Economic Indicators

Israel's Defense Ministry says the country's military exports were $7.5 billion last year, down 18% from the previous year.

The European Union has drawn up a list of $20 billion worth of U.S. products it could tax in an escalating feud over plane industry subsidies, the EU's executive commission said Wednesday.

US trade deficit falls 3.4% to $49.4 billion in February; deficit in trade of goods with China narrows 28.2%.

Major share benchmarks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after China announced its economy grew at a better than expected 6.4% annual pace in the last quarter.

The quarterly expansion was the second straight at that level but remained below 2018’s 6.6% full-year rate.

Hiking the tax on carried interest capital gains would discourage entrepreneurs who invest their time, energy and expertise in American businesses.

The German government has slashed its 2019 economic growth forecast for the country for the second time this year and is now predicting growth of only 0.5%.

Nearly three-fourths of CFOs -- 67 percent -- surveyed believe the nation’s economy will enter a recession by the latter half of 2020

China's economic growth held steady in the latest quarter amid a tariff war with Washington in a sign Beijing's efforts to reverse a slowdown might be gaining traction.

Japan's exports declined in March as shipments to China dropped more than 9%, pulling the nation's trade surplus sharply lower.

Stocks were higher on Wall Street in early trading Tuesday, erasing the market's modest losses from a day earlier.

China reports economic growth held steady at 6.4 percent in latest quarter, the lowest level in a decade.

Stepping up pressure on Cuba, President Donald Trump is poised to allow lawsuits against foreign companies that have benefited from Cuba's seizure of American companies after the 1959 revolution, a senior administration official said Tuesday.

Sprint and T-Mobile shares are falling after a Wall Street Journal report cast doubt on the likelihood of government approval of their $26.5 billion merger .

___ Apple, Qualcomm settle bitter dispute over iPhone technology SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and mobile chip maker Qualcomm have settled a bitter financial dispute centered on some of the technology that enables iPhones to connect to the internet.

Banks led stocks slightly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, erasing the market's modest losses from a day earlier, as investors weighed the latest batch of company earnings reports.

U.S. health regulators are halting sales of a type of surgical mesh used to repair pelvic conditions in women.

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A top shareholder adviser recommended Boeing investors support a new, independent board chair.

A union official says a small contingent of workers has finished making replacement parts for the Chevy Cruze at a General Motors plant in Ohio where production of the compact sedan ended in March.