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This May 22, 2020, file photo shows the Federal Reserve building in Washington. A key measure of inflation showed consumer prices rising the fastest in four decades, the government reported Thursday, a day after the White House boasted that President Biden "saved Christmas" by helping to speed up delivery of gifts that are costing Americans more. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Fed survey finds economy slowing in some areas of country

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Customers make bets at the William Hill sportsbook inside the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City N.J., on March 8, 2019. Caesars Entertainment announced Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, it is buying William Hill for $3.7 billion. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Caesars Entertainment buys bookmaker William Hill for $3.7B

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

A woman wearing face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Asian shares were mostly higher in muted trading Monday, ahead of the first U.S. presidential debate and a national holiday in China later in the week.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rally ahead of US debate

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. Microsoft says its bid to buy popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, removing a leading suitor for the Chinese-owned app a week before President Donald Trump promises to follow through with a plan to ban it in the U.S. (AP Photo/File)

Oracle and TikTok struck a deal. What it is, none will say

By MATT O'BRIEN and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. Microsoft says its bid to buy popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, removing a leading suitor for the Chinese-owned app a week before President Donald Trump promises to follow through with a plan to ban it in the U.S. (AP Photo/File)

Source: Oracle wins TikTok over Microsoft in Trump-urged bid

By MATT O'BRIEN and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a woman pulls groceries from a cart to her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss. Walmart is launching a new membership service for shoppers this month that it hopes can compete with Amazon Prime. Called Walmart+, it will cost $98 a year or $12.95 a month, and give members same-day delivery on 160,000 items, a fuel discount at certain gas stations and a chance to check out at Walmart stores without having to wait at a register. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

15 years later, Walmart to launch its answer to Amazon Prime

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

Yum China, Aimmune rise; Regis, Walmart fall

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Amazon, Meritage Homes rise; Kohl’s, Big Lots fall

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Trump’s demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

A man wearing a shirt promoting TikTok is seen at an Apple store in Beijing on Friday, July 17, 2020. U. S. President Donald Trump says he wants to take action to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

Survey: Business economists sketch a more hopeful outlook

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump finishes signing the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. The 2020 presidential and Senate elections will likely take place as the world’s largest economy is still attempting to climb back from the deadly coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Business owners with criminal records sue after being denied COVID-19 funds

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks as he receives a briefing on the 2020 hurricane season in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Activists sue over Trump’s coronavirus immigration pause

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Survey: Business economists’ outlook darkens since virus hit

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Bill Merkle works on making protective masks in Warren, Mich., Thursday, April 23, 2020. General Motors has about 400 workers at the now-closed transmission plant in suburban Detroit. All over the country, blue-collar and salaried workers have raised their hands to make medical equipment as companies repurpose factories to answer calls for help from beleaguered nurses, doctors and paramedics who are treating patients with the highly contagious new coronavirus COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

US factory orders plunge 14.4% as economy grinds to halt

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2018, file photo Juul products are displayed at a smoke shop in New York. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, sued to break up the multibillion-dollar partnership between tobacco giant Altria and e-cigarette startup Juul Labs. In a legal filing Wednesday, the watchdog agency said the financial and business dealings between the companies amounted to an agreement not to compete.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Feds seek breakup of Altria-Juul deal on antitrust grounds

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Specialist Erica Fredrickson works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008, as a free-fall in oil prices and worsening fears of fallout from the spreading coronavirus outbreak seize markets. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

AP Analysis: Investors ‘guessing’ on virus, assuming worst

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press