Finance

A new report finds that many states are in better shape than ever to weather a potential recession By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press December 2, 2019, 11:33 PM 4 min read After a couple years of robust tax collections, states across the U.S. are better prepared than ever to weather a potential recession, according […]

Even though deals could be found online for days, shoppers still pulled out their phones and laptops to shop on the Monday after Thanksgiving, with sales on track to hit a record $9.4 billion By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer December 2, 2019, 10:36 PM 3 min read Cyber Monday is still holding up as

Online deliveries to an apartment building in northern Manhattan are left with a retired woman in 2H who watches over her neighbors’ packages to make sure nothing gets stolen. Corporate mailrooms in New York and other cities are overwhelmed by employees shipping personal packages to work for safekeeping, leading companies to ban packages and issue

A World Trade Organization panel has ruled the European Union has not complied with an order to end illegal subsidies for European plane maker Airbus that prompted the Trump administration to impose tariffs on nearly $7.5 billion worth of EU goods. By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press December 2, 2019, 8:37 PM 4 min read A

President Trump’s campaign says it will no longer give passes to Bloomberg News reporters to cover its events December 2, 2019, 6:31 PM 1 min read President Donald Trump’s campaign says it will no longer give passes to Bloomberg News reporters to cover its rallies and other campaign events. Campaign spokesman Brad Parscale said Monday

United Auto Workers union bolsters financial controls after being rocked by embezzlement scandal By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer December 2, 2019, 4:33 PM 2 min read The United Auto Workers union has replaced its auditing firm, added four internal auditors and has hired a big accounting firm to study its financial controls in an

Before Clive Tyldesley clambers up to the Old Trafford gantry and picks up his microphone to be part of a landmark week in Premier League broadcasting, he reminisces about being silenced in stadiums. In the 1980s, local radio listeners on Merseyside could only hear Tyldesley call the second half of games — at most —

President Donald Trump accuses Argentina and Brazil of hurting US farmers through currency manipulation and says he’ll slap tariffs on their steel and aluminum imports December 2, 2019, 12:22 PM 1 min read President Donald Trump is accusing Argentina and Brazil of hurting U.S. farmers through currency manipulation and says he’ll slap tariffs on their

Big money soon flowed. In July, Saudi Arabia’s General Sports Authority announced a $650 million investment to develop local athletes and teams and to attract international events. Speaking at an investment conference in Riyadh in October, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, the chairman of the General Sports Authority, explained how making Saudi Arabia a

China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction several American pro-democracy organizations in retaliation for the signing into law of legislation supporting human rights in the semi-autonomous territory. While the nature of the sanctions remained unclear, the move appeared to back up Chinese threats that the U.S. would bear