Economic Indicators

There may be good reasons for banning Uber or Airbnb. But they come at a steep cost: sending a clear message to our side of the Atlantic that Ireland is no longer open for business.

The Latest on Venezuela's political and economic crisis (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Spain's airline pilots union has asked for Spanish airline Air Europa to stop flying to Venezuela after one of its crews was attacked at gunpoint in Caracas.

The NFIB survey is a monthly snapshot of small businesses in the U.S., which account for about half of private-sector jobs.

U.S. stocks opened mostly higher on Wall Street Monday, although a steep drop in Boeing is weighing down the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

President Donald Trump's $4.7 trillion budget request proposes steep cuts to domestic spending, a funding boost for the Pentagon and $8.6 billion for his signature border wall with Mexico.

The Latest on President Donald Trump's proposed 2020 budget (all times local): 8:25 a.m.

Honda will be recalling about 1 million older vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the Takata driver's air bag inflators that were installed during previous recalls could be dangerous.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has confidence in the economy, despite disagreements with President Trump in the past.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Monday that the strong U.S. economy is masking the struggles of many families in lower-income communities.

A proposed underground transmission line would carry electricity generated mostly by wind turbines in Iowa to the Chicago area.

President Donald Trump's new budget is returning to an old fight over spending on a border wall with Mexico.

___ Boeing 737 Max 8s under scrutiny after Ethiopia crash HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Airlines in Ethiopia, China, Indonesia and elsewhere have grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner after the second devastating crash of one of the planes in five months.

Technology companies powered U.S. stocks to broad gains Monday, giving the benchmark S&P 500 index its biggest increase since late January.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:40 a.m.

Legislation designed to pump hundreds of millions of ratepayer dollars into Three Mile Island and Pennsylvania's other nuclear power plants is being introduced Monday and could usher in heated debate over whether the plants deserve what critics call a bailout.

The survey of consumer expectations is one of the Fed's price gauges as it weighs the need for rate rises.

FBN's Stuart Varney on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's interview on CBS' '60 Minutes.'

Attacking our leading tech companies just for their size would raise consumer prices, limit choice and discourage innovation.

Jay Powell said he expects that U.S. economic growth will continue to be positive and continue to be at a healthy rate.

Shares of the aeronautical giant had their biggest loss since Oct. 29, 2017.