8+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1068+ words) WASHINGTON — Canada might seem an unlikely target for a U.S. trade war. No country on Earth buys as much from the United States as its northern neighbor. For American farmers, Canada is second only to Mexico as an export market. A…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (828+ words) NEW YORK — Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran keeps clogging the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened worries about inflation and cranked up pressure within…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (141+ words) Bank of America recently “unenrolled” cardholders from automatic payments, including me. I never signed anything. I never clicked anything. Just — poof — a payment on my Alaska Airlines Visa was not drawn when it was supposed to be. I was fortunate…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (515+ words) NEW YORK — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (520+ words) NEW YORK — Stocks fell on Wall Street Wednesday as the price of crude oil rose back above $100 a barrel amid further escalation in the U.S. war with Iran. The S&P 500 index fell 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 311 points,…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (479+ words) I recently watched “Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing.” “Freefall” focuses on Boeing employees and whistleblowers who raised concerns about safety and quality, sometimes at considerable personal cost. I started the documentary thinking it was about Boeing, a corporate catastrophe many…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (576+ words) NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are drifting lower Tuesday in their return to trading from a three-day weekend after the latest fighting in the war with Iran pushed oil prices higher. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (783+ words) LAS VEGAS — Appeals from American tourism organizations seemed to be everywhere Josh Loewen looked over the last year. Billboards and banners proclaimed a state or city’s love for Canada. Online and social media ads offered special deals for travelers from…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (825+ words) The Trump administration on Friday moved to exempt oil projects in federal territory on the west side of the North Slope from environmental reviews that have been standard for decades. An industry-initiated proposed rule announced by the U.S. Bureau of Land…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (599+ words) NEW YORK — Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs without steering wheels or brake pedals onto the streets of Austin, Texas, on Thursday, betting that Americans will overcome their fears of rides with “no control” and hop inside. The rollout…...