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Republican voters rejected ex-convict Don Blankenship in a West Virginia Senate primary in which he sold himself as “Trumpier than Trump” but was vigorously opposed by Trump himself. GOP voters in Indiana, meanwhile, chose wealthy businessman Mike Braun over two sitting congressmen to lead the party’s charge against a vulnerable Democratic senator in the fall. President Donald Trump and his allies cheered the West Virginia result, which helped avert a potential political disaster for a GOP already bracing for major losses in the November midterm elections. …read more […]

The company’s stock hasn’t been this cheap in years. Time to buy? …read more […]

Cadillac has just confirmed that the ATS sedan dies at the end of the 2018 model year. In an e-mail, carmaker spokesman Donny Nordlicht wrote, “Production of the ATS Sedan is ending due to extensive plant upgrades, expansion and re-tooling to prepare for the next generation of Cadillac sedans.” The admission confirms several months of deduction based on a document trail put together by The Truth About Cars. …read more […]

Several times during CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote presentation at the company’s I/O developer conference, the audience of 7,000 gasped or burst into applause. That’s because some of Google’s massive investments in artificial intelligence are now paying off—in features that truly are magical. …read more […]

Ford may stop production of its bestselling and highly profitable F-150 pickup truck at two factories after a supplier fire. Fortunately for Ford, General Motors doesn’t yet have new pickups in the US markets, and Fiat Chrysler is just launching its F-150 competitor. Ford should recoup sales later this year, unless the shutdowns are prolonged. …read more […]

A senior Israeli Cabinet minister says President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement will force the Islamic Republic to abandon its pursuit of a bomb for good. The Israeli government has staunchly opposed the 2015 nuclear deal and warmly congratulated Trump on his decision. …read more […]

Ford Motor Co’s imported vehicles are being held up at Chinese ports, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, underscoring how U.S. goods are facing increased customs scrutiny in China amid a tense trade standoff. …read more […]

The Latham, New York-based company said it had a loss of 9 cents per share. The alternative energy company posted revenue of $27.2 million in the period. For the current quarter ending in July, Plug Power … …read more […]

Oil prices recently topped $70 a barrel in anticipation that the U.S. would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, and they might have more room to run now that it’s official. …read more […]

The story of a $130,000 payment from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer …read more […]

Edwin Montoya’s family carved their farm on the slopes of the Kilauea volcano out of “raw jungle,” transforming it into a fertile collection of gardens, animal pens and fruit trees. A couple of miles up the hill, lava has destroyed dozens of homes and his daughter’s farm is in an evacuation zone. Because there’s no indication when the eruption might stop, or how far the lava might spread, the volcano has forced people living in and around the Leilana Estates subdivision to make tough decisions. …read more […]

Licenses for Boeing Co and Airbus to sell passenger jets to Iran will be revoked, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Tuesday after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. Trump said he would reimpose U.S. economic sanctions on Iran, which were lifted under the agreement he had harshly criticized. …read more […]

Jim Cramer thinks General Electric’s worst days could be behind it thanks to the recent increase in oil prices. …read more […]

Jim Cramer explains the stock market’s seemingly irrational response to the president’s Iran deal announcement. …read more […]

U.S. solar company SunPower Corp reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday on higher demand for solar panels in its U.S. residential and commercial business. SunPower is refocusing its business on so-called distributed generation (DG), or projects that generate power on-site for homes and businesses. SunPower’s high-efficiency, premium panels are well-suited to the DG market, the company said, because they can generate more power in smaller spaces than rival products. …read more […]