Russell Stover Chocolates plans to close some facilities and stores nationwide but the expected loss of about 400 jobs will be offset by new jobs resulting from expansion in other areas, the company announced Tuesday.

Volkswagen has announced record annual sales that could determine whether it keeps its crown as the world's largest automaker.

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is launching a new long-term health care technology company backed by more than $40 million in funding, including from the venture capital arm of Google's parent company.

The U.S. budget deficit through the first three months of this budget year is up 11.8% from the same period a year ago, putting the country on track to record its first $1 trillion deficit in eight years.

Changing CEOs was the easy part. Now it's up to Boeing's new leader to deal with a crisis caused by two crashes and the grounding of the company's best-selling plane.

The new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette won the North American Car of the Year award on Monday.

The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator in advance of the signing Wednesday of a Phase 1 U.S.-China trade agreement.

A brewery is planning a $49 million upgrade in Tennessee to keep up with demand, an effort expected to add 155 jobs.

Zachariah Mohammed's living room is filled with stuff he doesn't own.

Southeast Tennessee no longer boasts the cheapest gas in the Southeast as it did at the start of 2020, but the average price of regular gas still fell in the past week as concerns about a war with Iran eased and oil markets retreated.

When is a minimum not a minimum? On payday, for the millions of American workers who are paid less than minimum wage — legally — because of who they are or what kind of work they do.

U.S. employers added 145,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, signaling that the job market remains strong at the start of 2020 even if hiring and wage gains have slowed somewhat more than a decade into an economic expansion.

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West Virginia reported unusual cyber activity targeting its election systems. The Texas governor said the state was encountering attempted "attacks" at the rate of "10,000 times a minute" from Iran. Information technology staff in Las Vegas responded to an intrusion, though the city says no data was stolen.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill lashed out at Boeing on Friday after the release of a batch of emails and text messages in which company employees questioned the safety of the now-grounded 737 Max, called the aircraft a "joke" and talked about how they concealed problems from regulators.

Despite escalating pressure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Facebook reaffirmed its freewheeling policy on political ads Thursday, saying it won't ban them, won't fact-check them and won't limit how they can be targeted to specific groups of people.

An auto parts plant is closing in Kentucky and consolidating production with a plant in Tennessee.

China's economy czar will visit Washington next week for the signing of an interim trade deal, the government said Thursday.

Stocks around the world climbed on Thursday, and U.S. indexes hit records as markets continued a rally sparked after the United States and Iran appeared to step away from the edge of war.

Mall-based retailers J.C. Penney, Kohl's and Victoria's Secret parent reported sales declines for the holiday season, underscoring continued challenges ahead from online rivals and other low-price competitors.

More than 8 million federal student loan borrowers use income-driven repayment plans.

A Texas-based salvage company will cut up and remove a 656-foot (200- meter) shipwreck from St. Simons Sound off the coast of Georgia.

Nissan's fugitive ex-boss Carlos Ghosn vowed to defend his name wherever he can get a fair trial at his first public appearance since being smuggled out of Japan last week, saying Wednesday he had fled a "nightmare" that would not end.