Category Archives: Business News
The Closing Bell: Oil prices rise, but not by enough to keep Wall Street from more records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn't very worried, and U.S. stocks rose to more reco...
Associated Press Jun 01, 2026
Tour highlights wine and grape industry
DOBSON, N.C. (NCN News) - North Carolina's wine and grape industry continues to grow and First Lady Anna Stein, joined by Governor Josh Stein and Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Joe French, ...
Bruce Ferrell May 29, 2026
Before the Bell: Wall Street inches higher while oil prices fall on optimism over talks of Iran ceasefire extension
By CHAN HO-HIM and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Oil prices fell and markets inched higher before the opening bell Friday, adding to records a day earlier on optimism over a tentative deal to extend th...
Associated Press May 29, 2026
ABC stations, including one in Durham, call FCC's early call for license renewal 'unconstitutional'
By STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Local TV stations owned by ABC across the United States blasted the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday for launching an "unlawful, arbitra...
Associated Press May 28, 2026
The Closing Bell: Wall Street pushes to more records as profits keep piling up for US companies
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks pushed to more records as companies like Dollar Tree, Snowflake and Hormel Foods kept piling up profits. A tentative deal to extend the ceas...
Associated Press May 28, 2026
Before the Bell: World shares are mostly higher, tracking Wall Street's fresh records, and oil prices fall
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Wednesday and oil prices fell after the U.S. stock market rose to more records. In early European trading, Germa...
Associated Press May 27, 2026
The Closing Bell: Another surge for Micron, Wall Street's latest $1 trillion company, sends US stocks to records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rose to records Tuesday as it caught up with climbs for others around the world from the day before, when President Donald Trump s...
Associated Press May 26, 2026
Warsh is sworn in as the Fed chair after Trump's bid for greater control over the independent bank
By WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday oversaw the White House swearing-in of the new Federal Reserve chair and said he would like K...
Associated Press May 22, 2026
FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more un...
Associated Press May 22, 2026
Before the bell: Wall Street up modestly in premarket trading, oil prices climb on uncertainty over the Iran war
By CHAN HO-HIM and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street inched toward modest gains in premarket trading Friday as bond yields steadied even though oil prices rose with no signs of progress in endi...
Associated Press May 22, 2026