Economic Indicators

Ahmad Harb opened his perfume shop on the main street of Beirut's commercial Hamra district 35 years ago, and his business has weathered security and political crises in this volatile country, including a civil war.

Stocks are drifting between gains and losses in early trading on Wall Street Thursday as gains in the technology sector are offset by losses in banks, packaged food makers and other companies.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators have ended two days of meetings without reaching a breakthrough in a trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies that has disrupted global commerce.

The Senate has approved an $854 billion measure that funds much of the government, including $675 billion for the Defense Department.

Stocks closed slightly lower Thursday after a slide in banks and industrial companies offset solid gains for the technology sector.

The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 7:40 a.m.

A new inland port terminal that moves cargo by train from northern Georgia to the busy coastal seaport in Savannah is generating new economic interest in an area better known for nature tourism than industry.

A top Federal Reserve official says she favors two more interest rate increases this year despite complaints from President Donald Trump that the Fed's continuing rate hikes risk slowing the U.S. economy.

Argentine authorities carried out a raid at an apartment owned by former President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday as part of a case investigating widespread corruption.

The economy is growing, the stock market is soaring and unemployment remains low.

One of the chief suppliers for a line of trademarked auto parts sold by Indiana Senate candidate Mike Braun laid off more than 200 American workers and shipped their jobs to Asia.

The British government says it will unilaterally accept some European Union rules and give EU financial services firms continued access to the UK market in order to maintain stability if the country crashes out of the bloc without a deal.

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

A German news media report has stirred new speculation about who will succeed Mario Draghi as head of the European Central Bank, one of the globe's most powerful economic policy jobs.

The Senate Banking Committee has approved Kathy Kraninger to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 13-12 party-line vote.

The current bull market for U.S. stocks is now the longest of all time.

Sales of new U.S. homes slumped 1.7 percent in July, the second straight monthly decline as the broader housing market appears to have lost some of its momentum despite an otherwise solid economy.

European Central Bank policymakers are viewing slower than expected growth as a temporary hiccup and think that the 19-country eurozone's upswing remains solid amid strengthening wage growth.

The company is seeking to trademark a number of acronyms used by younger consumers.

The sector has been plagued by rising building material costs and shortages of land and labor, which have put a squeeze on the supply of houses available for sale and kept house prices elevated.