NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales fell for a third straight month as a surge in virus cases kept people away from stores during the holiday shopping season.
The report released Friday is...
NEW YORK (AP) — Clothing stores and specialty retailers are offering big discounts and heavily promoting curbside pickup in hopes of rescuing a lackluster holiday shopping season in which surging coro...
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Fed keeps rate near zero but sees brighter economy in 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will keep buying government bonds until the economy makes “subs...
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, the biggest drop in seven months, and a sign Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season.
The ...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Trump administration on Thursday (Dec. 3) added China’s largest semiconductor firm, SMIC, and oil company CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military compan...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is poised to add China’s top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales in the U.S. grew a slower-than-expected 0.3% in October, even as retailers offered early holiday discounts online and in stores.
Analysts had expected t...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese maker of processor chips for Apple Inc. and other customers plans to invest $3.5 billion to set up a U.S. subsidiary amid American concern about relying too heavily o...
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Some businesses opening, expanding despite pandemic hurdles
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The odds of success with a new business are always precarious. Few expe...
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose in September for the fifth month in a row, as Americans spent more on clothing, cars and sporting goods.
The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday t...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. diplomats and security officials privately warned the state of Nevada not to use Chinese-made coronavirus test kits donated by the United Arab Emirates over con...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is seeking an immediate ban on downloads of WeChat in Apple and Google app stores, saying the Chinese-owned messaging service is a threat to the security of the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has approved a request from a group of WeChat users to delay looming U.S. government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use.
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US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Commerce Department said it is prohibiting Chinese-owned TikTok and WeCha...
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Federal Reserve sees rates near zero at least through 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pegged near zero at...
