BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Monday while U.S. futures advanced after Wall Street’s lackluster finish to last week. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% to 50,226.67 after the government reported that the Japanese economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in the July-September quarter. The dollar rose against the Japanese yen,…
PHILADELPHIA — Steel: 50%. Copper: 50%. Cars: up to 25%. But an even bigger Trump-era levy looms: 107 % on Italian pasta. Mamma mia. It started with the U.S. Commerce Department launching what it says was a routine antidumping review, based on allegations Italian pasta makers sold product into the US at below-market prices and…
WASHINGTON — A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic said this week that it disrupted a cyber operation that its researchers linked to the Chinese government. The operation involved the use…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unapproved peptide drugs have become a trendy new hack among wellness influencers, fitness coaches and celebrities, pitched as a way to build muscle, shed pounds and look younger. Online stores will offer injectable vials for $300 to $600 each. Longevity and wellness clinics offer in-office evaluations and injections, sometimes with membership fees…
A House committee released 23,000 documents related to Jefferey Epstein on Wednesday, many of them emails the convicted sex offender sent to his rich or influential friends, or to reporters, over many years. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee initially released three emails where Epstein mentioned President Donald Trump. Republicans on the committee responded by…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted around their records in a mixed day of trading Wednesday. The S&P 500 added 0.1% and neared its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 327 points, or 0.7%, to set a record for the second straight day, while the Nasdaq composite…
NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech and other superstars of the U.S. stock market got back to rallying on Monday, and Wall Street recovered most of its loss from last week. The S&P 500 climbed 1.5% and clawed back nearly all its drop from last week, which was its first weekly loss in four. The…
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump granted a pardon Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland, a prominent case in U.S. authorities’ efforts to combat what they claim are Beijing’s farflung efforts to repress critics. Michael McMahon…
BANGKOK — Shares retreated in Asia on Friday after losses for influential technology stocks pulled Wall Street benchmarks lower. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices advanced. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell more than 2% early in the session and was trading 1.6% lower at 50,064.38. China reported that its exports contracted 1.1% in October,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will be rendered “defenseless’’ and possibly “reduced to almost Third World status’’ if Supreme Court strikes down the tariffs he imposed this year on nearly every country on earth. The justices sounded skeptical during oral arguments Wednesday of his sweeping claims of authority…