Economic Indicators

Facebook is launching an app that will pay users to share information with the social media giant about which apps they're using.

President Trump wants to make it easier for genetically engineered plants and animals to enter the food supply, and he signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to simplify the "regulatory maze" for producers.

Once this trade-war cloud gets lifted, investors should have little to worry about, right?

The tax reform law capped SALT deductions at $10,000.

___ States sue to stop $26.5 billion Sprint-T-Mobile deal NEW YORK (AP) — A group of state attorneys general led by New York and California are seeking to block T-Mobile's $26.5 billion bid for Sprint.

Published reports say a group of state attorneys general are planning a lawsuit to block a $26.5 billion merger of wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint.

Potential homeowners may be hesitant to get into the market because they overestimate requirements.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

President Donald Trump is overstating the benefits of his threatened tariffs on automobiles and parts imported from Mexico while glossing over the likely harm to American consumers of substantially higher prices for new cars.

Marijuana has been shown to help ease pain and a few other health problems, yet two-thirds of U.S. states have decided pot should be legal to treat many other conditions with little scientific backing.

The Trump administration announced it would allow for the year-round sale of gasoline with higher concentrations of ethanol.

The Latest on T-Mobile-Sprint lawsuit (all times local): 12:25 p.m.

“By putting tariffs on the table we’ve estimated that maybe $400 billion or $500 billion dollars a year through forced technology transfer and intellectual property theft is taken out of the U.S. economy,” said Kevin Hassett.

An analysis by WalletHub ranked these states based on its affordability, safety, quality of life, economy and education.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Tehran represents the highest-level effort yet to de-escalate tensions between the U.S. and Iran as the country appears poised to break the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with world powers that America earlier abandoned.

Producer prices excluding food, energy and trade services rose 0.4 percent last month, matching April's gain, the government said. The so-called core PPI increased 2.3 percent in the 12 months through May after rising 2.2 percent in April.

In a tweet,Trump called low inflation a “beautiful thing.”

US wholesale prices rose 0.1% in May, more evidence that inflationary pressures are under control.

Traders are increasingly forecasting at least one Fed rate cut this year.

Asian shares rose Tuesday as investor jitters over trade eased after President Donald Trump suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports and said he expects to meet with the Chinese leader.