Economic Indicators

U.S. stocks are slightly higher Monday morning as companies including Tyson Foods and Berkshire Hathaway are rising after their second-quarter reports.

President Donald Trump is grossly overstating the extent of U.S. economic and job gains.

An insurance industry group is warning that cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you're not paying attention.

The U.S. trucking industry is desperately trying to recruit new drivers to fill a gap of nearly 900,000 new drivers needed over the next decade.

A Republican co-chair of the Legislature's budget committee said Monday there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass a tax break bill designed to keep open a pair of Kimberly-Clark Corp. plants in northeast Wisconsin, saving more than 600 jobs.

___ PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi latest high-profile female CEO to exit PURCHASE, N.Y.

U.S. stocks finished broadly higher for the third day in a row Monday.

The Latest on U.S. sanctions on Iran (all times local): 7:35 a.m.

Business travelers are increasingly booking stays through Airbnb and other home-sharing sites.

Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order.

President Donald Trump is grossly overstating the extent of U.S. economic and job gains.

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

Egypt's central bank says its foreign debt climbed more than 10 percent in less than a year, reaching $88.2 billion in March.

Prepare for the 10-year yield to hit 5%, or higher.

The latest data from the USDA shows more than 2.8 million Americans have dropped off food stamps since President Trump’s first full month in office.

Asian stocks were mostly higher Monday, despite a new Chinese threat of tariff hikes on U.S. goods, after Washington reported solid employment numbers.

BMW AG's Korean unit says the company is sorry over engine fires that prompted recalls and a probe.

Second quarter earnings season continues this week but at a slower pace.

Official data show that factory orders in Germany dropped a steep 4 percent in June compared with the previous month, led lower by a drop in demand from outside the eurozone.

China has tightened controls on trading in its yuan in a possible effort to stop a decline against the U.S. dollar that has raised the danger of an outflow of capital from the world's second-largest economy.