June 3, 2021

Stocks are mostly lower on Wall Street; AMC swings sharply

Stocks mostly fell on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday as investors weighed the latest economic reports showing that unemployment claims are falling but labor […]
June 3, 2021

Medtronic ends sales of heart-failure device after adverse events

Medtronic PLC is discontinuing all implants of one of its most complex and costly heart-failure devices, the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device, five years after the […]
June 3, 2021

Stocks move lower on Wall Street; AMC slumps on stock sale

Stocks mostly fell on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday as investors weighed the latest economic reports showing that unemployment claims are falling but labor […]
June 3, 2021

US service sector growth surges in May

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Growth in the services sector, where most Americans work, hit an all-time high in May as people flock to bars, restaurants […]
June 3, 2021

Biden offers tax deal to Republicans in infrastructure talks

President Joe Biden is trying to break a logjam with Republicans on how to pay for infrastructure improvements, proposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations […]
June 3, 2021

General Mills cuts jobs, reshapes itself to prepare for post-pandemic change in eating

General Mills is downsizing its corporate workforce as a part of a post-pandemic restructuring. The Golden Valley-based food maker at the end of May finished […]
June 3, 2021

13 on trial in Paris for cyberbullying, threats against teen

Thirteen people went on trial Thursday in Paris accused of cyberbullying or death threats against a teenage girl who posted online comments critical of Islam. […]
June 3, 2021

Biden's AI czar focuses on societal risks, preventing harm

Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear disaster, […]
June 3, 2021

Stocks fall broadly on Wall Street; AMC slumps on share sale

Stocks broadly fell on Wall Street in morning trading Thursday as investors weighed the latest economic reports showing that unemployment claims are falling but labor […]
June 3, 2021

Hong Kong police tell foreign hosting firm to remove website

LONDON — A Hong Kong pro-democracy website was temporarily taken down after police warned the Israel-based hosting company that it breached a national security law, […]