Economic Indicators

Although the U.S. economy added fewer-than-expected jobs in July, the country’s job market remains healthy.

The Trump administration is overstating claims of auto safety and reduced costs in justifying its proposal to weaken Obama-era fuel economy requirements that were aimed at making cars more fuel efficient.

With a robust economy at their backs, optimistic employers likely added jobs at a solid pace in July.

The Trump administration is proposing to roll back tougher Obama-era gas mileage requirements that are set to take effect after 2020.

The Trump administration is overstating claims of auto safety and reduced costs in justifying its proposal to weaken Obama-era fuel economy requirements that were aimed at making cars more fuel efficient.

President Donald Trump is crediting his tariffs with persuading U.S. Steel to open a half dozen new plants.

Venezuela's socialist government says it is relaxing strict controls that for years have limited currency exchanges, choking the economy.

___ Financial fruit: Apple becomes 1st trillion-dollar company SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Apple has become the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion.

CBS will report second-quarter earnings on Thursday as turmoil swirls around the media company as the important fall TV season approaches.

The U.S. Commerce Department is going ahead with a tax on Canadian newsprint, a threat to the already-struggling American newspaper industry.

World stocks indexes are falling Thursday after the Trump administration said it will consider an even higher tax rate of 25 percent on $200 billion in imports from China, raising the stakes in the trade war between the two largest economies.

U.S. stocks climbed Thursday as Apple led a rally in technology companies and reached $1 trillion in value.

The Latest on Apple reaching a market value of $1 trillion (all times local): 9:15 a.m.

Gathering strength for a brutal trade war with China, the United States appears to be trying to patch things up with its friends.

The Federal Trade Commission is accusing an auto group in the Southwest of using deceptive and unlawful practices to sell vehicles to Navajos.

A former Tesla Inc. employee at the electric car maker's battery plant in Nevada is seeking at least $1 million in defamation damages after it accused him of hacking into computers and stealing confidential information leaked to the media.

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