Новости за 25.05.2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan is assuring investors that Congress will meet a new deadline to increase the government's borrowing cap and avert an economy-quaking default on U.S. obligations.

Organized labor struck back Thursday against Kentucky's new right-to-work law, filing a lawsuit that claims the ban on mandatory union fees in workplaces violates the state's Constitution.

Yale University has removed a shelter that was set up by graduate students protesting the school's decision not to negotiate with their new union.

North Carolina's largest health insurer said Thursday it wants to increase the average price for heavily subsidized policies created by former President Barack Obama's overhaul law by 22.9 percent next year, a double-digit increase it blames mostly on Congress.

People shopping for insurance through the Affordable Care Act in yet more regions will be facing higher prices and fewer choices next year as insurance companies lay out their early plans for 2018.

President Donald Trump's budget proposal calls for saving $10 million next year by selling wild horses captured throughout the West without the current requirement that buyers guarantee the animals won't be resold for slaughter.

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General Motors Co. was accused in a lawsuit by owners of diesel-powered trucks of using illegal emissions software that allowed the vehicles to bypass government emissions tests and pollute far beyond legal limits on the road.

Micron Technology's rally hasn't been dented by this recent downgrade.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week to their lowest levels of the year.

A Kansas food distributor has recalled nearly 100,000 pounds of precooked sausage products that might contain metal.

A half-century-old job training and placement program for older Americans is on President Donald Trump's chopping block.

If your retirement savings run out early, you'll need to make serious adjustments to your retirement plans.

Best Buy Co. (BBY) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $188 million.

Ford Motor will announce replacements for some of its key executive positions as early as Thursday, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.

A western New York-based defense and aerospace contractor plans to expand its two Buffalo-area facilities and add 200 jobs.

Best Buy reported on Thursday an unexpected rise in quarterly comparable sales, helped by demand for gaming and mobile products.

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Medtronic PLC reported Thursday a fiscal fourth-quarter net profit of $1.16 billion, or 84 cents a share, compared with $1.10 billion, or 78 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.

U.S. President Donald Trump told European Union officials on Thursday that he is worried Americans may lose jobs as a result of Britain leaving the EU, an EU source said.

New Zealand's conservative government is planning to reduce taxes and spend more money on building roads and railways as it looks to cash in on a thriving economy.

A woman on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu says passengers complained to American Airlines employees before takeoff that they were afraid of the passenger whose disruptive behavior prompted bomb-threat procedures and military fighter jets to escort the plane.

Oil prices rose by one percent ahead of an OPEC meeting on Thursday that is expected to extend output cuts into 2018.

While world attention has focused on Kim Jong Un's recent missile tests, a month-long surge in gasoline prices in Pyongyang is showing no signs of letting up — a puzzling problem that if allowed to drag on could be very bad news for the North Korean economy.

Jerry Perenchio, a billionaire media mogul who helped produce hit TV shows and sporting events and turned Univision into a major Spanish-language network, has died.