Category Archives: Business News
Calm returns to Wall Street and the oil market following Monday's extreme swings
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are drifting lower Tuesday as Wall Street waits for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end and oil prices could stop spiking. The...
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Trump says Iran war could be over soon, but oil disruption would trigger harsher US strikes
By JON GAMBRELL, WILL WEISSERT and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left op...
13h ago
Stocks weaken worldwide after oil spikes to nearly $120 per barrel, though Wall Street trims losses
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market careened through a manic Monday, going from a steep early loss to a solid gain as worries turned into hope that the war with Iran ...
20h ago
Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent c...
Mar 09, 2026
Oil surges to its highest price since 2023, and stocks drop after data shows a weaker US job market
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again Friday because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks low...
Mar 06, 2026
The US lost a surprising 92,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemploym...
Mar 06, 2026
Stocks drop after oil spikes to its highest price since the summer of 2024
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks sank on Wall Street Thursday after the price of oil spiked to its highest level since the summer of 2024 because of the war with Iran. The S&...
Mar 05, 2026
North Carolina AG joins tariff lawsuit
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF/AP) -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson is among a group of Democratic Attorneys General challenging President Donald Trump's new global tariffs in court. On Thursday, ...
Mar 05, 2026
US jobless claims filings unchanged from previous week at 213,000 as layoffs remain low
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week was unchanged from the week before, a sign that layoffs remain at historically low levels. U.S. filings for joble...
Mar 05, 2026
Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google will lower the lucrative fees imposed on its Android app store and offer a way for rival options to gain its stamp of approval, endi...
Mar 04, 2026