Business News
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A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush says the nation's 41st president will remain in a Houston hospital for a few more days of observation while he recovers from a mild case of pneumonia
April 24, 2017 -
Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were unchanged to higher in Monday's auction
April 24, 2017 -
A Seattle-based seafood processor that operates in Alaska would pay a $1.3 million civil penalty under a proposed settlement of clean air violations
April 24, 2017 -
MetLife is asking a federal appeals court to put on hold a ruling on whether the government can tag the insurance giant as a potential threat to the financial system
April 24, 2017 -
Fire officials say a massive fire at a building under construction near the University of Maryland is still burning more than six hours after it started
April 24, 2017 -
A jury in Las Vegas has deadlocked on federal charges against four men in an armed standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch in 2014
April 24, 2017 -
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is announcing ways to help students apply for federal student loans while the IRS data tool is not working
April 24, 2017 -
The Atlanta Braves have proven more willing than most organizations over the past few years to aggressively promote some of their best young prospects
April 24, 2017 -
Crude oil futures prices ended lower on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The near-month contract for the benchmark grade fell 39 cents, closing at $49.23 a barrel.
April 24, 2017 -
The U.S. dollar is mixed against other North American currencies in New York trading. It’s worth 1.35 Canadian dollars, unchanged from late Friday. And the dollar is trading at 18.71 Mexican pesos, down from late…
April 24, 2017 -
Closed parks, furloughs and 'Green Eggs': A look at government shutdowns over the years
April 24, 2017 -
A cheese factory in central Wisconsin is offering a lifeline to a handful of dairy farms threatened by Canada's milk pricing policies that may force other farms to close
April 24, 2017 -
SquareTrade, a company that sells gadget-repair plans, says the nearly all-glass design of Samsung's new phones makes them "extremely susceptible" to cracking
April 24, 2017 -
Sheryl Sandberg's 'Option B' recounts grief and building resilience in the face of adversity
April 24, 2017 -
Egypt's tourism levels are still around a third of what they once were, and despite security concerns Egypt's tourism minister insists the country's popular Red Sea resorts and Ancient Egyptian sites are "safe" and "airports are secure"
April 24, 2017