Jul 17, 2023
Wall St ends higher with earnings poised to ramp up

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher to kick off the trading week on Monday, buoyed by gains in financial and technology shares as investors awaited the next round of quarterly results this week as earnings…

Jul 14, 2023
UPS strike could be costliest in US in a century, study says

By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) -A threatened U.S. strike at United Parcel Service could be "one of the costliest in at least a century," topping $7 billion for a 10-day work stoppage, a think tank specializing in the economic impact of…

Jul 07, 2023
US Postal Service hiking stamp prices Sunday

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) is hiking the price of first-class mail stamps to 66 cents from 63 cents effective Sunday. This is the latest in a series of price increases to help…

Jun 30, 2023
Factbox-Governments race to regulate AI tools

(Reuters) - Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology. Here are the latest steps national and international governing bodies are taking to regulate…

Jun 29, 2023
Fed’s Powell signals fresh US rate hikes ahead

By Jesús Aguado, David Latona and Padraic Halpin (Reuters) -U.S. central bankers are likely to resume their rate hike campaign after a break earlier this month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled on Thursday, as a fresh slew of stronger-than-expected…

Jun 28, 2023
Apple stock hits record, on cusp of $3 trillion market value

By Akash Sriram and Noel Randewich (Reuters) -Apple's stock climbed to a record high close on Wednesday and was on the cusp of a $3 trillion market capitalization. The iPhone maker's stock rose 0.6% to end the day at $189.25,…