EU says it is ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and…
Wall Street slips as bank earnings disappoint
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street lost ground on Monday, dragged down by financials as underwhelming bank earnings curbed investor…
U.S. airlines face too many travelers, too few planes in 737 MAX summer dilemma
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Normally, U.S. airlines compete to sell tickets and fill seats during the peak summer travel season. But…
U.S. measles cases surge nearly 20 percent in early April, CDC says
(Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by nearly 20 percent…
Industrials’ gains put to test as earnings ramp up
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors betting on industrial stocks this year have been rewarded, with the group among the best-performing…
Caito Foods recalls fresh cut melon over Salmonella outbreak
(Reuters) – An Indianapolis food company has voluntarily recalled fresh cut melon produced at its facility after reports of nearly…
U.S. lawmakers grill bank CEOs on social issues
(Reuters) – Chief executives of some of the largest U.S. banks faced off with the House Financial Services committee for…
U.S., China agree to establish trade deal enforcement offices: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they…
More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme court challenge
(Reuters) – North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform…
Bernie Sanders puts focus on healthcare with Medicare for All bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled the latest version of his ambitious “Medicare-for-All” plan on Wednesday, moving the…
Delays at U.S.-Mexico border crossing hits autos, trucks still lining up
Trucks wait in queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Cordova-Americas border crossing bridge in…
S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher as earnings season looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged into positive territory on Monday, with gains held in…
S&P 500, Nasdaq edge higher as earnings season looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged into positive territory on Monday, with gains held in…
U.S. proposes list of EU goods for tariff retaliation against Airbus subsidies
FILE PHOTO: The Airbus logo is pictured at Airbus headquarters in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau…
S&P posts seven-day winning streak as jobs data allay economic fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday, boosted by better-than-expected job growth in March, which eased concerns of…
As latest round of U.S.-China talks end, ‘significant work’ remains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up their latest round of trade talks on Friday and were scheduled…
Trump picks former presidential candidate Cain for Fed board
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for…
Biotech crops still a sticking point in U.S.-China trade deal: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s lengthy approval process for genetically modified crops remains a sticking point in talks to end the…
Trump says U.S.-China trade deal may be reached in four weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States and China were getting very close to…
Oklahoma drops several claims in opioid case against J&J, Teva
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s attorney general on Thursday had dropped all but a single claim against Johnson & Johnson and Teva…
U.S. states sue to undo Trump rollback of healthy school lunch rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to undo its recent decision that allowed…
Mixed data offer glimmers of hope for slowing U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in February, but a rebound in factory activity in March and strong…
Supreme Court rebuffs anti-abortion activists in Planned Parenthood suit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by anti-abortion activists to narrow a Planned Parenthood…
U.S., China report progress in Beijing trade talks
BEIJING/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that trade talks with China were going very…
Trade hopes lift Wall Street; S&P 500 notches best quarter since 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended the final trading day of the first quarter on a strong note on…
Georgia lawmakers pass heartbeat abortion ban, joining four other U.S. states
(Reuters) – Georgia’s Republican-controlled legislature on Friday passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, outlawing…
Fed done raising interest rates; significant chance of cut in 2020: Reuters poll
BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates until at least the end of next year,…
U.S.’ Mnuchin says had ‘productive working dinner’ in China
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a member of the U.S. trade delegation, speaks to the media upon his…
U.S judge strikes down rule allowing ‘skimpy’ health insurance plans
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday stuck down a Trump administration rule aimed at enabling millions of Americans to…
Dow Jones Industrial Average adds Dow Inc, removes DowDuPont
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dow Inc will replace DowDuPont Inc in the Dow Jones Industrial Average following the chemical corporation’s…
Wall Street climbs as financials snap five days of losses
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday, with financials snapping a five-day losing streak as Treasury yields stabilized…
Purdue Pharma agrees to $270 million settlement in Oklahoma opioid case
(Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the company reached a…
Trump administration ratchets up attack on Obamacare, asks court to overturn law
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare healthcare law, telling a federal appeals…
U.S. expands abortion ‘gag rule,’ cuts funding to regional bloc: Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday expanded its anti-abortion policies, cutting funding to the Organization of American States…
OxyContin maker Purdue agrees to settle Oklahoma opioid case: source
(Reuters) – Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the OxyContin painkiller…
Wall Street tumbles on global economic slowdown fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks sold off sharply on Friday, with all three major U.S. stock indexes posting…
U.S. Customs details China pork seizure; importers could pay fine
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. border agents said they have seized 1 million pounds (453,592 kg) of food products from China…
The Fed is prodding Americans to buy more on credit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s decisive statement this week that interest rates are unlikely to rise this year sends…
Beneath Fed’s positive spin, an embrace of a tepid future
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers see a U.S. economy that is rapidly losing momentum. They predict inflation will…
S&P little changed as trade worries offset optimism over Fed
FILE PHOTO: A trader passes by screens showing Spotify on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in…
Wall Street treads water as Boeing, Facebook weigh; Fed meeting on tap
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks flitted between gains and losses on Monday, with losses in Boeing and Facebook limiting gains while…
Wall Street gains with tech; S&P 500 posts best week since November
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday, led by technology companies, as a report on progress in U.S.-China…
S&P 500 eases amid U.S.-China trade uncertainty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 slipped on Thursday, snapping a three-day streak of gains, as uncertainty over when…
Appeals court says Ohio may withhold Planned Parenthood funding
(Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Planned Parenthood’s constitutional challenge to an Ohio law depriving the…
Trump says China trade talks going well, predicts ‘good deal’ or no deal
FILE PHOTO: A Benjamin Franklin U.S. 100 dollar banknote and a Chinese 100 yuan banknote with late Chinese Chairman Mao…
Long before Trump’s trade war with China, Huawei’s activities were secretly tracked
(Reuters) – The surprise arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in December quickly turned the executive, Meng Wanzhou, into a…
Huawei set to announce lawsuit against U.S. as it seeks to strike back
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies is set to announce a lawsuit on Thursday against the United States, ratcheting up…
FDA chief tough on e-cigs steps down in surprise resignation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on Tuesday that he plans to step down…
Wall Street drops after weak data, healthcare slump
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s major indexes fell on Monday, weighed down by a weak U.S. construction spending report and declines…
U.S. seeks to cut dialysis costs with more home care versus clinics
(Reuters) – The Trump administration is working on a new payment approach for treating kidney disease that favors lower cost…
Exclusive: U.S. to issue meat company guidelines as recalls pile up – official
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. government plans to issue new guidelines for food companies as early as this week after…
China says it welcomes delay on U.S. tariff increase
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (7thR), Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House economic adviser…
U.S. says rejects WTO’s ‘straitjacket’ of trade obligations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration filed another salvo at the World Trade Organization on Friday, saying U.S. trade policy…
Trump asks China to lift tariffs on U.S. farm products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products…
Canada approves Huawei extradition proceedings, China seethes
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government, as expected, on Friday approved extradition proceedings against the chief financial officer of Huawei…
Wall St. Week Ahead: U.S. stock reign may not last over other regions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock prices are outpacing those in most other regions to start 2019, but the gap…
Canada seen approving extradition hearing against Huawei executive
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is likely to announce on Friday that an extradition hearing against a Huawei Technologies Co Ltd…