Oil futures popped higher Sunday evening, after a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in northern Jordan, blamed by the White House on Iran-backed militants, marked…
Read more Oil prices jump after drone attack kills U.S. troops, escalating Mideast crisisTOKYO (AP) — Asian shares slid Wednesday after a decline overnight on Wall Street and disappointing China growth data, while Tokyo’s main benchmark momentarily hit another 30-year high.…
Read more Hang Seng leads selloff for Asia stocks, with 4% slump after China dataShares of Uber Technologies Inc. and the ride-hailing giant’s smaller rival, Lyft Inc., have sprinted higher this year. But analysts on Friday suggested there might not be much…
Read more Uber and Lyft shares rallied in 2023 but may not go much higher, analysts sayDENVER (AP) — First, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligible to run for his old job in that state. Then, Maine’s secretary of…
Read more When Colorado removed Trump from the ballot, a Supreme Court showdown looked likely. Maine removed all doubt.DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas released the first batch of hostages under a ceasefire deal that began Friday, including 13 Israelis who have been held in…
Read more Hamas releases first group of hostages under truce agreement with IsraelWASHINGTON (AP) — The negotiations hardly ran smoothly. But, in the end, persistence paid off. Six weeks ago, not long after Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in…
Read more How the Hamas hostage-release deal evolved — and nearly fell apart — in final days“There is no way around the fact that they have stolen our business in Russia, and we are not going to help them make that look legitimate.” That’s…
Read more Carlsberg CEO says the Putin regime stole brewery operations in RussiaFuel prices, with the cost of gasoline and diesel at the pump both down from a month ago, don’t appear to be fazed by the escalating risks to…
Read more Here’s what the Israel-Hamas war has done to U.S. gasoline and diesel prices“ ‘You have to get yourself to believe that it’s not that hard, because it’s way harder than you think. If I go taking all of my knowledge…
Read more ‘Nobody in their right mind would do it.’ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he wouldn’t start a company if he had a do-over.The first charter flight that the U.S. State Department is organizing has departed from Israel and is en route right now to a site in Europe, White House…
Read more First charter flight for U.S. citizens leaving Israel has taken off, White House saysPresident Joe Biden, speaking at the White House on Sunday some 12 hours after signing stopgap legislation to avert a federal government shutdown, called on House Speaker Kevin…
Read more Biden calls on Republicans to ‘keep their word about support for Ukraine’Inflation remains a top concern among Americans, so what do the Republicans seeking President Joe Biden’s job say they’ll do about it? MarketWatch asked the 2024 GOP White…
Read more Here’s how the Republican presidential candidates say they’ll whip inflationDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran flew out of Tehran on Monday, officials said. Flight-tracking data analyzed…
Read more Five American captives have flown out of Iran, U.S. officials sayPresident Joe Biden on Friday offered his support to the United Auto Workers, as he addressed their strike aimed at the Big Three auto makers. Auto companies have…
Read more UAW strike: Ford, GM, Stellantis record profits haven’t been shared fairly with workers, Biden saysUPS employees approved a new five-year union contract with the delivery giant Tuesday, about a month after reaching a tentative deal that averted a strike of 340,000 United…
Read more UPS workers vote to approve ‘historic’ five-year contractAmazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.57% has relaunched its Amazon Shipping delivery service after a pandemic-era pause, the company confirmed on Friday. The news, reported on earlier in the day…
Read more Amazon relaunches a delivery service it put on hold during the pandemicWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway swung to a profit in the second quarter owed to its investment portfolio and insurance holdings, according to a release out Saturday. The holding company with…
Read more Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway swings to Q2 profit, operating earnings up 6%Yellow Corp., one of the largest trucking companies in the country, shut down Sunday as it prepares to file for bankruptcy, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to…
Read more Debt-ridden trucking giant Yellow reportedly shuts downPackage-delivery giant United Parcel Service Inc. and the Teamsters union on Tuesday said they had reached a tentative five-year labor agreement that would boost jobs, pay and other…
Read more UPS, Teamsters reach tentative deal, averting threat of a strikeShares of United Parcel Service Inc. dropped for the first time in seven sessions Wednesday, after the union representing more than 340,000 employees said the delivery giant “walked…
Read more UPS’s stock snaps win streak after Teamsters say talks collapse due to ‘unacceptable’ contract offer
