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Defying fears and predictions, the U.S. economy is still shrugging off President Donald Trump’s trade conflicts. Employers added a sizzling 266,000 jobs in November, and unemployment matched a 50-year low of 3.5% — all while the Trump administration is waging a bruising trade war with China while fighting other trading partners, too. Yet the economy […]

A Los Angeles jury has found Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press December 7, 2019, 12:51 AM 3 min read Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a

Business economists expect U By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer December 8, 2019, 9:01 PM 2 min read The nation’s business economists expect U.S. economic growth to decelerate this year and next but for the economy to avoid stumbling into recession, extending a record-breaking expansion already in its 11th year. The latest survey by 53

Professor Goodfriend’s insights were often applied directly to policy. He served as a visiting scholar at various global monetary authorities, including the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank. From 1984 to 1985, he served as a senior staff economist for President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers. “He really excelled at bridging the

Brazil’s environment minister says the country can’t stop deforestation in the Amazon without the help of rich nations By DOROTHEE THIESING, HELENA ALVES and MARCELO DE SOUSA Associated Press December 8, 2019, 12:30 PM 3 min read Brazil can’t stop deforestation in the Amazon without the help of rich countries, the country’s environment minister said

Newspaper chain GateHouse and USA Today publisher Gannett recently combined to become the largest newspaper publisher in the U By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer December 8, 2019, 4:55 PM 3 min read In November, newspaper publisher GateHouse completed its acquisition of USA Today owner Gannett, creating the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S. Executives

Saudi Arabia has taken another step toward upending decades of conservative restrictions by removing required partitions and separate entrances at restaurants that had kept women and single men segregated By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press December 8, 2019, 3:59 PM 3 min read Women in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to use

For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral. Add to that flights to Paris, Rome, Vancouver and elsewhere. All

When new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sits down Monday for peace talks in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, the stakes couldn’t be higher. More than five years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Moscow-backed separatists has killed more than 14,000 people, and a cease-fire has remained

The flaming barricades are mostly gone, protesters have largely dissipated and traffic is once again clogging the streets of Haiti’s capital, but hundreds of thousands of people are now suffering deep economic aftershocks after more than two months of demonstrations. The protests that drew tens of thousands of people at a time to demand the