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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has lost his title as chairman of the troubled aircraft manufacturer, nearly a year after the first of two crashes of its 737 Max that together killed 346 people. Boeing announced late Friday that company directors decided to separate the two jobs and elected one of their own, David L. Calhoun, […]

Stocks have been even more fickle than usual. The main stock indexes are all up this month, and they have had double-digit gains since January. But it has been hard for traders to muster much enthusiasm. Despite the recent rallies, stocks haven’t made substantial net gains since the beginning of last year. For the American

WeWork will close the school it opened last year in New York with the lofty goal of promoting “conscious entrepreneurship” as the office-sharing company retrenches following its botched attempt to sell its stock on Wall Street. The “WeGrow” elementary and preschool in Manhattan will close at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, the company

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Oct 11 (Reuters) – The United States and China agreed on Friday to the first phase of a trade deal covering agricultural purchases, currency and some aspects of intellectual property protections, and averting a threatened tariff hike, but President Donald Trump said more needed to be negotiated. The preliminary, partial deal was the biggest

In the early stages of the economic recovery a decade ago, most workers were primarily concerned with avoiding unemployment, said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who has conducted research on voters’ economic concerns. But as the expansion has plodded on, the focus has shifted from having any job to having a good job, which workers

Stocks marched higher on Wall Street Friday afternoon, riding investor optimism that the U.S. and China can make progress in their punishing trade war. The broad rally drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 470 points higher and had the S&P 500 index on track to close out its first weekly gain in four

If someone owes taxes but doesn’t have the money to pay the full balance, it’s still best to file a return, Mr. Christensen said. People are often reluctant to call the I.R.S., but it’s better to initiate communication with the agency and discuss your circumstances, he said. Contact the I.R.S., explain your situation and seek

The Federal Reserve said Friday that it would buy more government-backed securities in a move meant to keep an obscure but critical corner of financial markets functioning smoothly. The central bank said that it had decided to begin buying Treasury bills — expanding its balance sheet for the first time since 2014 — and would

President Donald Trump sounded upbeat ahead of a meeting he plans to hold later Friday with China’s top trade negotiator, offering renewed hope that the world’s two biggest economies will deescalate a conflict that has weighed on the world economy. As the first of two days of trade talks were ending Thursday, Trump said the

Time is running out for Thailand’s dwindling population of helmeted hornbills thanks to poaching of the exotic birds for the ivory-like casques atop their big red and yellow beaks. The species, known by the scientific name Rhinoplax vigil, is listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. “Currently, there are fewer