Economic Indicators

China has sounded a positive note ahead of trade talks this week with Washington, but the two sides face potentially lengthy wrangling over technology and the future of their economic relationship.

The shutdown is now entering its third week.

Rosetta Stone, the Arlington, Virginia-based business known for selling foreign language CDs, is now teaching reading in U.S. schools and revamping its core language business.

Maine is by far the largest wild blueberry producer in the country.

Washington and Beijing have been involved in a back-and-forth trade dispute throughout the course of last year.

President Donald Trump is expressing optimism about trade negotiations with China as U.S. officials are expected in Beijing for talks aimed at easing a trade battle.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has launched an ambitious plan to stimulate economic activity on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border despite recent U.S. threats to close the border entirely.

Of the new positions, about 50,000 will be seasonal and about 10,000 will be permanent associations.

President Donald Trump held forth on all manner of things this past week as he emerged from a "lonely" spell over the holidays.

Streaming TV may never again be as simple, or as affordable, as it is now.

Global stocks are jumping Friday as investors welcomed news of trade talks between the U.S. and China next week and the U.S. government reported a big increase in hiring in December.

The top U.S. trade official has taken the first step toward potential sanctions on Peru for allegedly violating the environmental protections included in its free trade pact.

Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says he will not resign if asked to do so by President Donald Trump.

As much of the U.S. government remains shut down over President Donald Trump's insistence on funding for his border wall, nearly half of Americans identify immigration as a top issue for the government to work on this year.

___ Stocks swing to huge gains after jobs report, trade talks NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks soar on Wall Street, erasing the plunge they took a day earlier, as a string of encouraging developments relieve investors who have been worried about the U.S. economy.

Global stocks soared Friday and reversed the big losses they suffered just a day earlier.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Citigroup Inc., up $2.57 to $55.13 Bank stocks rallied as interest rates turned higher, reversing a steep decrease the day before.

Holtz-Eakin, who served as CBO director under former President George W. Bush, said the economy’s fundamentals remain strong despite market volatility.

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