Economic Indicators

Home builders' confidence falls to 11-month low

U.S. industrial production rose modestly last month, held down by drops in mining and utilities.

Now that plastic straws may be headed for extinction, could Americans' love of balloons get deflated too?

Macy's is raising its annual profit forecast as the department store reported an unexpected increase in a key sales measure.

The White House has acknowledged error in its false claim that President Donald Trump created three times as many jobs for African-Americans than President Barack Obama.

The fund also cut its stake in Google parent Alphabet

Consumer spending is being supported by a tightening labor market, which is steadily pushing up wages.

Data for the first quarter was revised lower.

Ford Motor Co. plans to spend roughly $740 million renovating Detroit's long vacant train depot and redeveloping other area properties for research and development of self-driving vehicles .

The inflation rate in Britain has picked up, keeping a squeeze on households facing the uncertainty of Brexit.

Shares were mostly lower in Asia early Wednesday despite a rally overnight on Wall Street as investors' jitters over the Turkish currency crisis eased.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 300 points in midday trading.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is blaming the United States for Turkey's financial crisis, ignoring homegrown problems like high debts, raging inflation and his own erratic policies.

New Zealand has banned most foreigners from buying homes as it tries to tackle runaway housing prices.

China's government says it has filed a challenge to a U.S. tariff hike on solar panels in the World Trade Organization, adding to its sprawling trade dispute with President Donald Trump.

India will send a manned flight into space by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Wednesday as part of India's independence day celebrations.

___ Using common social media tactics to subvert US elections NEW YORK (AP) — The latest efforts to disrupt the U.S. midterm elections through Facebook manipulation seem to be following a persuasion playbook refined by legitimate companies and organizations, but with a twist.

Kroger will start to sell some of its products to Chinese shoppers through a website owned by internet giant Alibaba, the latest move by the supermarket chain to boost its digital business.

U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday as banks, retailers, and smaller companies jumped.

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