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The Environmental Protection Agency is considering backing off of its regulation of toxic mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.

U.S. stocks veered lower Friday morning, giving back early gains as the market continued to be gripped by volatile trading.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday: Tesla (TSLA) Tesla named two independent board members as part of a settlement with regulators who demanded oversight of CEO Elon Musk.

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The Trump administration targeted the Obama-era regulation on Friday.

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Maine's largest electricity utility says it will include information on customers' bills explaining why rates may be higher in 2019.

Most Asian stock markets gained Friday while Japan edged down following Wall Street's rally at the end of a turbulent week.

Wall Street's wild Christmas week rolls on.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday: Macy's Inc., down 9 cents to $30.04.

Wall Street started 2018 strong, buoyed by a growing economy and corporate profits.

US stocks stage big rally, erase 600 point drop in Dow Wall Street staged a swift, last-minute turnaround Thursday that rescued stocks from a steep dive and put the market on track to end a topsy-turvy, volatile week with a gain.

The theft of $3 billion in fuel every year from Mexico's state-run fuel depots and pipelines is an inside job, the country's new president said Thursday.

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In South Korea's largest shipyard, thousands of workers in yellow hard hats move ceaselessly between towering cranes lifting hulks of steel.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading Wednesday, recovering some of their losses from a steep drop ahead of the Christmas holiday that left the benchmark S&P 500 index on the edge of what Wall Street calls a bear market.

Wall Street notches best day in 10 years in holiday rebound Wall Street notched its best day in 10 years as stocks rallied back Wednesday, giving some post-Christmas hope to a market that has otherwise been battered this December.

Kohl's Corporation, up $6.13 to $65.92 Retail stocks like Kohl's rallied the day after Christmas as investors cheered signs that Americans went out and shopped this holiday season.

The closest of the 10 oil discoveries Exxon has made off Guyana's coast is 110 kilometers (68 miles) away from where the incident took place.