Economic Indicators

Shares of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. soared Friday after California's top utility regulator said his agency will help the company deal with potentially crippling liability costs from wildfires.

Two marijuana stores in Massachusetts were given the green light Friday to begin selling to recreational customers next week, making them the first commercial pot shops in the eastern United States.

___ Brexit, Italy, trade: Risks piling up for Europe's economy FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's long-running economic rebound is facing a mid-life crisis as it copes with worries including a potential debt explosion in Italy, an escalating US-China trade war and a potentially disruptive British exit from the European Union.

U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Friday after another day of volatile trading.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is appealing directly to voters to back her Brexit plan, as she waits to see whether rivals within her party have gained enough support to launch a leadership challenge.

Jennie-O-Turkey is recalling more than 91,000 pounds of raw turkey in an ongoing salmonella outbreak.

Iraq's Oil Ministry says Iraq has resumed exports from its oil fields around Kirkuk, one year after the city was seized by federal forces from the autonomous Kurdish administration in the north of the country.

Europe's five-year economic expansion is facing a mid-life crisis as it copes with a potential debt explosion in Italy, a U.S.-China trade war and the risk of a disorderly British exit from the European Union.

Models in Cuba strutted in paint-stained shirts and leather construction boots Thursday night in an unusual blend of local private enterprise and American corporate sponsorship.

U.S. industry expanded as a slower pace in October, with manufacturing growth offsetting declines in mining and utility production.

A late afternoon wave of buying moved U.S. stocks higher Thursday.

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

Warren is one of several officials, including former Fed Chair Janet Yellen, that banks should not participate in the high-risk practice.

Dow, S&P, Nasdaq on track for first down week in three

An overwhelming number of manufacturing executives say they already struggle to find qualified talent.

The International Monetary Fund predicts the global economy will grow 3.7 percent in 2018 and 2019.

Trump’s fiscal stimulus has an expiration date.

The Taiwanese technology giant is slated to build a $10 billion factory in Wisconsin.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned that the trade dispute between the United States and China could escalate into a fresh Cold War.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Friday on revived concerns over the prospects for a breakthrough in trade tensions between the U.S. and China.