WASHINGTON — The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers reluctant to spend and employers hesitant to hire, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.
LONDON — Its chairman is Swedish, a growing chunk of its revenue comes from Russia and its incoming chief executive speaks with an American accent. So goes the Britishness in the company once known as British Petroleum.
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick is urging Massachusetts lawmakers to give final approval to a weekend sales tax holiday before the end of their formal session Saturday.
PORTLAND, Maine — Heating oil prices are projected to rise modestly this winter, giving homeowners in the Northeast another year of relief from the sky-high prices they were paying two years ago.
WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. will pay $23.4 million to settle federal charges that some of its subsidiaries paid illegal kickbacks to the Iraqi government in order to win contracts under a U.N. program.
NEW YORK — Americans' confidence in the economy eroded further in July amid worries about a still-stagnant job market. The report raised concerns about the economic recovery and the back-to-school shopping season.
NEW ORLEANS — The American picked to lead oil giant BP as it struggles to restore its finances and oil spill-stained reputation pledged yesterday that the company will remain committed to the Gulf region even after the busted well is sealed.
The real estate markets on the Cape and Islands were among the strongest in the state last month, according to numbers released yesterday by The Warren Group, a Boston-based real estate data firm.
BOSTON — U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in neighboring Rhode Island, allowing him to avoid paying roughly $500,000 in taxes to the cash-strapped Bay State.
LONDON — Seven of 91 European banks failed stress tests aimed at measuring their strength in case the continent's government debt crisis takes a turn for the worse, regulators said yesterday.
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. posted a strong second-quarter profit yesterday but trimmed its U.S. sales forecast and predicted weaker results in the second half as the economy slowly recovers.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's pay czar said yesterday that he did not try to recoup $1.6 billion in lavish compensation to top executives at bailed-out banks because he wanted to avoid another public fight over banker pay.
CHICAGO — Even in a tough economy, increasing profits can be easy: Just cut costs enough and the bottom line keeps improving. But companies can only do that for so long.
The war of the super-smartphones continues to heat up, and, at the moment, most of the combat seems to be between Apple's iPhone and the multiplying array of competitors running Google's Android operating system.
Advocates say some materials mined for use in cell phones and other devices have been sold to fuel war in the Congo, but others warn of the chilling effect new rules will have.
Lance Inc., the parent company of Hyannis' Cape Cod Potato Chips, announced yesterday that it has entered into a merger agreement with Snyder's of Hanover, the Pennsylvania-based snack food company most well known for its line of pretzels.
WASHINGTON — Many Americans could be hit with a big tax increase in the next two or three years despite President Barack Obama's repeated promises to shield the middle class from higher rates.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama yesterday signed legislation intended to slash by $50 billion the taxpayer money improperly paid to dead people, fugitives and those in jail who shouldn't be getting benefits.
WASHINGTON — Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff.
WASHINGTON — A flurry of strong earnings reports renewed Wall Street's optimism in the economic recovery, even as new data yesterday showed homes sales sinking and claims for unemployment benefits rising.
Yarmouth Medical Center has announced that Dr. Jeffrey Martens has joined the practice. Martens is certified in internal medicine, and he is accepting new patients.
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the fragile economy needs government stimulus spending to strengthen the recovery and help reduce unemployment.
ORLEANS — The mix of exotic colors in the sunset over Rock Harbor blended well with the culturally mixed atmosphere of last night's second annual "J-1 Diversity Celebration."
WASHINGTON — With a broad smile and the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama yesterday capped a contentious 18-month struggle and signed into law the broadest revamp of financial regulation since the Great Depression.
BERLIN — Germany, Europe's economic engine, is back in gear after a painful recession, as foreign customers snap up cars and industrial machinery and the country reaps the benefits of stimulus spending that helped keep the motor running at home...
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the outlook for the economy remains "unusually uncertain" but that the Fed plans no specific steps "in the near term" to try to fuel the struggling recovery.
DEARBORN, Mich. — For the first time, an American automaker plans to sell a hybrid car for the same, lower price as its gas-powered counterpart, removing at least one obstacle for drivers who want a greener ride.
The Humane Society of the United States has announced that Theresa M. Barbo of Yarmouthport has been appointed as director of the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable.
WASHINGTON — U.S. airlines must inspect more than 100 Boeing 767 airliners more often than previously required to look for cracks that could cause the engines to fall off, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered yesterday.
WASHINGTON — Government watchdogs told a Senate panel yesterday that the Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure isn't working and that the Treasury Department has failed to fix the program.
Many of the Cape and Islands' unemployed residents — which numbered more than 11,000 last month — received some good news yesterday when the Senate voted to move ahead on a bill to extend benefits for the long-term unemployed.
DENNISPORT — The state attorney general has secured a preliminary injunction against several people and groups who allegedly defrauded and gave unlicensed legal advice to time share owners at the Edgewater Beach Resort.
NEW YORK — U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide competition to the incumbent phone companies.