Uber, Lyft losses keep competitors at bay
A fare war between Uber and Lyft has led to billions of dollars in losses for both ride-hailing companies as they fight for passengers and drivers.
States bring price fixing suit against generic drug makers
Attorneys general from more than 40 states are alleging the nation's largest generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer, arthritis and other medical conditions.
Busy Texas waterway remains partially closed after collision
A busy commercial waterway near Houston remains partially closed following a collision involving four vessels that caused a toxic gasoline product to leak into the water.
Company says it was told duck boats were OK before sinking
An entertainment company that owned a duck boat involved in a fatal sinking on a Missouri lake last summer disputes that an independent investigator told it its vehicles did not comply with a government standard.
Trump has long seen previous US trade agreements as losers
President Donald Trump's combative approach to trade has been one of the main constants among his often-shifting political views.
Mother's Day spending to near $25 billion this year
The NRF also anticipates that men will outspend women at $237 compared to $158.
Potential sale of shuttered GM plant clouded with doubt
The fate of a shuttered General Motors plant in Ohio remains very much up in the air even after a tweet from President Donald Trump heralded the potential sale of a factory he has shown an intense interest in saving.
Don’t want to buy a car? Rent your neighbor’s
The peer-to-peer car-sharing industry is changing the way we think about vehicle ownership and how we travel.
Chinese envoy says trade talks with US have not broken down
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He says trade talks with the U.S. have not broken down.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's fog of misinformation on trade
President Donald Trump cast a fog of misinformation over the U.S. trade dispute with China, floating inaccurate numbers and skewed economic theories as big tariffs kicked in on Chinese goods.
The Latest: Chinese envoy says trade talks didn't break down
The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China as trade talks are underway in Washington (all times local): 12:40 p.m. China's government says it will take "necessary countermeasures" in response to President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese imports but gave no details of possible retaliation.
US-China relations near new low amid trade battle
The U.S. and China have gone through rough patches before.
US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs
President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports took effect as of 12:01 Eastern time Friday, escalating tensions with Beijing.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces trial for 'pedo' insult of diver
Tesla CEO Elon Musk will have to go to trial to defend himself for mocking a British diver as a pedophile in a verbal sparring match that unfolded last summer after the underwater rescue of youth soccer players trapped in a Thailand cave.
Space-tourism enters 'home stretch' toward commercial flight
British billionaire Richard Branson and his space-tourism company Virgin Galactic announced new steps Friday toward offering thrill rides into the low reaches of space for paying passengers, with the company immediately starting to move personnel and space vehicles from California to a launch and landing facility in the New Mexico desert.
Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary
Thousands of people gathered Friday at the remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a nation long separated by vast expanses of desert, mountains and forests and fresh off the Civil War.
US begins preparations to impose tariffs on remaining $300B in Chinese imports that don't already face import taxes
US begins preparations to impose tariffs on remaining $300B in Chinese imports that don't already face import taxes.
Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home
His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive approach as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American workers and scorning his chief Democratic rivals as weak.
Uber's hyped-up IPO hits a few potholes on its first day
Uber's next stop is the stock market, where it hopes to pick up more investors willing to bet on a ride-hailing market brimming with potential and conspicuously lacking in profits.
Stocks rebound as hopes rise that trade tensions will ease
An escalating trade war between the U.S. and China pushed stocks lower for a fifth straight day Friday on Wall Street and put the market on track for its worst week of the year.
















