Business
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday, Feb. 27, as a broad selloff in financial shares weighed on major indexes and capped a choppy week for…
CUPERTINO: Apple Inc. (AAPL) said on Feb. 24, 2026 it is on track in 2026 to purchase well over 100 million advanced semiconductors made by Taiwan Semiconductor…
CALIFORNIA: Nvidia reported record quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday, saying demand linked to artificial intelligence continued to lift its data center business. The chipmaker said fourth-quarter…
NEW YORK: Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as the U.S. dollar softened, lifting demand for the metal in international markets. Spot gold rose 0.5% to $5,195.99…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has raised a temporary, across-the-board U.S. import tariff to 15% from 10%, applying the higher rate to most goods entering the United States from…
NEW DELHI: India joined the Pax Silica initiative on Feb. 20 by signing the Pax Silica Declaration and a bilateral addendum titled the Joint Statement on the…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday announced a new 10% import duty on goods entering the United States from around the world, moving to replace a set of…
BENTONVILLE: Walmart said fourth-quarter revenue rose 5.6% from a year earlier to $190.7 billion during the holiday shopping period, while its earnings outlook for the new fiscal…
NEW YORK: Oil futures climbed on Friday as investors tracked heightened U.S.-Iran tensions and fresh warnings from President Donald Trump, adding a geopolitical risk premium to crude prices.…
WASHINGTON: The U.S. trade deficit totaled $901.5 billion in 2025, barely changed from $903.5 billion in 2024, as higher exports and higher imports largely offset each other despite…
CALIFORNIA: A published report on Friday said Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI, a figure that would rank among the largest single…
WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve officials showed a widening split over the next direction for U.S. interest rates, with some prepared to reduce borrowing costs if inflation cools…
MISSOURI: Bayer said its Monsanto unit has agreed to a proposed settlement valued at up to $7.25 billion to resolve thousands of U.S. lawsuits alleging that the Roundup…
WASHINGTON: U.S. beef prices rose 15.0% over the past year, outpacing many grocery staples as cattle supplies tightened across the supply chain. The Bureau of Labor Statistics…
NEW YORK: Silver prices fell sharply on Thursday, extending a volatile run for the metal as fresh U.S. labor data pushed the U.S. dollar higher and pressured…
WASHINGTON: The U.S. national debt is projected to climb to about $64 trillion within the next decade as federal deficits remain elevated, according to a new 10 year…
News
TRUCKEE: Recovery crews have recovered the bodies of all nine backcountry skiers killed…
VIRGINIA: Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning American actor whose performances ranged from the steady consigliere…
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to…
Travel
The U.S. aviation system is under pressure with airport towers understaffed and thousands of flights delayed amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Spirit Airlines warns of possible shutdown within 12 months, citing weak demand, oversupply and cash shortfall despite emerging from bankruptcy in March.
U.S. State Department introduces visa bond program, targeting B-1 and B-2 visa applicants from high-risk nations with up to $15,000 entry bonds.