(AP) — Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year’s tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor and one that the ...
(AP) — Stocks wavered in mixed trading on Wall Street Friday as companies continued reporting mostly solid earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% in afternoon trading Friday. The index is on track to log its first losing week since early September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 210 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving major offshore wind projects as officials race to secure major climate initiatives before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end. Biden wants to establish a legacy for ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed their latest winning week with more records on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to squeak past the all-time high it had set early this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 36 points, or 0.1%, to its own record set the day before, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.6%. Netflix helped drive the market with a leap of 11.1% after the streaming giant reported stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. That was despite a slowdown in subscriber growth. It helped offset a 5.2% drop for CVS Health, which said it’s likely to ...
Boeing’s biggest supplier of aircraft components said Friday that it will temporarily furlough 700 workers later this month, warning that it would have to resort to layoffs if a strike by Boeing machinists lasts beyond November. Spirit AeroSystems said Friday that starting Oct. 28, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising toward records Friday as big banks rally on a rush of reassuring profit reports. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in afternoon trading and on track to top its all-time high set earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 346 points, or 0.8%, ...
