Finance

Wall Street Slips as Mixed Economic Data Clouds Rate Outlook
Finance

Wall Street Slips as Mixed Economic Data Clouds Rate Outlook

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is drifting lower on Tuesday following mixed data on the economy’s strength, which did little...


December 16, 2025
US Jobs Report November Shows Weak Hiring and Rising Unemployment
Finance

US Jobs Report November Shows Weak Hiring and Rising Unemployment

WASHINGTON — The United States gained a decent 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers...


December 16, 2025
US Tariffs Have Uneven Impact on Holiday Prices and Shopping
Finance

US Tariffs Have Uneven Impact on Holiday Prices and Shopping

NEW YORK — The Ah Louis Store in San Luis Obispo, California, turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season....


December 15, 2025
Hassett Says Fed Can Reject Trump’s Views if He Is Chair
Finance

Hassett Says Fed Can Reject Trump’s Views if He Is Chair

WASHINGTON — A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump’s choice for Federal Reserve chair said that he would present the...


December 15, 2025
Disney Invests $1B in OpenAI to Bring Characters to Sora
Finance

Disney Invests $1B in OpenAI to Bring Characters to Sora

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to...


December 11, 2025
OpenAI, Microsoft Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in CT Murder
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OpenAI, Microsoft Sued Over ChatGPT’s Role in CT Murder

SAN FRANCISCO — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft...


December 11, 2025
Bessent Pushes Looser Financial Rules as FSOC Faces Overhaul
Finance

Bessent Pushes Looser Financial Rules as FSOC Faces Overhaul

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the nation’s financial stability,...


December 11, 2025
Fed cuts rate again but signals fewer reductions ahead
Finance

Fed cuts rate again but signals fewer reductions ahead

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled...


December 10, 2025
US job openings slip as labor market shows strain
Finance

US job openings slip as labor market shows strain

WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings barely budged in October, coming in at 7.7 million with ongoing uncertainty over the direction...


December 9, 2025
Trump affordability message faces key voter test
Finance

Trump affordability message faces key voter test

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will road-test his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania...


December 9, 2025