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U.S. stocks edged higher in early trading Wednesday, recouping some of the market's losses from a day earlier.

A former photographer at the Department of Energy says he lost his job in retaliation for making public photos of a meeting between Secretary Rick Perry and Robert "Bob" Murray during which the coal baron provided a wish list of policy initiatives that would directly benefit his company.

___ Apple to build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350B pledge SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is planning to build another corporate campus and hire 20,000 workers during the next five years as part of a $350 billion commitment to the U.S. economy that will be partially financed by an upcoming windfall from the country's new tax law.

Dominion Energy plans to place nine of its older, inefficient and rarely-used power-generating units across Virginia into a dormant status, the company announced Wednesday.

Virginia's General Assembly is in the middle of a contentious fight over electric rates that could impact monthly utility bills for most businesses and residents.

President Donald Trump relentlessly congratulates himself for the healthy state of the U.S. economy.

Shares were lower Wednesday in Asia after a flip-flop session on Wall Street, where the Dow industrial average ended almost flat after backtracking from a broad rally earlier in the day.

U.S. stocks climbed broadly in early trading Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average past the 26,000-point mark for the first time.

___ Bank execs sing praises of new tax law as windfall looms NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the nation's biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo — are indicating they expect to see significant future benefits from the recently enacted GOP tax bill, through both lower taxes and increased business.

U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday, erasing an early gain that briefly sent the Dow Jones industrial average past 26,000 points for the first time.

Oil production in North Dakota is increasing amid rebounding oil prices and technology advances.

U.S. oil output is about to push past the more than 10 million barrels per day mark thanks to surging shale production.

Hess is cutting roughly 13 percent of its workforce and streamlining operations.

Battery maker Energizer Holdings said on Tuesday it would buy the global battery and portable lighting business of Spectrum Brands in a $2 billion all-cash deal.

BP's fourth-quarter profits will take a hit from a multibillion-dollar charge related to the company's fatal blowout in the Gulf of Mexico eight years ago.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street's strong finish last week.

Asian stock markets edged higher on Monday after Wall Street's strong finish last week.

An Idaho-based energy development company is asking federal authorities to declare state regulators in violation of a law intended to promote alternative energy in a case that could have far-reaching ramifications for emerging battery-storage technologies.

The Trump administration may have violated federal law by exempting Florida from a national plan to expand offshore drilling, a Democratic senator says.

Rising retailers pushed U.S. stock indexes further into record territory on Friday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index was on pace to close out its seventh week of gains in the last eight.