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FINANCIAL MARKETS Asia tracks French election rally; weak yen lifts Tokyo TOKYO (AP) — Shares are higher in Asia today, tracking the rally sparked by the outcome of France’s vote. Hopes for U.S. tax reform…
April 25, 2017 -
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has announced $1.5 million for three new projects in struggling areas of the state, including money for a brewery and hotel renovation
April 25, 2017 -
More 1,000 U.S. companies are urging Congress to preserve the 25-year-old Energy Star program, which promotes efficiency in home and business products
April 25, 2017 -
An analysis by The Associated Press shows President Donald Trump has accomplished just 10 of the 38 specific promises made in his 100-day "contract" with voters
April 25, 2017 -
Researchers say China's plan to convert vast reserves of low-quality coal into natural gas and other chemicals could stave off tens of thousands of premature deaths annually by reducing smog
April 25, 2017 -
Long before the sprawling bribery and kickback scandal at Brazil's state-run oil monopoly threw the political scene into turmoil, the giant construction company at its center has been tied to corruption for decades
April 25, 2017 -
The Chicago aviation officer who pulled a man off a United Airlines flight sys the man was physically and verbally combative during the incident
April 24, 2017 -
Ivanka Trump's advocacy for women and girls will take her to a women's conference in Berlin Tuesday
April 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration is moving to impose a 20 percent tariff on softwood lumber entering the United States from Canada, escalating an intensifying trade dispute between the two countries
April 24, 2017 -
Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly says he's sad and surprised that he's off TV but is confident the truth will come out about his exit
April 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from demanding a down payment for his border wall, which could remove a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal on must-pass spending legislation just days ahead of a government shutdown deadline
April 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump plans to stick with his campaign pledge to slash the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent
April 24, 2017 -
Members of the Writers Guild of America are one step closer to striking come May 2. In a letter to its members Monday, the WGA said 96.3 percent voted to authorize a strike as the May 1 contract expiration deadline looms
April 24, 2017 -
Robert M. Pirsig, whose novel 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' became a million-selling classic after more than 100 publishers turned it down, died Monday at age 88.
April 24, 2017 -
A jury has convicted two men in an armed standoff with government agents near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch in 2014, but then deadlocked on federal charges against four others
April 24, 2017