Finance

Harry Morton, a restaurant mogul and son of the Hard Rock Cafe chain co-founder and grandson of the Morton’s The Steakhouse founder, has died By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press November 25, 2019, 12:09 AM 1 min read Harry Morton, a restaurant mogul who was the son of the Hard Rock Cafe chain co-founder and grandson […]

With Michael Bloomberg now running for president, the news service that bears his name said Sunday it will not “investigate” him or any of his Democratic rivals, and Bloomberg Opinion will no longer run unsigned editorials. Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait announced the new rules in a note to his news organization’s 2,700 journalists and analysts

Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. So she did it again, and again — each time taking a bigger bite with

The formal launch of the Conservative Party’s election pledges has centered around the key plank of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s campaign: making Brexit happen By GREGORY KATZ Associated Press November 24, 2019, 5:42 PM 4 min read The formal launch of the Conservative Party’s election pledges Sunday centered around the key plank of Prime Minister

When Dianne Johnson channel-surfs for news in her rural western Nebraska home, all she sees are stories about Colorado crime and car crashes from a Denver television station more than 200 miles away. It’s frustrating for the 61-year-old rancher, who wants to know the latest developments in Nebraska politics and sports. When floods devastated huge

Retirements are growing longer than ever, which means more decades to pay for _ and more decades to avoid getting scammed out of your savings By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer November 24, 2019, 1:01 PM 6 min read Retirements are growing longer than ever, which means more decades to pay for — and more

IBM’s artificial intelligence debating technology faces off against itself, in a world-first demonstration of what the future might hold By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press November 22, 2019, 4:43 PM 3 min read The chamber hushed as the debate got underway at the Cambridge Union and the teams launched into their carefully crafted opening statements. The

Chinese President Xi Jinping says Beijing wants to work for a trade deal with the United States, but if need be will ‘fight back’ By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer November 22, 2019, 4:57 PM 4 min read President Xi Jinping said Friday that Beijing wants to work for a trade deal with the United

A defiant Emmanuel Macron has told laid-off employees at a troubled French appliance factory in his home town that it wasn’t his government’s fault that a takeover there failed By SYLVIE CORBET and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press November 22, 2019, 5:10 PM 2 min read A defiant French President Emmanuel Macron has told laid-off employees

Atlantic City’s nine casinos saw their collective operating profits increase by 12.5% in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last year By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press November 22, 2019, 8:01 PM 3 min read Atlantic City’s nine casinos saw their collective gross operating profits increase by 12.5% in the third