Markets Right Now: Solid economic reports send stocks higher
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
Amazon's minimum wage hike comes with a catch for some workers
Amazon has yet to disclose the financial impact it expects the new pay initiatives to have on its bottom line.
Aston Martin prices IPO at $5.6 billion, sputters in debut
Shares of the British sports car maker fell in their first day of trading.
GM, Honda strike deal to build self-driving cars
The rival automakers are teaming up to pursue large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles.
Greek bank shares tumble amid fears over bad loans
Greek banking shares are down sharply amid investor fears over lenders' needs to reduce their large stock of bad loans resulting from the financial crisis.
European stocks recover their poise on Italy relief
Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday on rising oil prices and lackluster Japanese data.
Facebook's Instagram back up after worldwide outage
Outages have been reported in London, San Francisco and Singapore.
Correction: Corporate Boards-Female Directors story
California's new law requiring companies to include women on their boards of directors may not survive widely expected legal challenges but it has already spotlighted the entrenched practices and barriers that have helped keep women out of boardrooms.
Stocks continue their record run
The Dow hit another record high.
China's music streaming leader Tencent to go public in US
The owner of China's largest music streaming services is looking to strike it rich in the U.S. stock market.
Ferrari's newest million-dollar supercar already sold out
The Monza SP1 and SP2 made their public debut at the Paris Motor Show.
Business Highlights
___ Amazon jumps out ahead of its rivals and raises wages to $15 NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, the company that transformed the way we shop for just about everything, is jumping out ahead of the pack again: It has announced a minimum wage of $15 an hour for its U.S. employees.
Asian shares mostly fall on weak Japan data, US-China trade
U.S. stocks are mixed Tuesday morning as internet companies and retailers slip.
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
Retailers sank Tuesday after Amazon said it will raise hourly wages for U.S. employees, and smaller companies continued to stumble.
J.C. Penney taps Jill Soltau as new CEO to lead turnaround
The struggling retailer looks to an industry insider to revive the brand.
Delta Air Lines says Hurricane Florence cost it $30 million.
Delta's stock is down after the airline said it took a $30 million hit from Hurricane Florence and is paying more for fuel.
Auto sales dinged as interest rates spike
Edmunds analysts say buyers are putting more money down to offset rate increases.
Bernie Sanders praises Amazon's minimum wage hike
Sanders praised the company after engaging in a longstanding war of words with Amazon over employee pay and other labor practices.
Markets Right Now: Dow at record even as broad market falls
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
PepsiCo tops 3Q profit and revenue estimates
This is Indra Nooyi's final eanrings report as CEO. She retires Wednesday.














