WASHINGTON (AP) — Global finance officials wrapped up their fall meetings on Saturday with a pledge to “employ all appropriate tools” to combat the weakest global growth in a decade, but there was little evidence of progress in easing trade tensions, a major source of the slowdown.
The policy-…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Long after more flamboyant colleagues flamed out of President Donald Trump’s favor amid ethics scandals, low-profile and folksy Rick Perry survived in the Cabinet in part by steering clear of controversy.
Until now.
The former Texas governor said Thursday he was quitting as energy…
Impeachment inquiry puts spotlight on Perry, who shunned it/National-Business/2019/10/19/Impeachment-inquiry-puts-spotlight-on-Perry-who-shunned-it.html11
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago parents leaned on family, friends and community groups as 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike this past week, canceling classes for more than 300,000 kids.
For some families, the Chicago Teachers Union walkout meant a day off and a bit…
Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others/National-News/2019/10/19/Chicago-strike-means-day-off-for-some-emergency-for-others.html11
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump describes it, the U.S. swooped into an intractable situation in the Middle East, achieved an agreement within hours that had eluded the world for years and delivered a “great day for civilization.”
It was a mission-accomplished moment that other…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Syrian mission-accomplished moment/National-Business/2019/10/19/AP-FACT-CHECK-Trump-s-Syrian-mission-accomplished-moment.html11
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal. But the defiant Johnson also made clear that he personally opposed delaying the U.K.‘s exit, scheduled…
UK's Johnson asks for Brexit delay, but argues against it/National-Business/2019/10/19/UK-lawmakers-ponder-Brexit-decision-in-historic-session.html11
Negotiations aimed at reaching a major settlement in the nation’s opioid litigation reached an impasse Friday.
Key differences were between state attorneys general and lawyers representing local governments, rather than with the drugmakers and distributors they are suing.
One of the negotiators,…
Opioid negotiations fail to produce deal just before trial/National-Business/2019/10/18/CEOs-attorneys-general-trying-to-reach-opioid-settlement.html11
DALLAS (AP) — A former senior Boeing test pilot told a co-worker that he unknowingly misled safety regulators about problems with a flight-control system that would later be implicated in two deadly crashes of the company’s 737 Max.
The pilot, Mark Forkner, told another Boeing employee in 2016 that…
Messages from former Boeing test pilot reveal Max concerns/National-Business/2019/10/18/Messages-from-former-Boeing-test-pilot-reveal-Max-concerns.html11
