Giant Retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sales of Assault-Style Weapons
Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the largest sports retailers in the U.S., will immediately end the sale of assault-style rifles...
Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods Crack Down on Gun Sales
Two major U.S. retailers changed their gun sales policies Wednesday in the fallout over a Florida high school massacre. Walmart,...
White House: Senior US, Chinese Officials to Meet This Week on Trade
Three of President Donald Trump’s senior economic aides are expected to meet this week with a top Chinese economic official...
WTO Chief Reacts Coolly to Trump’s Criticism of Trade Judges
The head of the World Trade Organization diplomatically took issue with U.S. President Donald Trump’s description of the WTO as...
Venezuela Says US Sanctions Hampering Debt Renegotiation
Venezuela’s foreign minister said Tuesday that U.S. sanctions against the ailing oil nation were making foreign debt renegotiation more difficult...
Ford, Miami to Form Test Bed for Self-driving Cars
Ford Motor Co. is making Miami-Dade County its new test bed for self-driving vehicles. The automaker and its partners —...
‘Disagree’ Banned on China Social Media
Authorities in China have launched an intense crackdown on online commentary in the wake of a proposal by the country’s communist...
Microsoft, Justice Department in Showdown Over Foreign-stored Data
The U.S. Justice Department and Microsoft will face off against each other Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears arguments on...
Cuban Cigar Sales Hit Record as China Demand Surges
A surge in sales of Cuba’s legendary cigars in China helped manufacturer Habanos S.A.’s global revenue rise 12 percent to...
Denver Weighs Olympics Bid Years After Withdrawing as Host
It promised ample snow and sunny weather on a normally bare, rocky peak easily accessible by “super highway,” thousands more...
Likely Centrist Brazil Presidential Contender Says He Would Sell Petrobras
The governor of Sao Paulo and likely centrist presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that he would privatize Brazil’s...
Cryptocurrency Newcomers Cope With Wild Swings
After researching digital currencies for work last year, personal finance writer J.R. Duren hopped on his own crypto-rollercoaster. Duren bought...
NASA Builds Atomic Clock for Deep-Space Navigation
Only days after the spectacular liftoff of what is currently the heaviest space rocket, the privately built Falcon Heavy, NASA...
French Farmers Heckle Macron at Agricultural Fair
President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday faced heckles and whistles from French farmers angry with reforms to their sector, as he...
Investor Warren Buffett: Good Deals Hard to Find on Wall Street
Investor Warren Buffett says Wall Street’s lust for deals has prompted CEOs to act like oversexed teenagers and overpay for...
Australia Failing to Curb Corruption, Global Survey Finds
Australia appears to be failing in its efforts to crack down on bribery, according to the latest survey conducted by...
AP Fact Check: Toughest Sanctions on North Korea Ever? Not likely
The heaviest, the largest, the most impactful — those were the superlatives the Trump administration used to describe its latest...
With Rates Still Low, Fed Officials Fret Over Next US Recession
Federal Reserve policymakers fretted on Friday that they could face the next U.S. recession with virtually the same arsenal of policies used...
EU Leaders Draw Up Battle Lines for Post-Brexit Budget
European Union leaders staked out opening positions Friday for a battle over EU budgets that many conceded they are unlikely...
‘Sooner, Faster, Now’ — the Companies Surfing the E-Commerce Wave
Amazon’s assault on the retail industry has brought misery to traditional retailers without a strong web presence. Less well noticed...
Middle-School Engineering Students Compete to Design City of the Future
More than 40,000 middle-school-aged engineering students from around the world recently competed to design the city of the future. The...
Report: Trump, Officials to Discuss Changes to Biofuels Policy
U.S. President Donald Trump has called a meeting early next week with key senators and Cabinet officials to discuss potential...
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