October 4, 2024, 1:50pm Business
U.S. stocks rallied Friday after a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. job market raised optimism about the economy. Read story
October 4, 2024, 1:42pm Business
McDonald’s is bringing a chicken version of its Big Mac sandwich to the U.S. for a limited time, the company announced this week. Read story
October 4, 2024, 8:17am Business
A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire. Read story
October 4, 2024, 8:15am Business
Amazon plans to hire 250,000 seasonal employees to staff its U.S. warehouses and fulfillment network for the holiday season. Read story
October 4, 2024, 8:14am Business
America’s employers added a surprisingly strong 254,000 jobs in September, the latest evidence that the U.S. labor market is still solid enough to support steady hiring and a growing economy. Read story
October 4, 2024, 8:12am Business
The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test the limits of a tribal law that sets conditions for hauling uranium on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying the ore and return to the mine where it was extracted in northern Arizona. Read story
October 4, 2024, 8:12am Business
Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. Read story
October 4, 2024, 8:11am Business
Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information. Read story