California gas prices surge to five-year high; what's causing the spike?
Gas prices in the Golden State have risen nearly 70 cents over the course of a month.
Uber, Pinterest, Zoom, Slack IPOs have San Francisco bracing for new tech boom
The Bay Area could see up to 10,000 newly minted millionaires with money to spend.
Emily Oster crunches parenting data so you don't have to
Breastfeeding, sleep training, food allergies: Parents navigate an onslaught of decisions, particularly fraught from birth to preschool when their own sleep deprivation and inexperience may come into play.
US claims for unemployment aid hit lowest level since '69
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century.
JPMorgan Chase announces first winning cities in $500 million AdvancingCities initiative
Louisville, Kentucky, Syracuse, New York, Chicago, San Diego and Miami will each receive $3 million dollars.
US retail sales surged 1.6% in March, fastest pace since September 2017 in a positive for economic growth
US retail sales surged 1.6% in March, fastest pace since September 2017 in a positive for economic growth.
Jamie Dimon: US economy can grow for another two years
A U.S. recession is not coming this year.
Global stocks subdued as investors eye earnings, data
Asian stocks fell Thursday after Wall Street declined despite encouraging Chinese economic data.
A homebuyer's market? Where sellers are losing their advantage
Some major metro areas are starting to show signs of a shift favoring buyers.
Asian stocks sink after Wall Street declines
Major U.S. stock indexes fell in morning trading Wednesday as losses by health care companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market.
Trump cracks down on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
The Trump administration on Wednesday opened the door for lawsuits against foreign firms operating on properties Cuba seized from Americans after the 1959 revolution.
Economy, immigration top list of voter concerns: Fox News Poll
The U.S. economy is in excellent or good shape according to 44 percent of voters.
Wisconsin governor wants to renegotiate Foxconn contract
Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday it's "unrealistic" to think that Foxconn Technology Group will employ 13,000 people in Wisconsin as originally promised and that he wants to renegotiate the contract with the global electronics leader.
Argentina to freeze prices of goods in bid to tame inflation
Argentina's government is freezing the prices of 60 essential products and some services in a bid to tame spiraling inflation.
Business Highlights
___ To some market vets, stocks are rallying like it's 1999 NEW YORK (AP) — The furious rally for stocks this year, so quickly on the heels of last year's scary tumble, is reminding some investors of the market's rebound in late 1998.
Feds seek dismissal of plutonium lawsuit; no quake concerns
The U.S. Energy Department is asking a federal judge in Reno to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging plutonium shipments to Nevada while an appeals court considers whether to overturn the judge's earlier refusal to temporarily block the shipments.
How the major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Stocks finished a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street Wednesday with modest losses that erased most of the market's slight gains from a day earlier.
Markets Right Now: Stocks end lower as insurers fall
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
Fed sees moderate growth but problems in trade and floods
The Federal Reserve says the economy was expanding at a "slight-to-moderate pace" in March and early April, with some regions seeing signs of strengthening after a winter slowdown.
Fed Beige Book reports slight-to-moderate growth
All of the Fed’s 12 districts reported slight-to-moderate gains in recent months.















