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Stocks closed broadly lower Friday, extending the market's modest losses from a day earlier

A slump in big technology stocks helped pull U.S. indexes lower on Wall Street, extending the market's modest losses from a day earlier.

Prosecutors say one person is in custody in an investigation of current and former managers at automaker Porsche, a unit of Volkswagen, over the company's diesel emissions scandal

A central New York dairy farmer says seven federal immigration officers came onto his property without permission, arrested a Guatemalan worker without producing a warrant and handcuffed the farmer when he challenged them

Federal lawsuits between two sunflower seed competitors in the Dakotas who accused each other of false advertising have been settled out of court

Stocks closed broadly lower, snapping a three-day winning streak for the market

Stocks closed lower for the first time this week, weighed down by losses in technology and consumer products companies.

U.S. stocks are moving broadly lower in late-afternoon trading, placing the market on track for its first loss this week

U.S. stocks are moving lower in midday trading, weighed down by losses in technology and consumer products companies.

Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its first loss this week.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to step up investments in Thailand

Unilever, the consumer goods multinational whose brands include Dove, Knorr and Ben & Jerry's, says that it is planning a share buyback worth up to 6 billion euros ($7.4 billion) later this year

Amazon has persuaded more than 100 million shoppers to subscribe to its Prime service as its empire and ambitions expand

The Colorado House has passed a bipartisan bill aimed at boosting the ranks of the state's agricultural workforce by letting immigrants who are in the country illegally renew their driver's licenses online or by mail.

Department store operator The Bon-Ton Stores facing liquidation after bankruptcy auction

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The major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Wednesday, led by gains in energy and industrial companies

Descendants of people buried in a small cemetery in western Pennsylvania are suing the owners of a motel over an excavation project that left the cemetery a mound of earth more than 25 feet high

A small but growing number of restaurants are cashless, telling customers they can pay by credit or debit cards or smartphones, but not bills or coins

Amazon partners with Best Buy to get its burgeoning suite of tech products in front of customers