Economic Indicators

A rocket ship set to launch from California's Mojave Desert could herald a giant step toward the long-awaited dream of space tourism for Virgin Galactic.

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 8:30 a.m.

EU leaders promise to work for speedy new trade deal with Britain to avoid triggering contentious Irish border guarantee.

___ Apple to build new Austin hub, expand in other tech hotbeds AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Apple is building a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker executed a $28 million deal Thursday to save nearly 400 jobs at a Kimberly-Clark Corp. plant, using powers that his Democratic successor would no longer have under legislation approved last week during a lame-duck session.

New York state is suing two of the nation's largest retailers and a third company for importing and selling children's toys with lead levels up to 10 times higher than federal limits.

President Donald Trump has come up with a theory about how Mexico, by hook or by crook, really is paying for his border wall despite saying a thousand times no.

Spirits giant Diageo is taking a deeper plunge into bourbon and American whiskey production with plans for a new distillery in Kentucky.

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

Toyota is recalling nearly 143,000 SUVs and pickups worldwide to fix air bag and brake problems.

The federal government says U.S. commercial fishing generated more than $144 billion in sales in 2016, a total about in line with trends of recent years.

The federal budget deficit surged to a record for the month of November of $204.9 billion, but a big part of the increase reflected a calendar quirk.

The solar industry is blaming tariffs for delays and cancellations of major solar energy projects.

A top European Union official says EU leaders have agreed to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over its destabilization of Ukraine.

After a turbulent two months during which oil prices plummeted from a four-year high to a one-year low, investors may wonder what comes next for U.S. crude.

Investors have become increasingly concerned about the prospects of another recession, as stocks enter correction territory and the yield curve flattens.

The European Central Bank is expected to halt the stimulus program that it deployed nearly four years ago to nurture a teetering eurozone economy back to health.

The apparent detentions of two Canadian men in China this week have raised the stakes in a three-way international dispute with the United States.

Google, including YouTube, is said to be responsible for at least 90 percent of internet searches.

Runaway spending and entitlement programs need to be corrected.