkey’s state-run news agency says a surveillance and reconnaissance drone has landed at an airport in the breakaway north of the ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus December 16, 2019, 2:31 PM 3 min read ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided island nation

Germany’s parliament is poised to more than double the price at which the transport and heating industries are charged to emit carbon dioxide when a new system is introduced in 2021 December 16, 2019, 3:36 PM 3 min read BERLIN — Germany’s parliament is poised to more than double the price at which the transport and

Israel has become a major energy exporter for the first time after signing a permit to export gas to Egypt By ARON HELLER Associated Press December 16, 2019, 1:35 PM 3 min read JERUSALEM — Israel became a major energy exporter for the first time on Monday after signing a permit to export natural gas

British-based Cineworld says it will buy Canada’s Cineplex for about $1.7 billion December 16, 2019, 10:55 AM 1 min read LONDON — British-based Cineworld says it will buy Canada’s Cineplex for about $1.7 billion to create North America’s largest chain of movie theaters and better compete with AMC Entertainment. The management of both companies have

Asian stock markets are mixed following a U.S.-Chinese trade deal that disappointed some investors By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer December 16, 2019, 5:09 AM 3 min read BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mixed Monday following a U.S.-Chinese trade deal that disappointed some investors. Hong Kong fell, while Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul were little-changed.