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National & World Business

Stay current with national and world business news. Highlighting major market trends, corporate developments, and economic shifts shaping industries across the U.S.

Updated 2 days, 3 hours ago

Oil prices keep swinging up and down, and so do stocks worldwide

Oil prices swung after a scare overnight where prices popped and then moderated, and the yo-yo moves kept stock ma…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Pandemic-era Mobile World Congress tech fair kicks off

A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that ref…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Honda changing course, will build its own electric vehicles

Honda changing course, will build its own electric vehicles

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Stocks trade mixed on Wall Street after big gains last week

Stocks trade mixed on Wall Street after big gains last week

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Ransomware gangs get paid off as officials struggle for fix

If your business falls victim to ransomware and you want simple advice on whether to pay the criminals, don’t expect much help from the U.S. government. The an…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Stocks rise solidly, led by technology companies and banks

Stocks rise solidly, led by technology companies and banks

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
EU, US, UK, Canada join forces to slap sanctions on Belarus

EU, US, UK, Canada join forces to slap sanctions on Belarus

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Vaccinated Canadians won’t have to quarantine

Vaccinated Canadians won’t have to quarantine

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Inflation ahead? Even a top economist says it's complicated

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve's ultra-low intere…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations

G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Cabinet secretaries launch roadshow to sell the Biden plan

Cabinet secretaries launch roadshow to sell the Biden plan

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Company opens first radioactive waste repository in ND

Company opens first radioactive waste repository in ND

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Thinner Mints: Girl Scouts have millions of unsold cookies

Thinner Mints: Girl Scouts have millions of unsold cookies

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Stocks slip on Wall Street, pulling back from record highs

Stocks edged lower in afternoon trading Monday after briefly approaching the record highs they reached a month ago.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Walmart to again close its US stores on Thanksgiving Day

Walmart says it will close its U.S. stores on Thanksgiving for the second consecutive year.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
US adds 559K jobs as firms still struggle to fill positions

U.S. employers added a modest 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April's sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enou…