NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 29, 2023--

US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop for extras, might be forced to spend less enthusiastically on a key bucket of discretionary spending -- Christmas gifts, according to early forecasts of this year's holiday sales.

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK Global central banks experienced losses managing their reserves last year amid bond-heavy allocations

President Joe Biden sought to ramp up pressure on the United Auto Workers union and the nation's three unionized automakers -- Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, known as the "Big Three" -- one month ahead of a critical deadline for labor talks.

Hong Kong police are offering HK$1,000,000 ($127,650) rewards for information leading to the arrest of eight pro-democracy activists

The architect accused in a string of Long Island killings has been years late in paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, repeatedly filed lawsuits accusing drivers of injuring him in car accidents, and still lives in his childhood home, according to a review of public records and court documents.

Christine Baumgartner listed the family's monthly expenses, which Kevin Costner had been covering, as exceeding $550,000

Mohamed Al Fayed, former owner of the famed Harrods department store in London whose son was killed in a car crash with Princess Diana, has died, his family has announced

WASHINGTON U.S. wholesale inventories fell for a sixth straight month in August, but the pace of decline slowed

By Tom Käckenhoff DUESSELDORF Thyssenkrupp has urged Berlin to move quickly to approve hundreds of millions in subsidies

Pakistan central bank Governor Jameel Ahmad denied officials were seeking debt restructuring talks as the South Asian country

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on Friday it would expand its coordinated strike against General Motors