Economic Indicators

The United States is on pace to add about 2.6 million jobs this year under President Donald Trump's watch.

Environmental regulators aren't sure where a northwestern Indiana steel mill's emissions end up after the pollution is released by the sprawling mill, which is a major source of industrial lead and benzene emissions, a newspaper has found.

The jobs data shows an economy that is as fractured as the political landscape ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

Britain's international trade minister says it's likely the U.K. will fail to agree upon a divorce deal with the European Union before it leaves the bloc next March.

As Europe struggles through a major heatwave, the French energy company EDF says it has halted a fourth nuclear reactor, this time one at the country's oldest nuclear plant at Fessenheim in eastern France.

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Wells Fargo says a company mistake contributed to hundreds of foreclosures because it miscalculated customers' eligibility for mortgage modifications.

American boat makers are getting pummeled on multiple fronts by tariffs in an escalating trade war.

On the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening public-sector unions, labor's clout is being put to a new test by a voter referendum in Missouri over whether the state should ban compulsory union fees in all private-sector workplaces.

Germany's central bank is changing its terms and conditions to provide for deeper scrutiny of cash transfers, a move that comes as Iran seeks to repatriate cash held in a Hamburg-based bank and the U.S. presses allies to get tough on Tehran.

___ US businesses cast wider net as jobless rate hits 3.9 pct.

U.S. stocks rose Friday after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July and strong quarterly earnings continued to boost the market.

U.S. stocks are mostly higher Friday morning after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July.

A strong economy does not translate to a strong investment opportunity, according to the Carlyle Group co-CEO.

Just as they prepare for a crucial harvest in the wake of Hurricane Irma, lobster fisherman in the Florida Keys fear a trade war with China could undermine storm recovery in the island chain.

A CareerBuilder survey showed that companies also expect to increase starting salaries.

China's government has announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals for retaliation if Washington goes ahead with its latest tariff threat.

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FBN’s Stuart Varney on the mounting political divide in America.