Monday, August 17, 2026
61.0°F

Business

Looking for recent business news? Here you'll find all of the breaking and daily business news articles.

Updated 3 days, 4 hours ago

‘Most big repairs start out as small repairs’

MOSES LAKE — When Uziel Ortega launched Steadfast Home Services earlier this year, he wasn't sure whether the phon…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Mexicans march to protest major infrastructure projects

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 1,000 people marched through the center of Mexico City on Friday in opposition to the government's largest infrastructure projects.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
US lifts Brazilian beef import ban amid quality concerns

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has decided to once again allow raw beef products to be imported into the United States from Brazil, a move that has angered some cattlemen and food safety groups who …

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
American consumption of fish rises slightly to 11-year high

Americans' consumption of seafood has risen to its highest point in more than a decade.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Fed officials downplay virus even as markets see rate cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, should that influence the Fed's decisions?

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Stocks fell and bond prices rose sharply on Wall Street Friday amid fresh signs that the viral outbreak that originated in China is weighing on U.S. companies.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts in ord…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
South Korea becomes newest front in shifting virus outbreak

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Cases of a new virus swelled Friday in South Korea, making the country the newest front in a widening global outbreak centered in China and now reverberating elsewhere.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Wells Fargo to pay $3 billion to settle federal investigations into creation of millions of unauthorized accounts

NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo to pay $3 billion to settle federal investigations into creation of millions of unauthorized accounts.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Stocks sink, Treasury prices soar as investors seek safety

Stocks fell and bond prices rose sharply on Wall Street Friday amid signs that economic fallout from the viral outbreak that originated in China is hurting U.S. companies.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
First Solar, TrueCar fall; Deere, Dropbox rise

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday:

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
FDA approves drug that lowers cholesterol in a new way

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new type of cholesterol-lowering drug aimed at millions of people who can't tolerate — or don't get enough help from — widely used statin pills like Lipitor…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Arizona governor pulls immigration plan amid business revolt

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of his first term working to repair the damage to the state's reputation caused by a 2010 tough-on-immigrants law known as SB 1070 that his predecessor signed.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Judge questions plan to remove capsized ship in huge chunks

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge Friday ordered attorneys for the U.S. Coast Guard and a maritime salvage company to answer detailed questions about plans to remove an overturned cargo ship on the Georgia coast…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
EU ends testy budget summit without deal, much work ahead

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders broke up a marathon budget summit without a deal Friday and their positions were still so far apart that they could not even decide when to meet again on the divisive issue.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Trump signals he's prepared to give farmers more federal aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he’s prepared to tap federal coffers again to help farmers suffering from the tariff fights that he initiated.