Economic Indicators

Some 3,000 Italian business leaders from mainly small and medium sized firms are protesting in the northern city of Turin to pressure the government to invest in infrastructure and come up with clear plans for promoting economic growth.

The Latest on the U.S.-China trade talks (all times local): 1:50 p.m. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says there is no "specific agreement" between the United States and China that would address China's tariffs on U.S. auto imports but says he "expects" those duties to go to zero.

The White House also plans to eliminate certain subsidies implemented by former President Barack Obama.

The Latest on France's response to violent protests (all times local): 11:30 a.m.

European Union's enlargement commissioner is visiting Kosovo to try to push authorities to revoke a recent decision to impose a 100-percent tariff on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

President Trump’s spending bill for 2019 calls for a 2.6 percent bump in military pay – the largest increase in a decade.

Jeff Bezos boldly predicted five years ago that drones would be carrying Amazon packages to people's doorsteps by now.

The data comes as many investors are watching for signs the Federal Reserve's three-year tightening cycle could be coming to a close.

Spending on U.S. construction projections fell 0.1% in October, the third consecutive monthly decline, as weakness in home building and non-residential construction offset a rebound in government projects.

Retired German tennis star Boris Becker has dropped his claim to have diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings in Britain.

The dinner-table diplomacy that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping of China conducted over the weekend produced something as vague as it was valuable: an agreement to keep talking.

US markets surge on tentative trade truce with China, Dow up more than 400 points at opening bell.

Shares of Tesaro soared early Monday after GlaxoSmithKline said it would pay about $5.1 billion in cash to buy the cancer drugmaker.

Asian markets were broadly higher on Monday after the U.S. and China reached a 90-day truce in a trade dispute that has dampened global growth and rattled investors worldwide.

Official figures show that Turkey's inflation rate eased in November in the wake of a firmer currency, which kept a lid on import prices.

China and the United States agreed during a weekend meeting in Argentina of the Group of 20 leading economies not to impose additional trade tariffs for at least 90 days while they hold talks to resolve existing disputes.

The truce in the trade dispute between the U.S. and China should boost rattled financial markets, at least likely through year's end, experts say.

The truce in the trade dispute between the U.S. and China should boost rattled financial markets, at least likely through year's end, experts say.

President Donald Trump can't seem to get his facts straight when it comes to the Russia investigation.

If there has been a constant to President Donald Trump's tumultuous first two years in office, it has been that his foreign trips have tended to be drama-filled affairs — the president barreling through international gatherings like a norm-smashing bull, disrupting alliances and upending long-standing U.S. policies.