Economic Indicators

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

General Motors says the first of five North American plants that it plans to close by 2020 will end production this week.

Trump's hitting American consumers with a $30 billion tax in the name of a trade war that can't be won, said Stockman.

U.S. officials say the Trump administration is preparing to tighten the six-decade trade embargo on Cuba on Monday by allowing some lawsuits against foreign companies using properties confiscated by the Cuban government after its 1959 revolution.

Office Depot and Alibaba.com are creating an online store to expand the reach of both companies with small businesses.

WarnerMedia is hiring former NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt as chairman of its entertainment and direct-to-consumer divisions in a reorganization.

As a wealthy American, I’m not fighting the wave of resistance coming out of the left. I say bring it on. Tax the rich.

Liberian police have formally charged the 61-year-old son of the country's former president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in connection with an investigation into the unlawful overprinting of local currency worth millions of U.S. dollars.

Reported losses were up 38 percent when compared with the year prior.

Small and mid-size business owners are upbeat about their companies, but also a little wary about the economy.

Bolstered by a strong labor market and business investment, entering a recession would be 'difficult,' said El-Erian.

Construction spending increased 1.6 percent on a year-on-year basis in December.

Here is where we are today compared to the last two recessions.

The chief executive of Cyprus' largest bank says he will quit his position in September after nearly six years to take up a "commercial opportunity" in the U.K. John Patrick Hourican, the CEO of Bank of Cyprus, said Monday that he leaves the bank in "its strongest capital position in living memory.

Greece says it is planning a benchmark 10-year bond issue, in its second market test since the country officially exited its international bailouts in August.

Gregory McDonald strides across the spotless factory floor at his company, Goodfish, glowing with pride.

Indonesia and Australia were to sign a free trade agreement Monday that will eliminate many tariffs, allow Australian-owned hospitals to be set up in the giant Southeast Asian country and increase work visas for young Indonesians.

General Motors says nearly all of its blue-collar workers in the U.S. whose jobs are facing elimination in a companywide restructuring have work waiting for them at GM's remaining factories.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the company's next vehicle will be unveiled March 14.

Britain's international trade secretary is welcoming proposals drawn up by hard-line Brexit supporters that outline what it will take for them to support Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the European Union.