Federal Reserve adjusts inflation target, rate unchanged
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve adjusted its inflation target to seek price increases above 2% annually, a move that will likely keep interest rates low…
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U.S. outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON — The federal government outlined a sweeping plan today to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and…
Retail sales rise for 4th straight month as growth slows
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans kept spending in August, but the pace of that growth is slowing as millions of people who lost jobs have…
Big Ten changes course, aims for October start to football
Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring…
Big Ten changes course, aims for October start to football
Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring…
Retail sales rise for 4th straight month as growth slows
NEW YORK — Americans kept spending in August, but the pace of that growth is slowing as millions of people who lost jobs have now…
Top EU official proposes new 2030 target to reduce emissions
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top official proposed a more ambitious target today for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, setting a reduction goal of…
Japan exports fall 15% in August as pandemic pummels trade
MITO, Japan — Japan’s trade surplus widened in August as the pandemic pummeled a wide array of industries and sapped consumer demand. The 15% drop…
U.S. stocks rise again as tech makes up more lost ground
NEW YORK — Wall Street is strengthening again today as big technology stocks wrest back more of their losses from their sudden belly flop earlier…
U.S. tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body
GENEVA — The World Trade Organization said today that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totaling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules…