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Stocks rebound on Wall Street, S&P 500 trades above record
STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks marched broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, briefly nudging the S&P 500... — Updated 8/12/2020
Inside Big Tech: Pulling back the curtain with 'hot' email
MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Judiciary chairman... — Updated 8/5/2020
Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok
CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft confirmed Sunday it... — Updated 8/3/2020
Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday
TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban... — Updated 8/1/2020
3 charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam
DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - A British man, a Florida man and a... — Updated 7/31/2020
US consumer spending up 5.6%, but virus could stall gains
MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers increased their spending in June by a solid 5.6%,... — Updated 7/31/2020
Wall Street slides, but tech strength helps avert a big loss
STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Most of Wall Street stumbled... — Updated 7/30/2020
Big Tech, hit by the pandemic, reports mixed earnings
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, MATT O'BRIEN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursda... — Updated 7/30/2020
Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
MARTIN CRUTSINGER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy... — Updated 7/30/2020
US is expected to report a record-breaking economic plunge
MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Having endured what was surely a record-shattering slump last quarter,... — Updated 7/29/2020
4 Big Tech CEOs getting heat from Congress on competition
MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Sundar... — Updated 7/29/2020
Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove denial posts
DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) - Holocaust survivors around the world... — Updated 7/29/2020
Wall Street climbs ahead of Fed announcement, led by tech
STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising on Wall Street... — Updated 7/29/2020
Struggling merchants, insurers battle over pandemic coverage
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer Restaurants, bars and other merchants... — Updated 7/28/2020
Uncertainty pushes gold price to record, over $1,930 per oz
BEIJING (AP) — The price of gold surged to a record above $1,934 per ounce on Monday as investors moved money into an asset seen... — Updated 7/27/2020
Stocks tick higher, gold rushes to record ahead of busy week
STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher in early Monday trading on Wall Street, while gold rushes... — Updated 7/27/2020
List of national retail chains requiring masks is growing
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two major retailers on Thursday joined the growing list of national chains... — Updated 7/16/2020
Walmart latest retailer to require customers to wear masks
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake... — Updated 7/15/2020
Facebook's software kit to blame for popular apps crashing
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND (AP) - Friday's widespread crashes... — Updated 7/11/2020
'A slap in the face:' Goya faces boycott over Trump praise
ALEXANDRA OLSON, KATE BRUMBACK AND MATT OTT Associated Press Writers NEW YORK... — Updated 7/10/2020
Wall Street drifts as tech stock gains offset other losses
STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday, as... — Updated 7/8/2020
United sending layoff notices to nearly half of US employees
DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees - nearly half its U.S. staff - they could be... — Updated 7/8/2020
Most stocks slink back after strong rally, except for tech
STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most of Wall Street is slipping in midday trading on Tuesday, giving back some of th... — Updated 7/7/2020
Treasury names 650K small businesses receiving govt loans
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Monday released the... — Updated 7/6/2020
Stocks sink as virus cases jump, forcing states to backtrack
ALEX VEIGA and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street fell sharply Friday as confirmed new coronavirus... — Updated 6/26/2020
