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General Electric has reduced its dividend only three times since 1899.

Narrow our trade surplus with the United States?

A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station has landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

A New York City agency that oversees construction said Friday that Jared Kushner's father is wrong in telling reporters that a probe of false construction permits filed by his company is over.

___ US unemployment falls nearly to 1969 levels; hiring is solid WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month of strong hiring has driven U.S. unemployment down to 3.8 percent — just a tick away from the level last seen in 1969, when Detroit still dominated the auto industry and the Vietnam War was raging.

A Texas meatpacker is recalling more than 9 tons (8.16 metric tons) of smoked sausage over possible contamination by soft plastic in its second recall in a month.

Already under fire for his combative trade policies, President Donald Trump on Friday intensified pressure on Canada, demanding that America's neighbor and close ally "open their markets and take down trade barriers."

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans-Atlantic trade tensions.

U.S. stocks are mostly lower Thursday morning following big swings over the last two days.

The Latest on trade tensions between the United States and the European Union (all times local): 9:45 a.m.

Republican lawmakers from Western states and industry executives on Thursday accused Washington state officials of unfairly blocking fossil fuel projects and dictating winners and losers among U.S. companies seeking to export products to Asia.

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke discusses the energy output in the U.S.

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

The president of a Texas-based wind energy trade group has been subpoenaed to appear before an Oklahoma grand jury looking into a state lawmaker's claim that someone connected to the industry put a tracking device on his pickup.

The Latest on a Delta Air Lines flight diverted to Tulsa, Oklahoma, because of an onboard disturbance involving a passenger (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Delta Air Lines is apologizing to customers whose plans were delayed because a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Atlanta had to land in Tulsa, Oklahoma, due to what it described as an unruly passenger.

Top European officials are holding last-ditch talks with the U.S. commerce and trade chiefs just two days before the Trump administration decides whether to hit Europe with new tariffs.

The Federal Reserve's latest survey of business conditions found manufacturing activity accelerating in many parts of the country in late April and early May, even as some businesses expressed concern about uncertainty cause by rising trade tensions.

A Delta Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon, to Atlanta was diverted to Tulsa, Oklahoma, because of an onboard disturbance involving a passenger.

A North Dakota judge has dismissed a complaint that regulators filed against a North Carolina-based company that handled security for the developer of the heavily protested Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Ohio needs an agency that would help put the state at the forefront of military development and lobby for its current bases, a statewide committee recommended.