Category Archives: Business News
Wall Street drifts lower following mixed data on the economy
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading Tuesday after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest r...
Dec 16, 2025 Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NC State economist predicts record job growth in 2026
By WPTF Staff RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Economist Dr. Mike Walden says North Carolina is poised for record-breaking job growth and business development in 2026. Walden, a William Neal Reynolds distinguis...
Dec 16, 2025
Tylenol, Kleenex, Band-Aid and more put under one roof in $48.7 billion consumer brands deal
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in a cash and stock deal worth about $48.7 billion, creating a massive consumer health goods company. Shareholders ...
Nov 03, 2025
Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea
By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roarin...
Oct 30, 2025
Wall Street rises to finish its best week in 2 months after bank stocks stabilize
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street cruised to the finish of a winning week on Friday after banks recovered some of their sharp losses from the day before. The S&P 500 rose...
Oct 17, 2025
Wall Street's feverish rally takes a break as US stocks and gold pull back from their records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street took a pause on Thursday as U.S. stocks and even the price of gold pulled back from record highs following torrid runs. The S&P 500 slip...
Oct 09, 2025
Wall Street gets back to rising as gold keeps setting records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street got back to rising on Wednesday, while the price of gold pushed further past $4,000 per ounce. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% a day after snap...
Oct 08, 2025
Wall Street ticks to more records, led by technology stocks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks edged up to more records on Thursday as technology stocks kept rising and as Wall Street kept ignoring the shutdown of the U.S. government. ...
Oct 02, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern gro...
Sep 17, 2025
Wall Street ticks toward another record as Tesla vrooms higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to more records on Monday at the start of a week that could show whether the U.S. stock market's big recent rally has been overdone or ...
Sep 15, 2025