Economy Nov 04 U.S. stocks surge, and the Dow soars 1,500 points as Brent oil's price drops below $95 per barrel By Stan Choe, David McHugh, Associated Press
Politics Nov 03 California voters consider proposition to tax billionaires' wealth Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of Californians whose net worth exceeds $1 billion, with most of the revenue dedicated to replacing federal funding cuts to healthcare. By Sophie Austin, Associated Press
Economy Oct 30 Binance flags 'potential security issue,' says approximately $6.3 billion impacted Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said Thursday it’s investigating reports of a potential security issue as its founder said the incident “does look like a hack on Binance.” The company said late Thursday the estimated total impact was at… By Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press
Nation Oct 29 New survey finds more than two-thirds of Americans believe their country is in decline Almost half of Americans, 47%, say they are experiencing real pain from rising prices – a sharp rise from previous years. By Dante Chinni, Ari Pinkus, The Conversation
Economy Oct 29 DoorDash offers $17 billion for Instacart in what would be big grocery delivery consolidation The companies say the tie-up would combine DoorDash's global reach and expertise in logistics with Instacart's purpose-built technology and long relationships with grocers. By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press
Oct 29 Inflation heats up again, days before midterm elections By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press Rising gas prices drove much of the inflation increase as renewed violence in the Middle East has kept oil prices above $100 a barrel, up from below $70 before the Iran war. But prices also rose outside of fuel costs. Continue reading
Oct 29 U.S. economy grows at brisk 3.4% pace in third quarter on strong consumer spending and AI investment By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Consumer spending rose at a good clip in the third quarter, and business investment was up sharply, reflecting the AI boom. Continue reading
Oct 28 WATCH: Warsh holds briefing after Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday at about 3.9% despite stubbornly high inflation, while providing little hint about the central bank’s next moves. Continue reading
Oct 27 5 things to watch for in this week's Federal Reserve meeting By Chris Rugaber, Associated Press The Fed’s Oct. 27-28 meeting will be the fourth of Chairman Kevin Warsh’s tenure, which has been marked by questions regarding his independence from President Donald Trump, who appointed him earlier this year. Continue reading
Oct 26 Anthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of AI's existential risk to humanity By Barbara Ortutay, Bernard Condon, Associated Press The filing comes weeks after CEO Dario Amodei argued in an essay for slowing the development of the most advanced AI models. Continue reading