Economic Indicators

For four decades, Beijing has cajoled or pressured foreign companies to hand over technology.

Shares are mixed in Asia, with India and Australia leading gains following elections that look set to keep incumbents in office.

The Japanese government says the economy grew at an annual pace of 2.1% in the first quarter, marking the second straight quarter of expansion.

Native American tribes and environmental groups are fighting to stop a Canadian firm from opening a copper mine in southeastern Arizona, arguing it could desecrate sacred, ancestral lands and pollute the air and water.

Questions about marijuana and social justice have played a prominent role this year in several U.S. states' debates about pot legalization.

Advocates for legalizing marijuana have long argued it would strike a blow for social justice after a decades-long drug war that disproportionately targeted minority and poor communities.

She alights from a black Ferrari convertible, her Christian Louboutin stilettos glinting in the sunlight.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took aim at corporate executives on Saturday, claiming they escaped repercussions for negatively affecting the public and the economy.

The halt on China's imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted U.S. recycling programs has also spurred investment in American plants that process recyclables.

The Latest on President Donald Trump and U.S. trade tariffs (all times local): 1:50 p.m.

Luckin Coffee, a fast-growing rival to Starbucks in China, jolted higher in its U.S. stock market debut Friday.

The United States and China have been trading punches over trade for months.

Proponents of New Mexico's energy industry say emails exchanged among environmentalists and a key member of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's cabinet represent a conflict of interest as the state was creating landmark legislation that set ambitious new renewable energy goals.

The state is struggling to fill a large budget deficit.

Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Friday and notched their second-straight weekly loss, as investors were whipsawed by contradictory developments in the Trump administration's array of trade conflicts.

___ Mounting tensions with Iran, China leave oil prices in flux NEW YORK (AP) — A rare mix of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and China is tugging oil prices in opposite directions and creating uncertainty over where they might land.

President Donald Trump is delaying any decision to impose auto tariffs on car and auto part imports, deciding against ratcheting up trade disputes or impacting talks with European nations and Japan.

While wages are soaring across the country, a major pay gap between corporate executives and employees still exists.

Stocks flopped on Friday, and investors herded into the safety of bonds after the market's reading of the U.S.-China trade war flipped back to worry.

A rare mix of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and China is tugging oil prices in opposite directions and creating uncertainty over where they might land.