Economic Indicators

Australia's treasurer said he will unveil the government's first balanced annual budget plan in a decade days before general elections are called.

Asian stock prices followed Wall Street higher Tuesday on encouraging global economic data.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher on Wall Street in early trading Monday, continuing the market's upward momentum as it comes off its best quarter in nearly a decade.

A federal judge has ordered a government agency to take a closer look at pipeline company Enbridge's plans for dealing with a potential oil spill in the waterway connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan.

___ Survey: US manufacturing activity increased in March WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturers grew at a faster pace in March, as the pace of employment jumped and new orders and production improved.

Financial and technology companies helped power U.S. stocks solidly higher Monday as investors drew encouragement from data pointing to a brighter outlook on the global economy.

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

The country's largest electric company is being ordered to excavate coal ash from all of its North Carolina power plant sites, slashing the risk of toxic chemicals leaking into water supplies but potentially adding billions of dollars to power bills.

A Northern California jury ordered Chevron Corp. to pay the families of two brothers who died of cancer a combined $21.4 million after concluding the company failed to properly warn the men about the dangers of a toxic solvent they worked with at a company-owned tire factory.

Robo-advisers have been around long enough that the question is no longer whether you should turn your investment decisions over to a computer.

The U.S. government's highway safety agency has decided to open two new investigations into fires involving Hyundai and Kia vehicles after getting complaints of more than 3,100 fires and 103 injuries.

The supply chain for some industries stands to be seriously disrupted.

Production cuts from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries helped push supply to a four-year low in March.

Credit unions, awash in cash because of their tax-exempt status, are buying banks in cash deals -- and it is resulting in the annual loss of tens of millions in tax monies.

The weak report from the Commerce Department on Monday joined a raft of other soft data, including housing starts and manufacturing production that have left economists anticipating a sharp slowdown in growth in the first quarter.

The Bank of Greece says the country is likely to miss its 2019 growth target due to growing international uncertainty and doubts over the government's commitment to long-term reforms.

There's one specific week where homes sell faster, and at higher prices, than those listed throughout the rest of the year.

US retail sales slumped 0.2% in February; less spending on building materials, electronics and groceries.

All three major equity averages are now up three days in a row, and the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average notched its largest one-day point and percentage gain since Feb. 15, 2019.

Shares surged Monday in Europe and Asia after the release over the weekend of encouraging manufacturing data in China that suggest government stimulus may be gaining traction.