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Mixed close for U.S. stocks Thursday, dollar mostly lower
Dow Jones jumps 272 points as Nasdaq Composite dips 34 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were mostly higher Thursday, although the Nasdaq Composite finished modestly behind. This is a market...

Puerto Rico courts manufacturers amid escalating global trade war
Puerto Rico lures manufacturing to lift economy facing Trump's tariffs

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: As the global trade war deepens, Puerto Rico is seizing the moment to lure international companies to relocate...

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound outperforms Wegovy in obesity drug study
Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in trial of blockbuster drugs

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Eli Lilly's obesity drug Zepbound led to nearly 50 percent more weight loss than Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in the...

China's passenger car sales rise for third straight month in April
Chinese passenger car sales rise for a third month in April

SHENZHEN, China: China's passenger car sales climbed for the third consecutive month in April, increasing 14.8 percent from a year...

Dow disappoints but broader U.S. markets advance
Mixed day on Wall Street but Nasdaq Composite surges 137 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were bought up on the Nasdaq Composite and Standard and Poor's 500 while the Dow Jones industrial...

US worker productivity falls, pushing labor costs higher
U.S. worker productivity declines in first quarter

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. worker productivity fell in the first quarter of the year for the first time in nearly three years, leading...

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Google to pay $1.4 billion in Texas data privacy settlement
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion for collecting data illegally

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Google will pay US$1.4 billion to settle allegations that it unlawfully collected user data in Texas without...

US measles cases top 1,000 in worst outbreak in five years
US measles cases surpass 1,000 for first time in 5 years

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The number of measles cases in the U.S. has gone over 1,000 for the first time in five years, according to federal...

House passes bill to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’
US House passes bill on Trump's Gulf of America

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America,...

Hegseth orders 20% cut in US four-star officers
US Defense Secretary Hegseth to slash senior-most ranks of military

WASHINGTON, D.C.: This week, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a 20 percent cut in the number of four-star generals and admirals,...

North Carolina Supreme Court judge sworn in after extensive legal battle
North Carolina Supreme Court judge sworn in after extensive legal battle

RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) - The disputed North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice seat was filled at last Tuesday morning, after over...

Wisdom Meets Action: Veteran Professionals Strengthen USACE's Helene Response
Wisdom Meets Action: Veteran Professionals Strengthen USACE's Helene Response

Western North Carolina -- Even after decades of federal service, many retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers professionals find the call...