10+ hour, 40+ 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…...

3+ day, 1+ 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…...

4+ day, 1+ 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,…...

5+ day, 1+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (738+ words) WASHINGTON — The U.S. labor market bounced back in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs, ending a summer of lackluster hiring with a bang. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.1%. Hiring far exceeded the 65,000 jobs that forecasters had expected,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (428+ words) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday that it has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government. The actions against Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (634+ words) Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits. Chevron, the only…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (592+ words) NEW YORK — Stocks fell on Wall Street Tuesday as oil prices continued climbing and stoked worries about stubbornly high inflation. The S&P 500 index fell 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 190 points, or 0.4%, as of 12:05 p.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (751+ words) NEW YORK — A rise in oil prices on Thursday is sending worries about inflation and yields in the bond market higher, erasing some of the relief the U.S. Treasury Department created the day before. A drop for Walmart following its…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (656+ words) NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department said it will buy more U.S. government bonds in a move that eased pressure on financial markets worldwide. Strong profit reports for the spring from Estee Lauder,…...