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WASHINGTON -- Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden'…
by ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO The Associated Press August 8, 2022• In a highly unusual move that rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. last week axed the "Batgirl" film planned for HBO Max, opting to shelve the $90 million project…
by Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports August 7, 2022SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking …
by The Associated Press August 7, 2022DALLAS -- At first, the conversations seemed ridiculous. "Business is fantastic," says Bob Sambol, the namesake of Bob's Steak & Chop House on Lemmon Avenue in…
by Tribune News Service August 7, 2022After getting thrashed in the era of low interest rates, the last remaining hedge fund managers dedicated to the world of foreign exchange are in fighting spir…
by Bloomberg August 7, 2022America's employers added 528,000 jobs last month, despite inflation and growing anxiety of a recession.
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS August 6, 2022Amazon will acquire iRobot in a $1.7 billion all-cash deal, the companies announced Friday.
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS August 6, 2022If signed into law as written, the climate bill before Congress could change the calculus for American households thinking about going solar.
by TODD WOODY BLOOMBERG NEWS (WPNS) August 6, 2022Stock indexes closed mostly lower Friday after a roller-coaster day following a blockbuster report on the U.S. jobs market that offered good and bad news for W…
by STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 6, 2022Tesla's months-long rally took a pause Friday as the stock retreated after seven sessions of gains when the electric-vehicle maker's shareholders approved a th…
by ESHA DEY BLOOMBERG NEWS (WPNS) August 6, 2022America's hiring boom continued last month as employers added a surprising 528,000 jobs despite raging inflation and rising anxiety about a recession.
by The Associated Press August 5, 2022Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion deal for the social media company, which he said held back necessary informati…
by The Associated Press August 5, 2022Federal Reserve leaders pledged the central bank would continue an aggressive fight to cool an inflation rate that's at a four-decade high, even if higher rate…
by STEVE MATTHEWS, CATARINA SARAIVA and MATTHEW BOESLER Bloomberg News (TNS) August 5, 2022Toyota's profit fell nearly 18% in the April-June quarter from the year before, as the semiconductor shortage slamming the auto industry dented production at J…
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS. August 5, 2022Stocks gave back some of their recent gains Thursday as a choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with a mixed finish for the major indexes.
by DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA The Associated Press August 5, 2022