Economic Indicators

Haitians say they will keep protesting until President Jovenel Moise resigns despite his announcement of upcoming economic measures designed to quell more than a week of violent demonstrations across the country.

___ Amazon dumped New York, but cities still wooing the company Amazon's breakup with New York was still fresh when other cities started sending their own valentines to the online giant.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday announced a $3.9 billion bailout for the country's cash-strapped, state-owned oil company Friday and promised it an additional $1.6 billion in revenue, making it a rescue package of up to $5.5 billion.

Plans to extend key trade talks between the U.S. and China drove stocks broadly higher in early trading.

Stocks surged on Wall Street Friday after Chinese and U.S. officials agreed to continue trade talks in Washington next week.

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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a chemical maker's North Carolina plant may have broken federal law by failing to notify the agency before it started manufacturing and repurposing new industrial compounds.

The average refund during the first 12 days of filing season was $1,949.

Illinois congressional Democrats have asked Wisconsin's new Democratic governor to re-evaluate the environmental impact of a sprawling plant that Foxconn Technology Group plans to build near the states' border, saying they are concerned it could exacerbate flooding in Chicago's northern suburbs.

U.S. and Chinese envoys are holding a second day of trade talks after the top economic adviser to President Donald Trump said he has yet to decide whether to go ahead with a March 2 tariff increase on imports from China.

The Latest on China-U.S. trade talks in Beijing (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Two days of U.S.-Chinese trade talks have ended with no immediate indication whether they made progress on a battle over Beijing's technology ambitions.

Despite President Donald Trump's tough talk on trade, his administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to import millions of tons of steel made in China, Japan and other countries without paying the hefty tariff he put in place to protect U.S. manufacturers and jobs, according to an Associated Press analysis.

Amazon's decision to walk away from New York City could scare off other tech companies considering moving to or expanding in the city.

The preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for February rebounded after the 35-day shutdown ended.

Deere & Co. (DE) on Friday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $498.5 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

The best time to set the stage for a balanced budget is during a roaring economy.

World markets were mostly lower on Friday in the absence of good news as the U.S. and China concluded yet another round of trade talks in Beijing.

Morgan Stanley says disasters have cost North America $415B over the last 3 years.

Official Chinese news agency says US, Chinese trade negotiators will meet next week in Washington.

Sometimes, on a bad night, Brad Strong wakes at 2 a.m. and can't get back to sleep.