Tag: U.S.

GORINCHEM, Netherlands ? In France, a visit to the doctor typically costs the equivalent of $1.12. A night in a German hospital costs a patient roughly $11. And in the Netherlands ? one of the…

U.S. new home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market. The Commerce Department said today new homes sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 713,000,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions are flaring in the Persian Gulf after President Donald Trump said the U.S. is “locked and loaded” to respond to a weekend drone assault on Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure that his…

BEIJING (AP) — China will lift punitive tariffs imposed on U.S. soybeans and pork in a trade war with Washington, a state news agency said Friday, adding to conciliatory gestures by the two sides ahead…

WASHINGTON (AP) — American farmers have not only endured retaliatory tariffs from China and other nations, they’ve watched as most of their top foreign competitors used free trade agreements to make inroads into Japan, a…

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands today in a catastrophic onslaught that sent floodwaters up to the second…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economic landscape would look even bleaker if not for America’s consumers. The economy slowed in the spring, and many analysts think the weakness will continue in the months ahead. Yet…

By now, most of the world has learned to take President Trump’s threats with a grain of salt. Such is the case when over the weekend the president demanded an additional 5% hike on Chinese…

President Donald Trump’s apparent view that Americans want a federal government that abandons humanitarian norms is once again on display this week with two more decisions about the treatment of detained unauthorized immigrants. The first…

Stocks tumbled on Wall Street after President Donald Trump said he “hereby ordered” U.S. companies to consider alternatives to doing business in China. He also said he would respond to Beijing’s latest tariff increase later…