Economic Indicators

Major U.S. stock indexes ended mixed Wednesday as gains in banks were offset by losses elsewhere in the market.

U.S. and Canadian negotiators are working long hours to keep Canada in a North American trade bloc.

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

The path to peace in a trade war between the United States and China is getting harder to find as the world's two biggest economies pile ever more taxes on each other's products.

In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy.

This is how much retail sales could increase this year.

Stagnant wage growth has puzzled experts at a time when the labor market is strengthening.

According to J.D. Power, passengers are increasingly satisfied with their experience at airports.

Talks to update NAFTA, which U.S. President Donald Trump says is unfair to the United States, have been bogged down amid disagreements between Canadian and U.S. negotiators.

Hurricane Florence made landfall in the Carolinas on Friday as a Category 1 storm.

EU President Tusk says British proposals on Irish border, economy "need to be reworked."

Airline says new process will reduce boarding wait times.

Mike Jackson is stepping down after almost two decades leading AutoNation, the nation's largest dealership chain.

Official figures show that inflation in Britain unexpectedly rose in August to a six-month high as clothing and transport costs rose sharply.

British lawmakers are urging regulation for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in a report that describes the current situation as the "Wild West."

Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday despite jitters over the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China.

China's No. 2 leader appealed Wednesday for support for free trade and promised to improve conditions for foreign companies following tit-for-tat U.S. and Chinese tariff hikes in an escalating battle over Beijing's technology policy.

U.S. stocks rose in early trading Tuesday as investors weighed the White House's decision to impose tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods beginning next week.

Seeking better-skilled workers, Cedar Electronics decided last year to return some of its manufacturing to the United States from the Philippines, only to run smack into a worsening U.S.-China trade war.

Venezuela is leaning heavily on new investments from China, saying they will dramatically boost oil production and turn around the country's crashing economy.