Finance

A board member of the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency is resigning following a controversial Vatican police raid that resulted in the agency’s suspension from the global communications network of financial intelligence units By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press November 19, 2019, 8:50 AM 3 min read A board member of the Vatican’s financial watchdog has resigned […]

Asian shares mixed amid cloudy outlook in China-US trade talks By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer November 19, 2019, 6:53 AM 3 min read Asian shares were mixed Tuesday as investors stayed cautious over prospects for an agreement in trade talks between the United States and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0.5% to 23,292.65.

A massive coal-fired power plant that served customers in the West for nearly 50 years shut down Monday, the latest closure in a shift away from coal and toward renewable energy and cheaper power. The Navajo Generating Station near the Arizona-Utah line was expected to shutter by the end of the year, but the exact

The U.S. stock market inched higher Monday, the latest nudge in its record-setting, six-week run, as markets wait for the next development in trade talks between the United States and China By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers November 18, 2019, 9:30 PM 5 min read The U.S. stock market inched higher

The CEO of the nation’s largest utility told California lawmakers that the company wasn’t as well prepared as it thought when it shut off power to millions of people last month By ADAM BEAM Associated Press November 19, 2019, 12:49 AM 4 min read The head of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. told angry California

In a story Nov. 18 about the White House push for prescription drug legislation, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the executive director of Families USA. The correct spelling is Frederick, not Frederic. A corrected version of the story is below: Drug cost legislation gets a push from White House Battling impeachment, White

Doctors are reporting that novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower cholesterol and blood pressure By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer November 18, 2019, 8:26 PM 4 min read Novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart risks beyond the usual medicines to lower

WASHINGTON — The chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H. Powell, met with President Trump on Monday to discuss the economy, a first since Mr. Trump labeled the central bank head and his colleagues “boneheads” and questioned whether Mr. Powell or President Xi Jinping of China was a bigger “enemy” of America. The meeting, which

Chief Justice John Roberts is ordering an indefinite delay in the House of Representatives’ demand for President Donald Trump’s financial records By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press November 18, 2019, 6:31 PM 2 min read Chief Justice John Roberts is ordering an indefinite delay in the House of Representatives’ demand for President Donald Trump’s financial records

Trump and Powell discuss rates and economy amid presidential attacks on Federal Reserve By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer November 18, 2019, 4:42 PM 3 min read President Donald Trump summoned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to the White House on Monday to discuss the economy and interest rates — issues on which Trump has