Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade
A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.
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Lula asks Trump to lift 40% tariff on Brazilian imports
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to lift the 40% tariff on Brazilian imports.
Cold shoulder from Canada is costly for American distillers struggling with global trade tensions
American distillers have gotten a costly cold shoulder from Canada.
Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families
Experts say a food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.
Republicans and Democrats at an impasse as government shutdown enters sixth day
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown enters a sixth day.
Fifth Third Bancorp to buy Comerica for $10.9 billion in tie-up of big regional banks
Fifth Third Bancorp is buying Comerica in an all=stock deal valued at $10.9 billion.
Trump plans aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China
President Donald Trump is making plans for a significant aid package for U.S. soybean farmers.
DC’s shutdown hasn’t stopped the stock market. Here’s what may
The U.S. stock market continues to rise despite the government’s latest shutdown.
Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?
U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade.
Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill allowing 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in the state to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits.