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BEIJING - Chinese regulators on Thursday announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up the ruling Communist Party's efforts to control fast-growing tech indus...

WASHINGTON - A late-term manoeuvr by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare's own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep ...

DOVER, England - Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after stocks eked out small gains on Wall Street following a mixed set of reports on the economy. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney. Stocks fel...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending fell 0.4% in November, the first decline since April, as Americans confronted a newly resurgent virus. The decline followed a 0.3% gain in October and even bigger i...

BOSTON - A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it "hugely insensitive." Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Soc...

OTTAWA - Canada and the United Kingdom have inked a temporary agreement that will head off an automatic increase in tariffs that was set to kick in when Britain leaves the European Union next week. De...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorit...

Like many businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Trinos Menswear have had to make some changes to keep making sales. "It's definitely been one of the biggest trials I've been through for a long time...

WASHINGTON - A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to t...