Economic Indicators

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday, snapping a three-day losing streak amid renewed optimism for a potential resolution to the U.S.'s trade war with China.

Maine's lobster catch, value grew last year, officials say

Maine lobstermen brought more than 119 million pounds (54 million kilograms) of the state's signature seafood ashore last year, an increase that helped to propel the total value of Maine's seafood to the second-highest value on record, state officials said.

Correction: Liberia-Missing Millions story

A new report says Liberia's central bank illegally ordered three times the number of bank notes it had been authorized to print — and now can't say what happened to most of them.