National Business News
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell for the fourth week in five, underscoring the broad resilience of the job market that threatens to keep inflat…
by Augusta Saraiva Bloomberg News (WPNS) February 3, 2023Merck beat fourth-quarter expectations, thanks to more sales of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda, but the company's early view on 2023 underwhelmed Wall St…
by The Associated Press February 3, 2023The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, the eighth increas…
by COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS February 2, 2023The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition.
by FATIMA HUSSEIN The Associated Press February 2, 2023California has floated a counterplan for water reductions from the Colorado River, saying a proposal announced earlier this week by six other states disproport…
by Ian James Los Angeles Times (TNS) February 2, 2023Thousands of U.K. schools closed some or all of their classrooms, train services were paralyzed and delays were expected at airports as unions drastically step…
by SYLVIA HUI The Associated Press February 2, 2023Thieves stole a record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2022 as sanctions on North Korea drove a surge in suspected hacking by the Asian nation, analyst…
by Jeff Stone Bloomberg News (WPNS) February 2, 2023Wall Street climbed Wednesday to its best level since the summer after the Federal Reserve announced its latest interest rate increase and said it's finally se…
by STAN CHOE and DAMIAN TROISE The Associated Press February 2, 2023Gas stoves are coming under fresh scrutiny as a second federal agency has now stepped into the political firestorm with a proposal for new regulations on the a…
by Ari Natter Bloomberg News (WPNS) February 2, 2023A top European Union official told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for a new law aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and ot…
by The Associated Press February 2, 2023• Michael Jackson's 26-year-old nephew, Jaafar Jackson, will play the King of Pop in the bio-pic "Michael" to begin shooting this year, directed by Antoine Fuq…
by The Associated Press February 1, 2023The seven states that depend on the Colorado River missed a federal deadline Tuesday to reach a regionwide consensus on how to sharply reduce water use, raisin…
by Ian James Los Angeles Times (TNS) February 1, 2023The United States' largest oil companies made more money in 2022 than ever before, eclipsing windfalls of earlier years and making themselves a potential targe…
by Evan Halper The Washington Post February 1, 2023The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and "Full Self-Driving" features, according to a regulatory filing.
by TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN The Associated Press February 1, 2023Wall Street closed out a strong January with more gains Tuesday, ahead of what many investors hope will be one of the Federal Reserve's last increases to inter…
by STAN CHOE and DAMIAN TROISE The Associated Press February 1, 2023