leading economic indicators

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are inching higher Tuesday after sharp sell-offs last week. Strong results from investment bank Morgan Stanley are boostin...

U.S. stocks struggled to end mostly higher, but oil and gas companies were hit by another plunge in the price of crude. Chevron lost 2 percent and Exx...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening sharply lower as worries intensify about China's economy and dropping oil prices. China's main stock index plu...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dropped Wednesday as investors fretted about signs of belligerence from North Korea and more weakening of China's economy,...

The U.S. stock market took investors for a wild ride in 2015, but in the end it was a trip to nowhere. Despite veering between record highs and the st...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in more than half of U.S. states in November as employers stepped up hiring. The Labor Department said Frida...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is seeking to block the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot because the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A deepening slump in prices for oil, metals and other commodities sent stock prices lower on Thursday. Major market indexes opened low...

NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe you shouldn't have put your money under a mattress after all. The stock market is back in the black for the year after a bruisin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low in August as employers added a modest 173,000 jobs, a key piece of evidence for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on the global financial market turmoil (all times local): ___ 2:13 p.m. U.S. stocks are paring their gains, after surging i...

LEYSDOWN-ON-SEA, England (AP) — This summer, Britain's headlines have been dominated by one story — thousands of migrants massing in France, aiming to...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's top companies lost billions in market value in a matter of minutes on Monday, when the stock exchange plunged upon reop...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Stock Exchange stopped trading in the late morning Wednesday because of a technical problem, though NYSE-listed shares co...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating possible collusion among major airlines to limit available seats, which keeps airfares high, ac...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece's financial woes (all times local): ___ 8:05 p.m. Slovakia's finance minister says the eurozone financ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece's financial woes as it faces a big repayment to the International Monetary Fund and its bailout progra...