Economic Indicators

Major U.S. stock indexes ended mostly lower Thursday, dragged down by losses in several industrial companies.

Southwest Airlines' first quarter performance managed to beat Wall Street's view, even as the airline said it came under pressure due to thousands of flight cancellations related to Boeing's 737 Max 8.

Ford earnings fell in the first quarter, but the automaker's shares rallied in extended trading as Ford said a restructuring is starting to take hold.

___ Walmart experiments with AI to monitor stores in real time LEVITTOWN, N.Y.

Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that future traffic in check using a video game.

Disappointingly weak earnings reports from 3M and other industrial companies kept U.S. stock indexes in check on Thursday, blotting out a set of blowout results from big-name tech companies.

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

The Latest on French President Emmanuel Macron's solutions to quell the economic anger of yellow vest protests(all times local): 6:50 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to cut income taxes for middle-class workers.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and top European Union officials are discussing trade, bilateral ties and North Korea, on the latest leg of Abe's international tour to prepare for the G-20 summit in June.

CVS Health is venturing into dental care with plans to offer a relatively new teeth-straightening service.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group remains on the U.S. government's annual list of "notorious markets" that peddle counterfeit products.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week for the fourth straight week, though they remain historically low as a spur to home sales in the spring buying season.

The Trump administration economic policies is expanding America's wealth, according to Kevin Hassett.

It's not just the stock market at a record high that's feeling the Fed effect.

The construction sector is expected to add jobs at a faster-than-average pace over the coming years.

Comcast kept shedding cable customers and adding home internet subscribers in its most recent quarter.

When Todd Miller began his two-person solar installation business in a suburb of Des Moines, one of the challenges he faced was keeping up with customer orders, as tax incentives and plunging prices for the boxy roof panels created a booming demand for this form of clean energy.

Inside one of Walmart's busiest Neighborhood Market grocery stores, high resolution cameras suspended from the ceiling point to a table of bananas.

British competition regulators have blocked J. Sainsbury Plc's 7.3 billion-pound ($9.4 billion) purchase of Walmart's Asda unit, which would have created the U.K.'s biggest supermarket chain.

Despite the volatility, labor market strength remains intact.