Business to buy some Rite Aids
NEW YORK — Fred’s, a small regional drugstore chain from Memphis, Tenn., had a very good week.
It all started Tuesday, when Fred’s said it ...
Obama provided a boost, but restless voters chose Trump
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s first job as president: Piece together the shards of a shattered U.S. economy.
It was...
Ikea to pay $50M in toddlers’ deaths
PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for three families say Ikea is agreeing to pay $50 million because toddlers died when the company’s dress...
Trump vows coal support
LOS ANGELES — Swaths of virgin desert in the U.S. West in recent years have transformed into solar farms, a trend green energy supporters predict ...
3.5 percent is fastest in 2 years
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter, the fastest pace in two years and more th...
Oprah helps Weight Watchers gain
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey’s loss is Weight Watchers’ gain.
The former talk show host, who bought a nearly 10 percent stake in the we...
Fines from financial crisis
FRANKFURT, Germany — Deutsche Bank said today it has agreed on a $7.2 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its dealings in...
A U.S. Senate committee detailed in an investigative report Wednesday how drug companies were exploiting the market by acquiring decades-old crucial medicines and sudden...
Care act's future stays uncertain
WASHINGTON — ObamaCare seems to be holding its own. The administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people have enrolled for subsidiz...
SAN FRANCISCO — Volkswagen reached a deal that will give at least some owners of the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles caught in the company’s emissions cheating scandal ...
