Economic Indicators

The new head of the U.S. consumer watchdog agency says she doesn't have immediate targets in mind for rolling back actions taken by her controversial predecessor, and will put protecting consumers in the forefront.

Stock markets around the world jumped Tuesday on hopes that trade tensions between the world's largest economies may ease after U.S. and Chinese officials spoke on the phone.

The Latest on the sentencing of Alain Kaloyeros in the Buffalo Billion corruption trial (all times local): 4:40 p.m.

Lawmakers have reached an agreement on the farm bill, a mammoth package that will fund key safety net programs for the next five years.

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday over offshore drilling tests, launching a legal fight against a proposal that has drawn bipartisan opposition along the Atlantic Coast.

Google's CEO faces a grilling from U.S. lawmakers on how the web search giant handled an alarming data breach and whether it may bend to Chinese government censorship demands.

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

U.S. airlines expect a 5.2 percent increase in air travel during the Christmas and New Year's break, to more than 2.5 million people a day.

A court in Argentina has sentenced two former Ford Motor Co. executives to prison for crimes against humanity committed against Argentine union workers during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

China's government says its economic czar and the U.S. Treasury secretary have discussed plans for the next round of talks in a tariff battle following a temporary cease-fire.

Tax relief and other fiscal measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macron to try to calm nationwide protests will cost 8-10 billion euros ($9-$11 billion), the government said Tuesday.

The unrest will also further hinder to the country’s push to revive the economy.

CBS says it has sold Television City, its Los Angeles headquarters and production facility, to a real estate developer for $750 million.

The Latest on the back and forth between China and the U.S. over trade, technology and the arrest of an executive of the Chinese network gear company Huawei Technologies.

The Trump-backed measure was dropped from the bill as a compromise.

The figures suggest inflation pressures have subsided since late last year.

US wholesale prices inch up 0.1 percent in November as gas costs fall.

Asian markets were mixed Tuesday in narrow trading on doubts that U.S. and China can manage to resolve their festering trade dispute.

The slump is a setback for global automakers that look to China to drive revenue.

Official figures show that wages in Britain are rising at their fastest rate in a decade while employment has hit a record high.