Economic Indicators

U.S. stocks were moving lower early Tuesday, dragged down by big communications companies after Google's parent company, Alphabet, reported a slowdown in revenue growth.

American and Chinese trade negotiators have begun more talks aimed at ending a tariff war after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said U.S. officials might be moving toward a decision on whether to make a deal with Beijing.

ESPN The Magazine is ending its print edition in September after 21 years.

Regulators say Los Alamos National Laboratory has not ensured sufficient nuclear safety in its operations as the New Mexico facility prepares to increase its work with plutonium.

Weak iPhone demand is still causing Apple's overall sales to shrink, despite the company's effort to emphasize services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from its 1.4 billion devices still in use.

U.S. health officials will allow Philip Morris International to sell a cigarette alternative that heats tobacco without burning it.

___ Apple's fiscal 2Q revenue, profit sag amid iPhone slump SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Weak iPhone demand is still causing Apple's overall sales to shrink, despite the company's effort to emphasize services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from its 1.4 billion devices still in use.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says the president is still backing conservative commentator Stephen Moore for a spot on the Federal Reserve board, and she adds she's not concerned about some of his controversial comments on women.

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

The Federal Open Market Committee meeting kicked off on Tuesday and will conclude on Wednesday.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg will kick off Facebook's annual F8 conference Tuesday with what are expected to be more details about his new "privacy-focused" vision for the social network.

Animal waste tainting fresh produce is one of the major causes of food-borne ailments.

French authorities were planning high security measures Tuesday for May Day demonstrations in Paris and across the country, as anti-government yellow vest protesters are expected to join trade union activists.

Treasuring Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the U.S. economy is the bright spot of the world.

The Latest on President Donald Trump's meeting with top Democrats (all times local): 10:35 a.m.

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway is financing a bid by Occidental Petroleum for Anadarko, potentially upending Chevron's $33 billion offer for the energy company.

Today, on average, a woman working full time earns about 80.7 cents for every dollar a man working full time earns.

Price increases were strongest in the Sunbelt.

General Electric Co. (GE) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $3.59 billion, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

The ECI is widely viewed by policymakers and economists as one of the better measures of labor market slack.