U.S. long-term mortgage rates were little changed this week. The key 30-year, fixed-rate loan hovered around an average 3.8% for the third straight week.

Britain’s Treasury chief is urging Conservative Party leadership contenders to be honest with the public and spell out what they would do if their plans for departure from the European Union falter.

Stocks brushed off a muted start on Wall Street and notched modest gains Wednesday after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed that it is prepared to cut interest rates if needed to shield the U.S. economy from trade conflicts or other threats.

Trump administration bargainers are offering a one-year budget freeze, say Democratic spending demands remain too high.

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American Airlines is buying 50 of Airbus’ newest long-range plane in a big boost for the just-launched A321XLR.

Trump administration close to completing one of the biggest of its dozens of rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing an Obama-era effort to wean the US electrical grid off coal-fired power plants.

US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting big drop in single-family construction.

Amazon is adding more jets to its fleet, as it grows its own delivery business and relies less on UPS, the post office and other carriers.

Google will pour $1 billion into trying to solve a problem that it helped create.