Economic Indicators

Below is the statement the Fed released Wednesday after its policy meeting ended: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity is rising at a moderate rate.

The Latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting (all times local): 5:05 a.m.

Despite Powell's comments, traders currently are pricing in a 100 percent chance of a rate cut during the FOMC's July meeting. 

Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged but says uncertainties rising, signaling future rate cuts.

Auto companies are starting to get a handle on buggy infotainment systems, but advanced driver-assist systems are emerging as a problem area.

President Donald Trump boasted with abandon in launching his 2020 re-election campaign, overreached in excoriating his critics and promised progress on his border wall and health care that is improbable at best.

A leaked email shows that a senior official sought to keep the public from knowing federal Environmental Protection Agency staffers' concerns about the pollution risks of a planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, critics of the project contend.

The top U.S. trade negotiator says he will meet with his Chinese counterpart to discuss a trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies before a summit next week in Japan between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China.

Sure it's nice to have your groceries delivered now and then.

Delaware's Supreme Court has overturned the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit against one the country's largest ice cream makers after a 2015 listeria outbreak that killed three people.

Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday on optimism about trade after President Donald Trump said he will talk with the Chinese leader later this month in Japan.

Official figures show that inflation in Britain dipped in May, back to the Bank of England's target, amid lower air fares and car prices.

Stocks rose sharply in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, following big gains in Europe, as investors got back their appetite for risk.

San Francisco supervisors are considering whether to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes to crack down on youth vaping.

A former candidate to lead Britain's Conservative Party has thrown her support behind front-runner Boris Johnson.

The Latest on Facebook's new digital currency.

President Donald Trump says he'll hold trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week at a summit of nations in Japan.

Facebook is launching a new digital currency to make e-commerce accessible to more people around the world.

___ Facebook plans its own currency for 2 billion-plus users SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has unveiled an ambitious plan to create a new digital currency for global use similar to Bitcoin.

Technology companies powered stocks solidly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as traders hoped that a meeting next week between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China will ease trade tensions between the two economic powers.