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The company that is building a passenger rail service from South Florida to Orlando is stopping its plan to go public.

Amazon announced it had abandoned the plan, which promised to add 25,000 high-paying jobs, because of opposition from local political leaders.  

Retail sales recorded their biggest drop in more than nine years.

Coca-Cola topped Wall Street estimates for the tenth straight time.

Rubio’s plan would seek to eliminate differences in the way corporate buybacks and dividends are treated in the tax code.

Asian stocks were mixed in narrow trading on Thursday as China and the U.S. kicked off two days of trade negotiations in Beijing.

Stocks extended their gains in early trading on Wall Street Wednesday as investors remain optimistic that the U.S. and China will make more progress in resolving their trade dispute.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state's consumers should get a piece of the billions of dollars that technology companies make off the personal data they collect.

The chairman and chief executive officer of casino operator MGM Resorts International on Wednesday decried a U.S. Department of Justice opinion that is threatening the viability of online gambling and also blamed the recent partial government shutdown for fewer Las Vegas visitors during the Chinese New Year.

U.S. authorities are accusing a former Apple attorney of brazenly breaking insider trading rules that he helped draft, while profiting from stock sales and investments that he made after receiving confidential information about the company's finances.

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Stocks extended their gains on Wall Street as investors remained optimistic that the U.S. and China will make more progress in resolving their costly trade dispute.

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Well-known jeans company Levi Strauss & Co. says it plans to raise about $100 million through an initial public offering.

CBS shares posted steep declines after allegations that Leslie Moonves had engaged in sexual misconduct were revealed.

The San Francisco-based company said it would list its Class A stock on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the ticker “LEVI.”

Investors were encouraged by reports that President Trump will sign the spending compromise to prevent another partial-government shutdown.

Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, cheered by prospects for a resolution of the costly trade dispute between the U.S. and China.

The hotel industry in the United States has thrived in the backdrop of a robust economy.

U.S. stocks gained in early trading Tuesday after U.S. lawmakers reached a deal to avoid another partial government shutdown and as the U.S. and China engage in another round of trade talks.