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A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slipped last month in a sign that price pressures continue to ease

The Environmental Protection Agency has set strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles

Many Americans are in a sour mood about the economy for one main reason: Prices feel too high

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a message he has sounded in recent weeks: While the Fed expects to cut interest rates this year, it won’t be ready to do so until it sees “more good inflation readings’’ and is more confident that annual p...

Chinese telecoms gear company Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last year as its cloud and digital businesses thrived in spite of U.S. sanctions

NBC News' messy hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee head Ronna McDaniel puts a spotlight on television's practice of paying on-air political contributors

A federal judge in Texas has accused the major banking industry groups and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of forum shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Huawei Technologies has reported its profit more than doubled last year as its cloud and digital businesses thrived in spite of U.S. sanctions. The Shenzhen-based company reported a net profit of 87 billion yuan ($12 billion), helped by strong sales and an improved product portfolio. Revenue jumped nearly 10% from a year earlier, to 704.2 billion yuan ($97.4 billion).

Tomorrow's IPL Match: Gujarat Titans (GT) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will clash on March 31 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match will start at 3:30 PM. This will be the third match in IPL 2024 for both teams.

Biden administration on Friday revised rules aimed at making it harder for China to access U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chips and chipmaking tools, part of an effort to hobble Beijing's chipmaking industry over national security concerns. The rules, released in October, seek to halt shipments to China of more advanced AI chips designed by Nvidia and others as Washington cracks down on Beijing over concerns its advancing tech sector could help boost China's military.

Washington Post as reported by Reuters. "It means we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps," he added. "We are trying to find some way not to retreat." Shortages of munitions, Zelenskyy said, meant "you have to do with less.

The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.4% annual pace from October through December, the government said in an upgrade from its previous estimate

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said we very much «hope» that in India and any country that is having elections, people's «political and civil rights» are «protected» and everyone is able to vote in a «free and fair» atmosphere. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made these remarks on Thursday while he was responding to a question on the «political unrest» in India ahead of the upcoming national elections in the wake of the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of the opposition Congress Party's bank accounts. «What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone's rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote in an atmosphere that is free and fair,» Dujarric said at the daily press briefing Thursday.

United States is drawing up a list of advanced Chinese chipmaking factories barred from receiving key tools, three people familiar with matter said on Thursday, to make it easier for companies to stem technology flows into China. The list could be released in the next couple of months, one of the people said.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an online media site called Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash, for allegedly supporting Hamas

The Biden administration has issued a final rule aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to g...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks a year behind bars on Friday following his arrest by Russian authorities who accuse him of espionage but have offered no supporting evidence

It would not surprise me if future economic history books were to look back at the last week in central banking as marking a move away from strict inflation targeting by the world’s most influential central banks.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for closer trade ties with the U.S. during a meeting with top American business leaders in Beijing

Arvind Kejriwal, Washington on Wednesday again stressed that it encourages fair, transparent, timely legal processes and “we don't think anyone should object to that". While addressing a press briefing, Miller was asked about India's summoning US diplomat Gloria Berbena, he said, “We continue to follow these actions closely, including the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. We are also aware of the Congress party's allegations that tax authorities have frozen some of their bank accounts in a manner that will make it challenging to effectively campaign in the upcoming elections." "And we encourage fair, transparent and timely legal processes for each of these issues," he added.

Katherine Dowling has an analogy that may be useful for investors thinking of buying cryptocurrency like bitcoin and wondering what amount is appropriate.