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Dow Jones falls almost 800 points amid trade war, recession fears

The yield on five-year Treasury bonds has fallen below the yield on a three-year bond for two days running, meaning that U.S. investors are being paid more to h...

Flags at half-staff for former President

In honor of the 41st president, President Trump has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning, the White House said , and issued an executive order to clos...

Asia stocks stage relief rally after China-US deal

According to recent market data , $325 billion was added to companies in the MSCI Asia Pacific Index. It ticked up $2.23 to $61.69 a barrel in London. "In the ...

NYC sets $17 an hour minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers

The minimum pay floor is a first for the US ridehail industry and could mean rides in NY will get pricier. A TLC study found that 96 percent of the drivers no...

Trade Truce With China Means Big Changes in Beijing Policy

China slapped a 25% tariff on US soybean shipments, among other levies, in response to Trump ordering punitive tariffs on Chinese imports to the U.S. China ha...

Fiji Airways receives first Boeing MAX 8

This Max 8 is the first of four aircraft that Cayman Airlines has ordered. "These new airplanes will enable us to offer a world-class customer experience throug...

Sydney house prices down 9.5 percent from peak

Sydney house prices have eroded almost 10 per cent in a year and are on track for their worst 12 months on record as the national property market slumps to its...

White House Corrects Kudlow on China Trade Truce Start Date

White House officials have already begun backpedaling on President Trump's claim of an agreement with China to drop tariffs on United States cars entering th...

Trump Holds out Possible Extension on 90-day China Trade Truce

News broke on Saturday that the USA and China had reached a ceasefire in its ongoing trade war after President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

Qualcomm says NXP deal is dead

The statement about revisiting Qualcomm-NXP was included in the White House release, but not the one from the China side. White House economic adviser Lar...

The manufacturing sector helps lift SA out of a recession

President Cyril Ramaphosa's rise to power as head of the ruling party in December last year and then of the country in February initially boosted sentiment an...

12 million pounds of beef recalled on salmonella concerns

The recalled beef products may be contaminated with salmonella , and this expansion doubles the previous amount recalled. The full list of recalled products...

Robot mop: Walmart hiring robots to scrub floors at some stores

The company said it expects to have 360 "Auto-C" robots active in stores by the end of January 2019. Built-in sensors allow it to scan and avoid people and ot...

GSK buying cancer drugmaker Tesaro in $5.1 billion deal

That represents a premium of more than 60 percent to the stock's $46.38 closing price Friday. City analysts and institutional shareholders raised concerns that ...

Crypto Market Is Going Down

For instance, XRP, the world's second largest cryptocurrency, dropped 18 percent in November while ether fell 43 percent in the same time period. Earlier this...

The Next Challenge for Canada's Oil Patch Comes From the Sea

The government says the reduction will be in force until excess storage is drawn down, after which it will drop to an estimated average of 95,000 barrels a day....

Trump's China auto tariffs claim sows confusion

China has not confirmed any of the details Mnuchin and Kudlow gave. "This is the first time that we have a commitment from them that this will be a real agreeme...

Quora becomes latest victim of data breach; around 100 million users affected

So a lot of users who've tried to read one Quora forum that one time only to be prompted to log in have probably never thought about their accounts again - unti...

Oil prices extend gains on expected OPEC-led production cuts

Crude Oil price continued to decline heavily at end of third week while news hit market that the Middle East-dominated producer cartel of the Organization of ...

Design chief says Hyundai is 'finished' styling new bakkie…

Speaking to Autocar , Luc Donckerwolke - who recently replaced Peter Schreyer as the firm's chief designer - confirmed the production version of the Santa Cru...

Manufacturing sector shows signs of improvement: PMI

Readings above the 50 mark denote expansions in activity. The expansion in total new orders was supported by greater sales to worldwide markets as producers r...

Aphria denies allegations insiders benefiting from foreign company acquisitions

His last major target, this summer, was a company called Folli Follie, a Greek jewelry chain that he argued had vastly overstated how much money it was making i...

China allows UBS control of a securities business

UBS, which now holds nearly 25% in the local venture, said in a statement that it would acquire additional stakes from state-owned asset manager China Guodian...

Classes cancelled at NU to honor late President George HW Bush

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has also announced a December 5 closure of Nebraska state government agencies. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq said over th...

Ezekiel Elliott Ironically Fined for Salvation Army Donation Celebration

The running back was fined for unsportsmanlike conduct for his celebrations, according to Pelissero. Two years ago, Elliott jumped into the Salvation Army bin ...

The nation honors George H.W. Bush

After Bush's casket's arrival at Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland, it will be transported to the US Capitol, where Bush will lie in state in the Rotunda ...

YouTube top earners: The seven-year-old making $22m

Since launching his main channel in 2015, Ryan has amassed more than 17 million followers and close to 26 billion views. Ryan, who publishes videos most days ...

Tesla autopilot blamed as driver found asleep at 70mph

The Los Altos Town Crier reported that when police approached the auto on Highway 101, officers believed the electric vehicle was driving on autopilot at 70...

A look at what happened at the G-20 summit in Argentina

Financial markets will be cheered by the US announcement that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed at a dinner after the summit to have a 90-day truc...

Alberta Enforces 8.7% Oil Production Cut

If there is a cut back, he says, gasoline prices will inch up. Premier Rachel Notley announced Sunday that a short term reduction in oil production will come ...