Economic Indicators

The federal Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday renewed mineral rights leases for a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, a project that environmentalists fear would spoil the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street as traders became more hopeful that some of the U.S.'s frictions with its trading partners will ease.

A Trump administration appointee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who came under fire after racist comments he wrote years ago resurfaced is leaving the agency.

Toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker plans to open a manufacturing plant in North Texas and create about 500 jobs.

A state judge has ruled that North Dakota regulators properly refrained from becoming involved in a dispute over the location of an $800 million oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Macy's is putting up its sixth consecutive quarter of rising comparable store sales thanks in part to another doubling of online sales.

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

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the U.S. is making progress in talks with Canada and Mexico over steel tariffs, potentially overcoming a key hurdle toward approval of a trade agreement between the three countries.

The U.S.-China trade blowup was a long time coming.

U.S. regulators are proposing new tools to counter the unrelenting waves of robocalls received each year in America.

Faced with the Trump administration's 25% tariff on imports from China, Ruth Rau is looking to other countries to manufacture baby and toddler toys.

Small businesses contending with higher tariffs on Chinese imports must determine the best way to mitigate the damage to their profits after the duties rose to 25% from 10% last Friday.

Democratic socialism is a check on capitalism, said Nomiki Konst.

Past projections for the social programs have assumed the higher birth rate would remain constant.

Key economic indicators, like retail sales and industrial output, posted significant declines in April.

The plant will create 500 jobs.

A Japanese startup that launched a rocket into space last month plans to provide low-cost rocket services and compete with American rivals such as SpaceX.

Ford is adding 270,000 vehicles to a recall in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause them roll away unexpectedly.

U.S. industrial production fell in April, dragged by a big drop in factory output as production of autos and auto parts continued to slide.

Experts say some high-tax states make it difficult for residents to change their domicile.